It was reported in a Journal of Medicine about a growing problem with lymph nodes. The report gave a very detailed account of one of the victims. “I felt something is growing on my neck. I did not mind it since I am not feeling anything wrong like I got sick or got bedridden. Eight [...]
The federal government is pushing for “bolder” warnings on cigarette ads and packages aiming to lower cases of death prevalent in the country today. It also hopes that with these measures, the the ill-effects caused by tobacco use would also go down. The Department of Health and Human Services, in a news release, said that [...]
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety issue that has crippling effects to most people. If there is one thing that soldiers and accident victims have in common, it’s that after the terrible ordeal they just have gotten through, they often suffer recurring and intrusive thoughts about the events which often lead to PTSD. But [...]
Families of people who have mental diseases are now facing tougher problems as recent studies show that most antipsychotic medications often cause obesity or weight gain to the patients using them. The medicines that were suppose to combat mental issues had been reported to cause clinically significant weight gain which may lead to emotional distress [...]
Those cookie jars should remain sealed. Researchers from the Journal of the American Medical Association discovered an alarming trend among young children: an obese child will most likely end up as an obese adult. Obesity is the state when a person is 80 to 100 pounds heavier than someone of normal weight. The studies that [...]
Is your boss always angry or in constant need to get into a fight? Changing the white lights (like bulbs and fluorescent) to blue lights in the office might just improve his mood especially this winter. A study made by neurologist George Brainard, Ph.D., of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia who is also director of [...]
Menopause is one of the many battles that women in their late 40s to early 50s have to fight and often, can’t win. Caused by a deficiency in hormone estrogen, women suffer from numerous symptoms which often include hot flashes, inability to get proper sleep and feeling tired all the time and mood swings. Women [...]
According to the projections based on exit polls, Californians will reject Proposition 19, which would legalize the use of marijuana. A medical use has already been approved. The proponents argument is that by keeping it illegal we contributing to the growth of a black market, just like an alcohol prohibition decades ago. Drug Cartels are [...]
“BP has shown good will to compensate claim holders that are legitimate by depositing $20 billion in an escrow and placing the account’s management into an independent party’s hands.” In The Clarion-Ledger, Mississippi’s prominent newspaper, an attorney Jeff Reynolds from Jackson, who had a guest editorial published, said that he does not think litigation will [...]
Bob Turner held a town hall meeting to discuss the new law for health care needed to be something of the past – Monday, October. 4 at 7:30 pm at Woodhaven Post – 118th of the American Legion, 89-02 91st Street in Woodhaven. He is the Republican candidate running to upset Anthony Weiner in New [...]
