It is true that allergies are not only diagnosed because of better awareness, but they also have become more common in the population over time.
Most families will have more than one kit available, usually one at home and one at school, and perhaps one more for an additional caregiver if appropriate.
Q: My doctor asked me if I would participate in a research trial. How do I know this is on the up and up, and she is not just trying to make money off me?
If you are in reasonable good health with no serious diseases, feel good, have minimal aches and pains, and can go from here to there without too much difficulty, this is something to celebrate.
How do you know if your heart isn’t working properly? Heart disease is a catchall term that covers many different kinds of problems, including coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, heart infections and congenital heart defects.
An onslaught of articles reported by the mainstream media earlier this week ranged from utter disbelief to crass remarks denigrating Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey (R) over the bill he introduced banning food products developed using aborted fetal material in his state.
Unfortunately for the media, the good Senator is correct.
You can't see them. You can't feel them. You can't fight them once they attack. But they're there - "natural-born killers" in their tens of trillions. A deadly strike-force of antibiotic-resistant 'supergerms' lurking in the shadows of America's over-burdened, under-resourced hospital system. An army of lethal microbes, silently waiting to infect all who come into contact with them.
Just how serious is the superbug threat? Superbugs, AKA hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), now affect one in 20 patients in the U.S., killing more than 100,000 people each year - that's more than AIDS, breast cancer, and car accidents combined. Ominously, more than two-thirds of these infections occur after a patient has been admitted.
During the past several years, considerable attention has been given to the so-called “fat-burning zone” of endurance exercise training. Because weight loss is a high-order objective for most exercisers, most people prefer to train in a manner that best reduces body fat.
The women in our lung cancer support group at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, Mass., encouraged me to write this piece, because whether we are facing the despair of life with terminal lung cancer, in the midst of treatment or forever grateful for having survived, we share a common bond - the desire to put an end to lung cancer’s dismal prognosis. We want change. We need your help.
A recent study sponsored by the United Health Foundation indicated that 40 percent (2 of every 5) of those living in the United States may be obese by 2018.
Q: One of my relatives has had lower-back pain, and they diagnosed her with a synovial cyst. They tried to put a needle in it to take out the fluid, and now they want to do surgery. What is this disease, and is surgery the right answer?
What’s in a name you may ask? Well, to many people a great deal, especially when the name relates to some type of medical condition.
The best advice I can give for arthritis-related pain is to get up and get moving. Staying active and using your joints helps to keep them lubricated and prevents further breakdown and arthritis from setting in.
An estimated 36 million Americans experience a chronic phantom sound in their ears, known as tinnitus. The sound is perceived either in the head or in the ears in the absence of any external source of sound.
We keep reading or hearing the words “perfect,” “best” or “success” as ways to define ourselves and how we should start the new year. It’s a lot to live up to. And, frankly, it can be quite overwhelming.
We recently conducted two studies on increasing muscle strength and decreasing muscle fatigue that compared strength training alone and strength training plus electrical stimulation.
Debbie Overoyen has opened a new dental practice in Newton in the office of the late Dr. Lee Hren.
"I look forward to being in Newton and getting to know new people," stated Overoyen.
Overoyen began her dental career close to home in Champaign, Illinois, where she studied to become a hygienist and she later furthered her education at the University of Bergen in Norway.
My focus on love these days has been catapulted to the highest reaches because of living with a terminal illness. Although I had a chance of cure when I was first diagnosed with cancer, that isn’t the case now, according to the doctors. So I’m going for a miracle and at the very least, stability and control of the lung cancer with good quality of life as I learn to live with it as a chronic disease while I still pray that the pancreas cancer doesn’t come back.
Here’s something that might keep you awake at night: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, drowsy drivers account for more than 100,000 crashes each year, including more than 1,500 fatalities.
In the first month of every new year, tradition holds that we should make resolutions that will make us happier, smarter, fitter, thinner, richer and more content than the year through which we just passed.
