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Cancer Linked To Weight

 October 17, 2019

Here is another reason we need to eat correctly and watch our weight. According to an article written by Jasmin Malik Chua, a Live Science Contributor, 40% of cancer cases in the US are liked to weight. There are at least 13 types of cancer which will increase a person’s risk by being overweight or […]

Thyroid Cancer Treatments

 October 16, 2019

Over the last 40 years thyroid cancer rates have increased.  The rate of the most common form of thyroid cancer, papillary thyroid cancer, was 4.8 per 100,000 people in the US and 14.9 per 100,000 in 2012.  These cases are more often found today when imaging of the neck or chest is done for other […]

The Use of Medical Scribes

 October 15, 2019

Have you or a family member had to go to the emergency room lately? Thank goodness we have great ER’s but sometimes it can seem like a zoo and the wait can be terrible. I worked in the emergency room for twelve years, I know! Robert Preidt of the HealthDay Reporter wrote an interesting article […]

The Egg is the Best Part

 October 14, 2019

Most of us regard the chicken as a mainstay of our diet, but it used to be different in the 1920s.  Chickens were primarily raised for their eggs and not their meat.  The chicken meat was expensive and not considered very tasty.  It was also available only seasonally, as chickens were slaughtered in the fall […]

Hospital Hand Sanitizers

 October 13, 2019

Rachael Rettner is a Senior Writer for Live Science who has written information about the hospital superbug.  All employees around the world working in hospitals are slathering on hand sanitizer to prevent the spread of any infections. There is now one type of bacteria in hospitals that appears to be very resistant to alcohol-based hand […]

Does Your Stomach Growl

 October 12, 2019

It seems that our bodies let us know many things in a variety of ways, if it is well and alive!  That familiar growl of our stomach is sending hunger signals.  Are these noises actually coming from our stomach and are they really telling us its time to eat?  Actually, no, but here is what’s […]

Cell Death Technique

 October 11, 2019

I found an article written by Honor Whiteman on a novel cell death technique that he feels may be better than chemo.  Usually chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy are used to treat cancer.  They do not work for all patients suffering from cancer.  There is a new study where scientists have discovered a cancer-killing technique that […]

Can HDL be too high?

 October 10, 2019

Jennifer Berry wrote an article that was reviewed by Daniel Murrell, MD, that explained more about the HDL.  We seem to think that cholesterol should be as low as possible as we all know it is well-documented as a risk factor for heart disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there are […]

Black Seed Oil

 October 9, 2019

Exactly what are the benefits of black seed oil?  It has been used for thousands of years for medicine, food and cosmetics.  Many people today use it for the same reason as you’d take an aspirin or ibuprofen.  They hope it will target inflammation and tamp it down.  There are also substances in it that […]

Antipsychotic Drugs To Destroy Cancer Cells

 October 8, 2019

It’s a fact that some cancers can survive on high cholesterol levels.  Ana Sandoiu composed an article that was fact checked by Jasmin Collier that there is new research that uses antipsychotic drugs to starve these cancer cells of cholesterol. Certain malignancies depend on cholesterol to survive, according to some studies, and that high serum […]