Obese white women are less likely to be screened for breast and cervical cancer than women who maintain a healthy weight according to a review of cancer screening studies conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
A couple of intriguing theories have emerged following a study into the cost-effectiveness of giving free samples of prescription medications to patients. It seems the free samples are closely linked to some pretty steep out-of-pocket expenses immediately before and after…
Some 2,500 patients enrolled in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study have had their personal medical information compromised due to a stolen laptop computer containing seven years of clinical trial data, including names, birth date, hospital medical record numbers,…
“I’m glad I had a good anesthesiologist.” Brooke Zepp, a 63-year-old cancer patient from Pompano Beach, Florida, is also glad to have had such an outstanding team of transplant surgeons, too.
Healthy food can also be considered brain food, according to a new study in the Journal of School Health. The study found that children that eat healthy foods perform better in school than children who eat unhealthy foods.
Researchers at Memorial-Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have announced a very promising development in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. They’ve used a process called somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in laboratory mice, which led to neurological improvement deemed successful in the treatment…
The announcement of a breakthrough diagnostic tool was presented simultaneously today in Geneva and Singapore. The device, VereFlu, is a miniature diagnostic laboratory on a computer chip that can detect several strains of influenza in as little as two hours.…
On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to grocers to remove from their shelves all cantaloupes shipped from Agropecuaria Montelibano, a melon-processing company located on the Pacific coast in southern Honduras. Consumers who’ve recently purchased…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning regarding consumption of cantaloupes from Honduras. According to the agency, cantaloupes originating from Agropecuaria Montelibano, Honduras-based grower and packer, appear to be linked to Salmonella Litchfield outbreaks in Canada and the…
If you want to lower your blood pressure, then marriage seems to be the way according to a study by Brigham Young University professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.
