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Timing of Cardiac Arrest

 November 12, 2019

According to an article written by Robert Preidt of the HealthDay Reporter, the timing of a cardiac arrest may affect survival.  These rates are rising for people who have cardiac arrest while they are in the hospital, according to a study.  If a cardiac arrest would happen at night or on a weekend, your possibility […]

Seborrheic Keratoses

 November 11, 2019

Exactly what is seborrheic keratoses?  Dr. Robert Ashley expands on what this is and how to care for this condition. Seborrheic keratoses are small, brown, rough and very itchy spots developing on the back and other areas.  Many are explained away by age and we just have to live with it.  These are also known […]

Protein Identifies Cancer Cells

 November 10, 2019

I discovered an article written by Catharine Paddock, PhD who gives information on a protein that identifies cancer cells that are becoming aggressive and ready to spread to the rest of the body.  Researchers from Rockefeller University in New York and the University of Bergen in Norway, have reported their findings called PITPNC1 in the […]

Life Expectancy In the Future

 November 9, 2019

Yasemin Saplakoglu, a staff writer with Live Science, explains what could happen with our life expectancy by 2040.  He feels the way things are going now, by 2040 we are probably going to be better off than we are today.  On the average both women and men will have a 4.4 years higher rate.  The […]

High Drug Prices

 November 8, 2019

In America in 2000 we were on the verge of the largest cycle of drug-patent expirations in our history.  The analysts remained divided on what benefit the consumers would enjoy from this unprecedented trend. An estimated $34 billion worth of blockbuster drugs expired between 2000 and 2004, which was the largest in the nation’s history, […]

Diabetes Drug Kills Cancer Cells

 November 7, 2019

An article was written by Ana Sandoiu and checked by Jasmin Collier, giving some facts on a new innovative way to kill off cancer cells in acute myeloid leukemia.  This would occur while preserving and regenerating healthy red blood cells. The new study was carried out by researchers from the McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer […]

Can We Stop Cancer From Metastasizing?

 November 6, 2019

Ana Sandoiu wrote an article that explored the subject of a new way to possibly stop cancer from metastasizing.  This is the main cause of death in cancer, and the current treatments against it are so far ineffective.  However, there is current research that may have found a way to slow it down, and maybe […]

What is Kratom?

 November 5, 2019

Kratom is called an opioid by the FDA even though it seems to be more of an herbal supplement.  Could it be safer to use than prescription opioids?  Dr. Robert Ashley gives more information on Kratom. Controlling pain is the purpose of the opioid epidemic in the medical community.  Pain is always the enemy that […]

Predisposition Mechanism For Colon Cancer

 November 4, 2019

Ana Sandoiu published an article that was fact checked by Jasmin Collier looking at the new predisposition mechanism for colon cancer that has been found by scientists.  This new novel mechanism interferes with our DNA’s ability to repair itself and genetically predisposing some people to colon cancer. The journal Nature Chemistry published the new study.  […]

Oh, Those Nighttime Leg Cramps!

 November 3, 2019

Nothing is more disturbing and painful than when that leg cramp grabs you in the middle of the night.  Everyone seems to have a different remedy for taking care of this condition. Drs. Elizabeth Ko and Eve Glazier have some suggestions that come from their readers.  Dr. Glazier is an internist and associate professor of […]