Health Issues for College Freshmen
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The dreaded “Freshman 15.” Those extra pounds every 18 year-old seems to put on when going away to college for the first time don't have to be an inevitability.
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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
Stethoscope for your Knee
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Research engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a knee band with microphones and vibration sensors to listen to and measure the sounds inside your knee.
Read MoreAmericans still having trouble keeping weight off
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It should come as no surprise that as a nation, we are still having difficulty slimming down. In fact, we keep getting heavier.
Read MoreTreat Depression & Reduce Risk of Heart Attack!
/Both diseases are extremely common. Now some scientists believe they may be linked. But if a doctor treats your depression, is she also reducing your risk of getting a heart attack?
Read MoreHow Common is Pancreatic Cancer?
/According to the National Cancer Institute, upwards of 45,000 new cases of pancreatic cancers are reported in the United States each year, and almost 40,000 patients die from it.
Read MoreThe Science Behind Hangovers
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Many of us have experienced hangovers, but have you ever really stopped to think what it is that you are going through?
Read MoreOverdosing on Painkillers
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The United States is currently in the midst of an epidemic of prescription opioid overdose. We are killing ourselves with painkillers.
Read MoreE-Cigs Are 95% Less Harmful Than Tobacco
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Electronic cigarettes are around 95 percent less harmful than tobacco and should be promoted as a tool to help smokers quit, according to a study by an agency of Britain's Department of Health. E-cigarettes, tobacco-free devices people use to inhale nicotine-laced vapor, have surged in popularity on both sides of the Atlantic but health organizations have so far been wary of advocating them as a safer alternative to tobacco and governments from California to India have tried to introduce bills to regulate their use more strictly.
Read MoreFDA Criticizes Cigarette Makers: 'Your Products Aren't Natural'
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The Food and Drug Administration scolded makers of three brands of cigarettes for labels saying they are "natural" or "additive-free". It issued warning letters to Winston maker ITG Brands LLC; Natural American Spirit maker Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Inc.; and Nat Sherman maker Sherman's 1400 Broadway N.Y.C. Ltd.
Read MoreAnother Superbug Found at LA Area Hospital
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Another antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' was found at Los Angeles-Area hospital where some of the patients contracted the disease that has been linked to a type of medical scope and infected dozens people around the United States. Huntington Memorial Hospital released in a statement to public health authorities after several patients who had procedures using the Olympus Corp duodenoscopes were found to have the resistant pseudomonas bacteria. The hospital quarantined the scopes while it investigates whether they may be linked to the infections.
Read MoreFeel-Good Exercise Hormone Irisin Is Real
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Scientists in the US have found that a feel-good exercise hormone called irisin DOES exist. Previously thought to be a myth but new research team from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute used mass spectrometry to look for irisin in blood samples of individuals after exercise. The form of mass spectrometry used in the new study was far more accurate and reliable in measuring irisin. Found that these people had released the exercise hormone from their body, which activates fat cells to increase energy turn over
Read MoreScientists Genetically Engineer Yeast To Produce Morphine-Like Painkiller
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Normally takes around a year to create painkillers from opium poppies. First they have to be grown, harvested, shipped around the world and finally processed. Now researchers have been able to cut this time down to just a few days. Scientists can do this by genetically engineering yeast to do it instead. cientists get the chemical thebaine, which they then turn into the opioid hydrocodone (painkiller).
Read MoreResearchers Falsely Claims Traces of Bubonic Plague on New York Subways
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Almost half of these DNA sequences didn’t match any known species. Researchers associated some of these microbes with the bubonic plague and anthrax. Research team initially claimed that the bacteria Yersinia pestis, which causes the plague, was found on the subway. Suggested that they represent normal co-habitants of a shared urban infrastructure that may even be essential to maintaining such an environment.
Read MoreGM Food Labels Do Not Act As A Warning To Consumers
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Current economic and political battle taking place in America over the labeling of genetically modified (GM) foods. In 2015, 19 US states considered GM food labeling legislation. 3 States (Connecticut, Maine and Vermont) have passed mandatory GM labeling laws. July 23: US House passed the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling bill and will move to the Senate and, if passed, will prohibit both state-level legislation regarding GM labels and the labeling of products that contain GM ingredients.
Read MoreIBM TO BUY MERGE HEALTHCARE IN $1 BILLION DEAL
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IBM Corp said it would buy medical image company Merge Healthcare Inc. in a $1 billion deal and combine it with its newly formed health analytics unit. IBM plans to combine data and images from Merge Healthcare's medical imaging management platform with Watson's cloud-based healthcare computing system. The system analyzes high volumes of data, understands complex questions posed in natural language and proposes evidence-based answers.
Read More9 Risk Factors May Contribute to Most Alzheimer's Cases
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A new study published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry found that nine potentially modifiable risk factors may contribute to two thirds of Alzheimer's disease cases worldwide. The analysis shows how the risk factors vary because of the innate complexity of Alzheimer's disease development. But researchers suggest the preventive strategies targeting diet, drugs, body chemistry, mental health, pre-existing disease and lifestyle may help fight dementia.
Read MoreOur Health & Industry-Funded Research
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The New York Times blasted wide open an argument that highly affects the health industry in an article this past weekend. The problem? Three words: industry funded research. Coca Cola is a leader in this. The report was sparked after a newly-formed nonprofit organization claimed to be working on developing solutions to prevent and reduce chronic disease associated with poor diet and obesity. The issue is this organization has received significant funding from Coca-Cola. Another key issue is that the group suggests poor diet and health habits aren't to blame for obesity and weight gain.
Read MoreNew Report: 47 Million Diagnosed With Dementia
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While often incorrectly considered a disease, dementia actually refers to a group of symptoms which negatively affect memory and social abilities, resulting in an interference with daily functioning. Primarily, problems with memory and impaired judgment or language are the two major areas affected by dementia. However, numerous other causes and symptoms of dementia exist, which can make diagnosis and treatment difficult or even impossible. But now, health researchers have found that nearly 47 million people are living with dementia globally which is a major increased from 35 million in 2009. The question is why is this increasing so rapidly? They warned that there hasn't been a medical breakthrough and the numbers will likely continue to grow every 20 or so years.
Read MoreNew study suggests bones heal differently than we thought
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It turns out that broken bones do not heal like doctors thought they did. For years it has been thought that fibrin was essential for bone repair. Fibrin is a protein that aids in blood clotting and helps in repairing fractured bones. However, a recent study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee suggests that this is not exactly true. According to the researchers at Vanderbilt, it is not the fibrin itself that helps to heal bone fractures, but rather the way in which fibrin breaks down. This research is important because it could help find a way to treat adults and the elderly who suffer from bone fractures heal just as well as children. The study was published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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