The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council are calling for a national system to track sports-related concussions.Associated Press file And it’s not just a question for football. The Institute…
The term “arthritis” actually refers to a diverse group of more than 100 different conditions. Collectively, arthritis afflicts nearly one in five adults and more than 300,000 children in the…
Liposuction is last option for those who want to save careers
Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins’ Children’s Center in Baltimore said there is no immune mechanism identified that would keep the child’s HIV in check, meaning medical treatment put the…
About 1 in 30 middle and high school kids said they smoke the compact, sweet-flavored cigars. The percentages rise as kids get older, to nearly 1 in 12 high school…
Experts say regular flu shots tend to be only about 30 percent to 40 percent effective in people 65 and older, who generally have weaker immune systems. Sanofi Pasteur’s Fluzone…
Though the chances of a stroke jump dramatically with age, the growing number of younger people with worrying risk factors such as bulging waistlines, diabetes and high blood pressure means…
The microbiome – the trillions of microorganisms, bacteria and other bugs in the gut – is being recognized as a body organ, almost like a kidney, a spleen or liver.…
Decoding patients’ genes tells doctors at least some of story
Devices track your activity, calories, sleep and much more
A walker wears a mask in Beijing, China, on a polluted day. The World Health Organization now considers pollution to be “the most important environmental carcinogen.”Associated Press file photo The…
What is the human microbiome, you ask? Quite simply, it is the panoply of microbial organisms that feed, interact and generally live on the the internal and external surfaces of…
Serving the other end of the age spectrum, Lions Club volunteers since Oct. 8 have visited preschools and early-childhood centers to screen for vision problems. The Lions KidSight Program screens…
The results are in two analyses of national health surveys from the late 1990s to 2010, representing more than 2 million annual visits to doctors’ offices or emergency rooms. Antibiotics…
President and later Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft also made headlines for his weight, which sometimes exceeded 300 pounds.Associated Press Got a nagging doctor? The 27th president, William…
The sanction was imposed by District Court Judge Alan Malott after the university pressured Dr. Ian Paul, a forensic pathologist employed by the university-affiliated Office of the Medical Investigator, to…
New research out this month finds that reading literary fiction, instead of popular or commercial fiction, better equips people to sense and understand others’ mental states. In a series of…
Most moms can safely give birth without cesarean-section surgery, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.Associated Press file photo It’s the latest research to question…
Scientists peek into baby genes to predict risks
says demographic overwhelming social safety net
Unlike weightier matters such as law, morals or ethics, health-related decisions are not about right or wrong – but they do have consequences. By example, you may choose to ride…
