Chronic Pain Management
Chronic pain is something that is sometimes really hard to comprehend by others that are not experiencing it. It is important that it be managed appropriately and effectively by health care provider...
Monthly Archives: July 2013
DNA Helps Avoid Incorrect Cancer Diagnoses
Doctors can now use DNA to help make sure that cancer diagnoses are correct. Approximately 1 out of every 100 cases of cancer diagnoses is incorrect, a positive becomes a negative after it comes back...
Taller women linked to cancer
New research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found a surprising connection between a woman’s height and cancer risk among postmenopausal women; taller...
Asthma mobile apps help teens
Mobile phone apps help teenagers adhere to asthma treatments by measuring symptoms.
Women’s Death in Overdose Increase
At least 42 women die every day from a drug overdose, and almost half of those overdoses are from prescription painkillers.
HealthLaw Will Limit Insurance Prices In 2014
Tightening up the fight to offer the health law, President Barack Obama was expected to give a speech Thursday touting how people purchasing protection in the new online marketplaces this fall will p...
20 Million New STIs Each Year
Each year there are about 20 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States that end up costing at least $16 million in direct medical costs, according to the Centers for Dis...
Toppling TVs on children
ER’s are seeing more and more TV related injuries on children due to TV’s toppling over, which has more than doubled in the past few years. According to a study, an estimated 17,000 child...
Epilepsy drugs in pregnancy
A new Norwegian study has found that children of women who take drugs to treat epilepsy during pregnancy may be at increased risk for physical and mental developmental delays early in life. The rese...
Watching TV may help with child behavior
According to a study, children who watch more educational programs instead of violent TV shows, tend to be more compassionate and less aggressive.