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If you don't snooze, you lose, health experts say Most people know when they don't get enough sleep: They're grumpier, have trouble concentrating and may even eat more. But too little shut-eye does more than affect your mood. It can wreak havoc on your health, research shows. Sleep deprivation is ...
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Medical care for women vets lagging at VA facilities Army Sgt. Ashley Morris poses with photographs of herself in Iraq, while vacationing in Chatsworth, Calif. Morris, who served six months in Baghdad as an operating room technician in a military hospital, returned home traumatized. She said that she is now ...
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UC Davis study links autism to pesticides A new study released today suggests pregnant women who live near agricultural fields where pesticides are sprayed are at increased risk of having a child with autism. The study by the UC Davis MIND Institute found mothers exposed to organophosphates ...
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The CDC's many anthrax errors The June 20 news article [“75 scientists potentially exposed to live anthrax in Atlanta labs, CDC says ”] about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laboratories contaminated with anthrax is disturbing on two levels. First, the CDC persists in ...
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Washington won't let me help my patients: Column In the coming weeks, Americans will start to learn how much our health insurance premiums are going to increase for 2015. It won't be pretty. Early evidence suggests the percentage increases could be in the double digits, adding to the average 41% spike ...
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5 things to know about heroin treatment Vivitrol Vivitrol, increasingly being tried by courts, prisons and jails across the United States to fight repeat heroin abuse, offers a long-lasting treatment option that advocates say addresses the day-to-day struggle of recovering addicts. Here are five things to know:.
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Fears that travelers to Brazil for the World Cup are bringing back deadly ... New York Senator Chuck Schumer is asking the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a health alert nationwide on Sunday regarding an illness carried by mosquitoes in Brazil, where this year's World Cup is being played. According to ...
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| Insurer's cuts cloud future for autism therapists FISHERS, Ind. | Indiana autism therapists are cutting staff and services and worrying about their futures amid steep cuts by the state's largest health insurer. The changes by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are a sharp departure for Indiana, which in 2001 ...
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E-cigs under fire once again, this time from Michigan lawmaker Michigan Governor may veto an e-cig law because he says it's not strong enough to stop sales to minors. His actions come on the heels of a California congresswoman's action regarding e-cigarettes. (Photo : (Tech Times)). Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is ...
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Tapping UCSF Invention, Roche and Versant Dive Into Myelin Repair When mice chew through the insulation that protects a house's wires, an electrician can repair the wires. People with multiple sclerosis, whose immune systems malfunction and attack the insulation of their own neural wires, don't have that option. Helping ...
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The Gluten-Free Craze: Is It Healthy? Consumers are inundated with competing claims about how – and what — they should eat. Even a once tiny trend like the gluten-free diet has turned into a blockbuster. But is a diet without gluten really healthy? A decade ago, few Americans had heard of ...
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Phoenix VA officials knew of false data for 2 years Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson has ordered monthly reviews of scheduling practices in every VA clinic. (Photo: Cheryl Evans/The Republic). Story Highlights. Southwestern VA officials knew in 2012 that inaccurate data on patient wait times ...
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Drug giant, startup seal a pact worth millions Dimension Therapeutics, a Cambridge biotechnology startup, has struck a deal worth up to $252 million with the pharmaceutical giant Bayer HealthCare to develop a gene therapy to treat hemophilia, a rare disease that prevents blood from clotting. The goal ...
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Keeping Cool Could Spur Metabolic Benefits Researchers found that ambient temperatures can influence the growth or loss of brown fat in people. While cool environments stimulate growth, warm environments stimulate loss. Like Us on Facebook ...
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'Most Challenging' Deadly Disease Outbreak: WHO Speaks Out On Ebola Dangers “The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the deadliest ever seen and the virus is raging totally out of control,'' an official with Doctors without Borders said on Friday. The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus, which causes a particularly nasty form of ...
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| The Week Ahead: Deadline for Hobby Lobby Ruling Washington-Watch. The Week Ahead: Deadline for Hobby Lobby Ruling. Published: Jun 22, 2014. By MedPage Today Staff. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the "Hobby Lobby" case will be issued sometime ...
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| Type 1 Patients Rarely Review Data From Their Diabetes Devices CHICAGO — Almost 70% of adults with type 1 diabetes never use their blood glucose self-monitoring devices, insulin pumps, or continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to download historical data about their blood glucose levels and insulin doses. The results ...
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The 'Bionic' suit is changing people's lives A SCIENTIFIC breakthrough in the United States has given hope to paralysed people who thought they would never be able to walk again. A special “bionic” suit is changing the lives of patients who have suffered partial paralysis and have been left unable to ...
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Nestle Aiming to Develop a Nespresso of Nutrients Nestle SA (NESN) has made billions of dollars serving up tasty jolts of caffeine with its Nespresso coffee machines. Now, its scientists aim to deliver much-needed vitamins and minerals to people worldwide in a similar fashion. Nestle's Institute of Health ...
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WJTV News Channel 12 - Pro-Bono Reconstructive Surgery for Victoria Wilcher ... But the first thing that needs work is Victoria's eye. Within the next week or two Dr. Raymond Peters of Naples, Florida will fit her with prostheses. Pro-Bono Reconstructive Surgery for Victoria Wilcher, 3-year-old Mauled by Pit Bulls. Posted: Saturday, June 21 ...
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More Than 750 Hospitals Face Medicare Crackdown On Patient Injuries During a hernia operation, Dorothea Handron's surgeon unknowingly pierced her bowel and sent her home. It took five days for doctors to determine she had an infection. By the time they operated on her again, she was so weakened that she was placed in a ...
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