People often thought of diabetes as simply a body condition where one must reduce one's sugar and fat intake. Little did people know that diabetes could end up causing blindness! Now that diabetes is reaching epidemic levels in most of

The public should be aware of how difficult it is for a dentist tounderstand Dr. Price's findings that seemingly healthy teeth arestill carrying infection when infected holes in jaw bones healup and stay that way for many years. The thought

Automated sample preparation for infectious diseases and cancer diagnostics; early diagnosis of colorectal cancer through Genefec III and testing difficult samples for Methicillin resistant S.aureus (MRSA), tuberculosis, sexually transmitted infections (STI) and respiratory pathogens are the core technologies that underpin

Highly prized, due to their therapeutic potential, stem cell therapies are believed to treat a wide variety of diseases. Stem cell research progresses at a fast pace; however, both adult and embryonic stem cells have their own unique challenges that

A new study shows that people who are physically active before suffering a stroke may have less severe problems as a result and recover better compared to those who did not exercise before having a stroke. The research is published

Neural tube birth defects — a group of major birth defects including spina bifida — can be avoided in most cases by women taking folic acid supplementation before becoming pregnant. Yet, many women do not know about this simple preventive

An individual suffers a stroke and doctors and nurses in the hospital swoop in to intervene in the immediate life-threatening medical problems. But what happens after stroke survivors battle back to health and can go home? Often, they and their

There is no link between drinking alcohol and the likelihood of worsening chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, according to a study of patients seen at Veteran Affairs hospitals.COPD includes conditions such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. "While tobacco consumption

Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System Department of Dermatology have found scientific evidence that the appearance of sun-damaged skin may be improved by treatment with a topical product that increases the skin's sensitivity to light, followed by laser

Young people with ADHD are not only at increased risk of starting to smoke cigarettes, they also tend to become more seriously addicted to tobacco and more vulnerable to environmental factors such as having friends or parents who smoke, according

Here's the latest on Stemulite from Forbes - that's right, Forbes. So much for the genius who said Stemulite must a scam because he couldn't find any info on Metabolic Research, Inc. (It's publicly traded, Einstein.)Metabolic Research, Inc. Expands Broadcast

A woman who had been struggling to conceive ended up giving birth to six healthy babies in a German hospital, the medical director of Berlin's Charite hospital said Monday.Ulrich Frei said the woman had given birth to four boys and

People newly diagnosed with heart failure have a four-fold higher risk of breaking a bone than people with other types of heart disease, according to a Canadian study.The risk of hip fractures is increased even more, the investigators report in

How active a person is before having a stroke predicts how severe the stroke will be and how well he or she recovers, Danish researchers have found.Dr. Lars-Henrik Krarup, from Copenhagen University Hospital, and colleagues looked at 265 people who

The risk faced by obese people of having a heart attack or other cardiovascular "events" is reduced substantially after they undergo gastric bypass surgery to lose weight, according to a recent study.The take-home message is that "bariatric surgery can be

Diets heavy in fried foods, salty snacks and meat account for about 35 percent of heart attacks globally, researchers reported on Monday.Their study of 52 countries showed that people who ate a "Western" diet based on meat, eggs and junk

Delegates from more than 150 countries met Monday to push for a wide-ranging pact to curb the booming trade in cigarette smuggling.The week-long conference in Geneva is being held under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), which estimates

Episodic treatment of HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral drugs increases the overall risk of death when compared with continuous antiretroviral treatment (ART), but the reasons why have been unknown. Now, researchers have found that higher levels of certain markers of inflammation and

Nearly one third of people who suffer severe injuries are likely to have sexual problems a year later, according to findings recently presented at the meeting of the American College of Surgeons."Previous studies have shown that men and women who

Inflammation, a frontline defense against infection or disease, can help nurture skin cancer, researchers have found.IDO, an enzyme that works like a firefighter to keep inflammation under control, can be commandeered to protect early malignant cells, say Medical College of