Future of Healthcare. Healthcare as an industry is changing through technology, medical and research innovations, physician reform and hospital re-organizations. Dr. David Samadi will explore long term issues, debates innovations directly influencing the healthcare industry and what both healthcare professionals and patients need to know.
Although there has been some research that confirmed what we all instinctively knew to be true – that men are more likely to cheat than women – there has never been any data that told us why. Until now.
Read MoreMany of us can rattle off our latest cholesterol number at the drop of a hat. Keeping an eye on your cholesterol is important but there’s another number you also should have memorized – your triglycerides
Read MoreIf your kids come in from outdoors covered head to toe in dirt from playing with their dog and maybe even snuck in a bite or two of dog food, relax – their immune system loves it.
Read MoreFor better or for worse, psychologists have determined that we identify with the people and organization that we call “work.”
Read MoreComplementary health procedures – the so-called “alt-health” practices of acupuncture, tai chi, yoga, massage therapy, and relaxation techniques – are a $30 billion a year business.
Read MoreHow do you keep flexible, invasive tubes such as catheters free of infection?
Read MoreIn the battle against gonorrhea, we're getting our butts kicked.
Read MoreDo you want your child to have academic success? Here’s a simple solution - throw out the sweets and junk food and serve more healthy foods to make it happen.
Read MoreIt’s a hard pill to swallow but your medications could be contributing to weight gain. If that is the case, what is a person to do?
Read MoreRemember engaging in fantasy play as a child? Maybe you pretended to be a superhero saving the world or perhaps you acted out complex scenarios of make-believe by playing dress-up of someone you were not.
Read MoreThe old saying “feed a cold, starve a fever” may actually be very good advice.
Read MoreNow it appears that for those who qualify, weight loss surgery such as gastric bypass seems to help people not only lose a significant amount of weight but also keeps the weight off long term.
Read MoreDental cavities, although not often seen as such, are of the most common of all disorders, second only to the common cold.
Read MoreSeveral studies have shown over the years whey proteins ability to play a key role in stimulating insulin release in order to reduce blood glucose levels.
Read MoreAcetaminophen, better known as Tylenol, is a medication used to treat mild to moderate pain from headaches, muscle aches, menstrual periods, colds and sore throats, toothaches, backaches, and also can treat reactions to vaccinations and fever.
Read MoreA new report says that patients who are undergoing surgery are growing resistance to antibiotics. This is of concern because resisting antibiotics can greatly affect a person’s ability to fight off infections.
Read MoreCuba has a new promising lung cancer vaccine called CimaVax that may soon be coming to the United States. Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the United States. It kills more people than colon, prostate, and breast cancer combined. Lung cancer is very difficult to identify early and very difficult to treat being that it is most often discovered in an advanced stage. More than 50 percent of patients die within a year of being diagnosed.
Read MoreThe 2014 National Climate Assessment, conducted by a team of more than 300 experts and a federal advisory committee, concluded that new health threats will emerge and existing ones will only get worse. Increased global temperatures, ground-level ozone and air pollution are expected to limit lung function and increase emergency room trips for those with asthma, whose ranks have substantially increased in the past decade.
Read MoreFreshwater-dwelling amoeba strikes again. Two cases of infection with “brain-eating” parasite have already been reported in the U.S. Responsible amoeba. What is it?
People with light-colored eyes may have a higher risk of alcoholism than people with dark-brown eyes, new research suggests. In the study, researchers looked at 1,263 Americans of European ancestry, including 992 people who were diagnosed with alcohol dependence and 271 people who were not diagnosed with alcohol dependence.
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