High levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), the “bad” cholesterol, have long been associated with memory problems experienced by the elderly but new research on the effects of the high-density lipoproteins (HDL), shows that high levels …

More than 10% of a large group of middle-aged study participants who appeared otherwise healthy said they’d never had a stroke, either, but brain scans revealed evidence of silent cerebral infarction (SCI), also called a …

The possibility of easy, sweet relief for migraine pain was the subject of conversation at the recent annual meeting of the American Headache Society (AHS) in Boston.  Dr. Richard B. Lipton, representing Neuralieve, a company …

While most people are aware of the risk of breaking a hip when an elderly person falls, fewer people are aware that almost 50% of the deaths caused by falls in the elderly are the …

Is a drug already on the market for narcolepsy what many of us with fibromyalgia (FMS) have been waiting for?

The general population and many in the medical community alike harbor the popular opinion that using strong pain medications, including opioids, for long-term, chronic pain puts the patient at high risk of developing an addiction …

In the summer of 2006, Jeanette Sykes, 39, was enjoying an outdoor barbeque party and turn on the trampoline at a friend’s house when she suffered an accident on the trampoline that broke her neck.  …

Although most commonly known as an effective antidepressant medication, fluoxetine, marketed under the brand name Prozac, was shown to be effective in slowing the progression of the relapsing remitting type of multiple sclerosis (MS), with …

Arms and legs that are shorter than average are an indication of poor nutritional intake in the early stages of life, when these limbs, especially the legs, normally experience rapid growth.  The region of the …

A naturally occurring anti-oxidant in humans has lead researchers to believe there is a link between serum urate levels and the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Urate, once believed to be a useless a by-product of metabolism, …