Health

Breast cancer advocacy and support organization, Living Beyond Breast Cancer (at www.llbc.org) is looking for women who were diagnosed with breast cancer under the age of 45 to take a survey. The survey can be filled out in 30 minutes and must be completed by May 31. The goal of LBBC is to use the ... read more »

A new study published in the May 21 issue of the journal Pediatrics suggests that the percentage of U.S. teens with diabetes is rising. The study found that the percentage of adolescents (12 to 19) with diabetes or prediabetes increased from 9 percent to 23 percent between 1999 and 2008. Prediabetes, like diabetes, is a ... read more »

Chronic loss of hearing is now more common than ever, and affects 10 million adults and 5.2 million children in the United States. There is no known cure for tinnitus (or ringing in the ears), the most common hearing loss disorder, and it is becoming ever more frequent in our society due to the rise ... read more »

In an article by Alexander Brookner in Life Extension Magazine, an older man describes his experience spending an evening in a nightclub with a group of doctors attending a medical conference in South Florida. They started the evening having good scientific discussions over drinks, with background music that was rather subdued. As the evening wore ... read more »

China is planning to reinvestigate allegations that drug capsules being made in their country contain the remains of aborted humans. According to Deng Haihua, a spokesperson for the ministry of health, an investigation into similar allegations was made in August 2011 and, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, they found no proof that the ... read more »

Lana Kuykendall, 36, was only home for 13 hours with her newborn twins and husband when she returned to the hospital Lana Kuykendall is a trained paramedic so when a quickly growing bruise was causing severe pain, she knew something was wrong. Her husband Darren, took her to the hospital where they watched in horror ... read more »

Aimee Copeland, 24, has already lost her left leg to a rare flesh-eating infection, and now it appears that she is likely to lose her hands and remaining foot, her family reports. The Gerogia student has shown some signs of recovery, however, so her family is staying optimistic. Andy Copeland, the woman’s father, said, “Aimee appears to have normal brain function at this time, ... read more »

Rayne Alexis Donis, of Valparaiso, Indiana, celebrated eight months of life on April 23rd, 2012, just weeks after her mother, Stacey Thorn, received the devestating news that she had been diagnosed with Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia, or JMML. Rayne had been sent to The Riley Hospital for Children in February of 2012 when tests at a ... read more »

Negative pressure therapy, the application of vacuum technology for wound care, is helping thousands of people cut down their risk of post-surgical infection. A scary 1 in 20 surgical patients experience post- surgical infections, as reported by Daily Mail. In a clinical trial with over 200 volunteers, vacuum-assisted treatment cut the risk of infection and ... read more »

Teenagers who find themselves addicted to drugs or alcohol are pre-wired to act on impulses. A new study at the University of Vermont reviewed brain scans of nearly 1,900 14-year-olds, and identified the parts of the brain that fire when controlling behavior. Each of the test subjects were given a task that involved pressing a ... read more »

Ever buy a jar of Nutella only to discover the chocolate-flavored spread wasn’t as healthy as you had hoped? If so, you may be entitled to a portion of a $3.05 million class-action lawsuit that was decided in favor of consumers and against Nutella-maker Ferrero. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by Athena Hohenberg, ... read more »

Young Americans may be enjoying their fast-living lifestyle a little too much. A new study conducted by British medical journal, The Lancet, says Americans ages 10-24 lead all high-income nations in pot-smoking and are not far behind in drinking alcohol. More alarming, the study claims the U.S. also has the highest mortality rate among the ... read more »

This year’s Olympics might not be won on ability alone. According to a new study, beetroot might hold the key to enhancing athletic performance. Daily Mail reports the recent study consisted of 11 male and female volunteers of good health who were asked to run two separate 5-kilometer runs on a treadmill.  A portion of ... read more »

British researchers at London’s Portman clinic, a National Health Survey (NHS) outpatient psychotherapy clinic, have found usage of pornography in 26.5 percent of its young patients.  The Sun has reported that it has risen dramatically from less than one percent in the late 90s. The researchers are claiming there is a link between mental illness and pornography ... read more »

After a six year absence mad cow disease was found in a U.S. dairy cow. The dairy cow carcass was brought to the collection facility in Hanford, California last Wednesday where samples were collected and sent to the University of California, Davis, for testing. The university’s test came back inconclusive so the sample was then ... read more »