In this age of "instant" reality-television transformations, many consumers may have unrealistic expectations when seeking a cosmetic treatment. The desire for a quick fix should not outweigh the importance of the safety and effectiveness of the treatment.
Joslin Diabetes Center offers tips for living well with diabetes.
November is Premature Awareness Month. More than 500,000 premature infants are born each year in the United States, approximately one every 60 seconds. Underdeveloped lungs and weak immune systems leave these fragile patients susceptible to respiratory illnesses.
The ingredients in some over-the-counter cold medicines are changing. The November issue of the Harvard Heart Letter discusses what these changes mean for people with heart conditions who take them.
Mississippi has the worst diabetes numbers in the country, Yet,a group of clinics here has had startling results with patients once considered intractable.
New Saint Louis University research examines interventions to designed to curb fetal alcohol syndrome.
Common misperceptions about pain and the medications that treat it often cause consumers to avoid seeking treatment for persistent pain caused by disease, chronic health conditions, or accidents. ASHP wants consumers to know that safe medication options are readily available that can help them gain a better quality of life.
A saunas' dry heat has profound effects on the body. Skin temperature soars to about 104° F. A pint of sweat pours out during a short stint in a sauna. Pulse rate jumps by 30% or more. Blood is shunted away from the internal organs. Blood pressure changes.
Over the next week, UC Davis ophthalmologist William Lloyd will dissect and examine the eyes of two North Chilean mummies for evidence of various diseases and medical conditions.
Dystonia is a very complex, highly variable movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions. According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, dystonia affects as many as 250,000 people in the United States.
A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert will lead two international studies of the effectiveness of the antibiotic moxifloxacin as a new treatment for tuberculosis, the highly contagious bacterial disease that kills more than 2 million people worldwide each year and is the leading cause of death of people living with HIV and AIDS.
Many women write off mid-life changes in skin, hair, energy, weight, and even mental outlook as products of aging. But it's a good idea to make sure they're not the result of an underactive thyroid, says the November issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch.
Americans will "fall back" to Standard Time Sunday, October 30--but this may not mean an extra hour of sleep for many of us. According to Joanne Getsy, MD, professor and director of the Drexel Sleep Center at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.
In response to the recent statements about the definition and assessment of "metabolic syndrome," the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and it's scientific arm, American College of Endocrinology, reviewed their position and have released a new statement on Insulin Resistance Syndrome.
AHRQ today released a new publication, Next Steps After Your Diagnosis: Finding Information and Support, to help patients who have been diagnosed with an illness learn more about their condition and treatment options.
To address the problems of invasive blood glucose testing, Professor Joseph Chaiken, of the Department of Chemistry in The College of Arts and Sciences, at Syracuse University has developed the LighTouch, which accurately monitors glucose levels without a single drop of blood.
Ear candling, an increasingly popular technique that softens earwax for easier removal, is not effective and sometimes causes burns, according to UAB otolaryngologist Thomas Eby, M.D.
Yue Wang is working with physicians to analyze cancer data from the cellular, molecular, and genetic levels. His team is developing tools that create analysis algorithms and are developing, optimizing, and validating neural network classifiers so that cancer can be more accurately classified and therapy can be personally tailored for optimal response.
Researchers have developed a new method for monitoring changes in the physiological state of a patient during anesthesia. This new technique has the potential to overcome several problems currently faced when performing surgery under anesthesia.
A team of four international cerebral palsy experts, including the University of Adelaide's Professor Alastair MacLennan, have published their concerns about the effect of litigation after diagnosis of cerebral palsy.
Plugging into the latest music may mean you are setting yourself up to tune it out in the future. The popularity of personal listening devices is not welcome news to experts such as Barbara McLay, who oversees a hearing conservation program at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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