Healthcare reform is a hot topic these days and everybody has an opinion.  It seems that no two people have the same opinions, though, which makes a wildly complex issue even more so.  And it’s a quite frustrating issue, too.

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Some couples having difficulty conceiving may enjoy the suggestion from an Australian infertility expert to have sex every day for seven days before ovulation.  The call for everyday sexual intercourse is a reversal of advice commonly given to couples facing…

That’s the question 16-year-old Brooke Greenberg’s father asks.  Brooke has defied the aging process in a way so unique even medical experts are baffled.

The latest issue of the premier British medical journal, Lancet, carries a report from the University of Toronto describing the alarming increase in alcohol-related illness and death in recent years.  The report describes the global burden as large enough to…

Dr. Nancy Wexler says the newest discovery on the origin of Huntington’s disease is a ‘fabulous experiment’ with ‘very promising’ results.  Wexler, of the Hereditary Disease Foundation, was part of the research team that discovered a toxic chemical reaction, called…

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) once seemed so promising for alleviating the most troubling symptoms of menopause but prolonged study into their overall effect on a woman’s health continues to reveal hidden dangers in the therapy itself.  Of latest concern is…

Researchers at Laval University, Quebec, Canada, have published the findings of their study comparing the benefits of talk therapy versus some of the most commonly prescribed drugs for insomnia.  It seems that, for the best long-term relief, talk therapy puts…

The May 8 issue of the journal, Demography, contains the report of a study on the health of people who’ve lost their jobs.  The report says people who lose their jobs, for any reason, are at heightened risk for major…

Young adults between the ages of 23 and 35 who have served time behind bars are more likely to develop high blood pressure and enlarged hearts than their peers who’ve never faced prison time.  According to a study just published…

At this week’s general session of the International Association of Dental Research in Miami, Florida, researchers from the University of Buffalo will describe their recent study which indicates excess mouth bacteria invites heart attack.  The study concludes that it isn’t…

University of Oxford researchers have just released the findings of a comparative study involving almost a million people. The research team used body mass index (BMI) as a means of measuring one’s health and it seems the more pounds one…

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have enlisted at least a dozen people to take part in the study of a vaccine against colon cancer. Still in the experimental stage of development, the vaccine is expected to block the growth…

Baby Boomers using the ’senior moments’ excuse to explain away forgetfulness can stop being embarrassed about it.  New research from the University of Virginia says the brain actually begins declining at age 27.  We just might expect it more often…

Researchers in Florida, the Sunshine State surrounded by beaches, had announced that people swimming in subtropical waters face an increased risk by 37% of being exposed to the dangerous Staphylococcus (staph) bacteria, including the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).  Swimmers with…