Minimally Invasive Surgery Not Always Offered
4/7/2015Laparoscopic, or minimally invasive, surgeries are not regularly offered to patients in some medical centers.
Read MoreVaccines: Good or Bad?
2/7/2015Once you begin to treat each vaccination on its own terms, it becomes clear that not all vaccinations are the...
Read MoreBig Jump in Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Use
1/8/2015Over the last 10 years, the percentage of people across the United States taking statin drugs has risen by nearly...
Read MorePharmaceutical Payouts
10/11/2014In the five-month period from August through December of last year alone, pharmaceutical companies paid at least $3.5 billion to...
Read MoreAnxiety, Alzheimer’s, and Psychopharmaceuticals
10/4/2014The long-term use of benzodiazepines, prescribed for anxiety and sleep problems, and one of the most commonly prescribed drugs in...
Read MoreHolistic Health Matters
9/6/2014Words matter. Defining the body holistically matters. And letting the medical community and its defenders get away with rewriting the...
Read MoreGrowth Hormone Treatment and Stroke
8/28/2014A recent study has discovered a link between the use of growth hormone treatments during childhood and an elevated risk...
Read MoreIs Your Doctor Suicidal?
8/16/2014Doctors commit suicide at rates quite a bit higher than the general public.
Read MoreThe End of the Office Visit
8/9/2014Telemedicine makes live healthcare available to consumers on demand, wherever they are. Telemedicine is going to rewrite how Americans get...
Read MoreAcetaminophen Falls Short for Back Pain
8/5/2014New research suggests that acetaminophen (paracetamol ) may not do much to help relieve your back pain at all--that it's...
Read MoreTop 10 Patient Safety Worries
8/2/2014A report from the ECRI Institute delineates the top 10 patient safety issues that healthcare institutions should be concerned about,...
Read MorePainkillers May Trigger Hearing Loss
6/14/2014A large study published in The American Journal of Epidemiology a few years ago reported a notable increase in hearing...
Read MoreAntibiotics in Infancy and Asthma
5/31/2014Treating children with antibiotics before their first birthday may double the likelihood that they will develop asthma at some point...
Read MoreFDA Nixes Aspirin Amid Controversy
5/17/2014This week, in a miracle turnaround, the Food and Drug Administration withdrew its recommendation that all at-risk patients should take...
Read MoreMarijuana and Brain Changes
4/29/2014Recent studies have found that neural pathways of the brain are affected even in those who are only considered casual...
Read MoreDoctors Refuse Their Own Treatments
4/26/2014When it comes to life, the issue of quantity versus quality is frequently debated. As it turns out, doctors have...
Read MoreStudy Finds Diagnostic Errors are Common
4/26/2014A recent study revealing that one in 20 people receives a wrong diagnosis at an outpatient clinic each year, but...
Read MoreViagra Linked to Melanoma
4/22/2014According to new research, taking Viagra appears to almost double your risk of developing melanoma--even if you only take it...
Read MoreHeld Hostage by Big Pharma
4/10/2014Gilead Sciences, headquartered in California, has developed a highly effective medication for treating hepatitis C called Sovaldi. but it comes...
Read MoreStatins for All
3/29/2014Proposed new guidelines would have 87 percent of all men between the ages of 60-75 on statins, and 53 percent...
Read MoreCascara Sagrada
3/19/2014If you have ever suffered from constipation, you are not alone. 63 million people in North America suffer from constipation...
Read MoreADHD, Acetaminophen, and Pregnancy
3/11/2014A new study as concluded that when a mother-to-be takes acetaminophen, the baby she is carrying faces a greater risk...
Read MoreBeware the Stethoscope
3/8/2014According to a new report, stethoscopes often play host to infectious agents, including MRSA--a form of staph infection that can...
Read MoreBlood Pressure Guidelines Revamped
12/31/2013The recommendations for hypertension treatment have been questioned by a committee of scientists who just completed a five-year study of...
Read MoreHigh-Sodium Medication Dangers
12/12/2013New research has found that a number of common medicines are so high in sodium that they can markedly increase...
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