Scientists have backed two herbal remedies used for centuries to ease anxiety. They found ‘strong evidence’ that passion flower extract and kava both combat anxiety disorders. The results are based on an analysis of 24 studies involving more than 2,000 participants. “Our review and summary of the literature on herbal remedies and dietary supplements for [...]
Sara Fought started getting mammograms at age 38, a couple of years earlier than recommended by the American Cancer Society. It was purely precautionary. Her mother had fibrocystic breasts and had been diagnosed the previous year, at age 80, with very early-stage breast cancer. Fought had dense breasts, too, so her gynecologist suggested she get [...]
When expectant mothers get a flu vaccination, they not only protect themselves throughout their pregnancy but may also help safeguard their babies against flu for the first few months of life. A study published online Oct. 4 in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine found that when women were vaccinated in the second or [...]
Sports injuries are commonplace, but injuries from playing interactive video games such as Nintendo Wii are now on the rise, new research shows, with even children who are bystanders sometimes getting hurt. However, one expert said the odds of being injured while playing an interactive video game, or of being injured while watching someone else [...]
AN AUSTRALIAN researcher says the faltering female libido has been dressed up as a medical problem to benefit drug companies, the Daily Mail reported Friday. Ray Moynihan accused drug companies of creating “female sexual dysfunction” as a disorder they can sell treatments for. He also claimed doctors were paid to talk about the “condition” as [...]
During the first week of October mental health advocates around the country will gather to celebrate Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) by shunning the seriously mentally ill. The most egregious example of this “celebration” will take place this weekend at the “Alternatives 2010″ conference in Anaheim, California. The “Alternatives 2010″ conference is a gathering of [...]
A research team led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine has identified the mechanism behind a single gene linked to the causes of both Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 diabetes. The data show that a gene for a protein called SorCS1, which can cause Type 2 diabetes, impacts the accumulation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) in the [...]
Hormonal shifts and muscle loss make menopause weight loss very difficult. Many women see their weight balloon when they enter the menopause stage of life. It can even begin during perimenopause, which is the period leading up to menopause. Commonly this weight gain is accompanied by other symptoms like night sweats, moodiness, loss of energy [...]
Greg slowly rose up from squatting position while backing out from beneath a canopy of Sour Diesel. It took a minute to stand, his legs feeling his age, the pain burning in his “correcting arm.” Twenty-five years of teaching essays and short stories burned in his memory with each strained movement. His retirement now included [...]
Livingston’s Health Department will hold its Fall Health Fair tomorrow, on Saturday, September 25 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Senior and Community Center. Guests and medical professionals will be on hand to answer questions on such topics as hearing, podiatry and nutrition. Men and women over the age of 45 years will be [...]