06 Nov 2010
According to a new government founded study, yearly spiral CT scans of current and former heavy smokers lowered the risk that they will die from ...
05 Nov 2010
Movember was started by a group of friends in Australia in 2003, as a way to create awareness for men's health issues, focusing on prostate ...
05 Nov 2010
A team of researchers with the National Cancer Institute say that screening with a low-dose “spiral” CT scan has the potential to reduce lung-cancer deaths.
The ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
05 Nov 2010
The large-scale government study shows that screening heavy smokers with a s"spiral" CT scan can significantly reduce the number of lung-cancer deaths. Researchers say "spiral" ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
03 Nov 2010
A new study has determined that taking Omega-3 fat docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) dietary supplements is ineffective at slowing down progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Fish oil supplements, ...
Disease And Conditons, Science
03 Nov 2010
A team of researchers in Germany have created a retinal implant that has allowed three blind people who have Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) to see shapes ...
02 Nov 2010
An 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez, who played young Nala in "The Lion King" on Broadway, has died after a battle with leukemia. She was diagnosed with ...
29 Oct 2010
A new, none-evasive, screening test for colorectal cancer, that patients do not fear and avoid, seems to be getting close.
In a preliminary trial, the new ...
28 Oct 2010
Pancreatic cancer has long been considered a quick, aggressive killer that originates in the pancreas and rapidly spreads to other organs. But, a recent study ...
27 Oct 2010
A new study says that as many as 23% of colorectal cancer cases could be prevented if people regularly followed five healthy lifestyle recommendations.
A team ...
Disease And Conditons, Health And Wellness
27 Oct 2010
In a recent study, researchers found a link between sepsis and dementia in the elderly. The elderly are highly susceptible to sepsis, which is a ...
26 Oct 2010
A new study shows that by training barbers to check blood pressure, offer advice and anecdotes, and even help refer the clients to a ...