Reduced Risk for Hip Fracture
A new study shows moderate levels of activity are linked to reducing the risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women. Previous studies showed active adults have a reduced risk of 20 percent to 50...
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Future Risks childhood brain tumor survivors
New research shows long-term childhood brain tumor (CBT) survivors are at risk for serious medical problems later in life such as endocrine and cardiovascular diseases even years after successful brain tumor treatment. In a...
Bisphosphonates help children with osteogenesis imperfecta
Children who suffer from a bone-thinning disease may benefit from treatment with an intravenous drug used to strengthen the bone. According to a new study out of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, bisphosphonates...
Protect Yourself against Osteoporosis
According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis is a public health concern for around 44 million Americans. Ten million have it, and an estimated 34 million have low bone mass — a risk factor...
Count Calories, not Minutes, to Stay Healthy
Are you confused by the constantly changing guidelines for how long you need to exercise to maintain good health? In an effort to try to reconcile the debate, the July 2004 issue of the...
Experimental Drug for Insomnia
A new study shows an investigational compound called ramelteon can significantly reduce the time it takes older adults with insomnia to fall asleep. About 60 million Americans suffer from insomnia, and about half of...
Spit for Good Health
Someday, doctors may skip jabbing you with a needle for blood tests and just ask you to spit. Doctors at UCLA’s School of Dentistry are looking into ways to diagnose disease using saliva. The...
Tooth truths You Need to Know
You’ve been told your whole life to brush your teeth twice a day, every day. But it takes more than that to have a clean mouth. There are some surprising tooth truths you might...
Why are carbohydrates important in Type 2 diabetes?
Carbohydrates, also known as sugar, starch, and fiber, are broken down into glucose when they are digested, and insulin then helps that glucose move into your cells to be used for energy or stored...
Using herbal medicine as a viable treatment option
Countries around the world use herbal medicine as a viable treatment option. China, Japan, France, England and Germany are among the top users, while the United States is still slow to follow in their...
Fighting Fat Together
Philly’s Fun, Fit and Free Program – It began in 1999 when Men’s Fitness magazine named Philadelphia as the fattest city in America. In response, Mayor John Street designed a comprehensive, community-based intervention to...
Will obesity affect life expectancy?
According to Roland Sturm, Ph.D., from RAND Health in Santa Monica, Calif., “Obesity is a chronic condition that affects morbidity, making people sick for a long period of time. Being obese is like aging...
Overweight and Obese Nation
Today Americans are moving less than ever before, yet the amount of energy we consume has not decreased accordingly. The result is a staggering trend toward overweight and obesity, shocking doctors, insurance companies and...
Get Hepatitis B Vaccinations
You’re probably not thinking about sexually transmitted diseases and intravenous drug abuse when your child is getting vaccinated, but the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says you should be. Lynda Brady, M.D., is a...
Childhood vaccines not linked to type 1 diabetes
There is no association between an increased risk of type 1 diabetes and childhood vaccines, according to a new study. There has been some suggestion childhood vaccines may be associated with the development of...
Prenatal Screening and Testing
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — It goes without saying that every expectant parent wants one thing, and that is to have a healthy baby. Over the past few decades, prenatal technology has become increasingly sophisticated, allowing...
Improving the Odds for Hepatitis B
New research shows patients with hepatitis B may see more improvement with one drug alone rather than a combination of drugs. With currently available treatments, patients tend to relapse soon after being taken off...
Hepatitis B Vaccine Linked to MS
A new study from Harvard researchers in Boston suggests a link between the hepatitis B vaccination and multiple sclerosis. In their study, people who received the vaccine were three-times more likely to develop MS...
Genetic engineering and biotechnology
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — The discovery of DNA in 1947 by James Watson and Francis Crick sparked a worldwide scientific revolution. In just 43 years there has been an explosion of knowledge and expertise in...
Sex Infections Common in U.S.
The United States leads other developed nations in death and disability caused by sexually transmitted diseases, shows a new study. That dismal finding is based on research from the Centers for Disease Control and...
Ethical Dilemmas Docs Face With Athletes
A preliminary study reveals doctors are not practicing principles of good health care when treating athletes because of pressure from coaches, management and the media. Researchers from the Bioethics Center in New Zealand questioned...
Doctor explains a combination of drugs that cuts down on the number of rejected liver transplants
What is the function of the liver? Dr. Marino: The liver is actually the largest organ that is inside our abdomen, and it is so large that it basically occupies the right upper portion...
Too Much Iron and Manganese Lead to Higher Risk for Parkinson’s
Too much iron and manganese in the diet may put people at increased risk for Parkinson’s disease, find researchers publishing in the June 2003 issue of Neurology. Investigators from the University of Washington in...
New light therapy to treat cancers
British researchers took a lesson from the common firefly in an investigational treatment for cancer. Using a firefly gene, researchers produced bioluminescent light to treat modified cancer cells in the laboratory. The goal was...
Diets High in Tomatoes Have a Lower Cancer Risk
Doctors may have found a new weapon in the battle against prostate cancer: the tomato. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago found lower DNA damage and lower PSA levels among a group...
Prostatitis is a disease that affects up to 14 percent of men worldwide
Prostatitis is a disease that affects up to 14 percent of men worldwide, yet doctors are puzzled about how to effectively treat the condition. Now, a natural compound may offer the first sign of...
Who is at risk for Alzheimer’s?
We’re all at risk now by virtue of the fact that we are part of an aging population. It’s clear that the biggest risk for Alzheimer’s disease is aging. That’s why we know so...
Women’s health
The subject of health for the different sexes has become a major feature of healthcare in the twenty-first century and special centers and groups have been set up to deal with the specific problems...
Healthier Cooking for Diabetics
How can I cook food to make it low in fat? Grill, steam, microwave, or bake foods rather than frying them to reduce their fat content. Placing meat on a rack in the oven...
Diabetes and Alcohol
Is it safe to drink alcohol? There is no reason why you shouldn’t drink alcohol when you have diabetes, unless you have been advised not to because of other medical conditions or treatment. How...