Thirty four years of providing healthcare to patients caused Dr. Joan Bachorik of Oneonta, New York, to reopen her unusually revolutionary walk in clinic. Bachorik charges patients only $40 for access to healthcare regardless of insurance status and ability to pay for services. The practice...
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health at Madison has found a link between aspirin use and age-related macular degeneration. The study monitored the results of eyes exams as well as interviews during a five year period and found that those who took aspirin regularly, at...
Getting old before your time may be detrimental to more than your social life. Researchers have found a direct link between heart health and early aging after studying over 11,000 Danish people. The group began the study during 1976 and compared the differences between chronological age and...
Manufacturers of Monster Energy Drinks are under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the link of their products and consumers who suffered adverse reactions including at least five deaths and one incidence of a nonfatal cardiac arrest. Most recent reports indicate that...
As entrepreneur E. Joseph Cossman once said, “the best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep” - for all of us, especially children. A recently published study in the medical journal Pediatrics found a direct link between sleep pattern changes and child behavior. Led by Reut...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that over the 170 meningitis infections reported within at least 14 states have been linked by contaminated steroid injections from the New England Compounding Center (NECC.) The first of what could potentially be many lawsuits...
Officials at the Denver International Airport warn travelers and employees of a possible measles outbreak. The Department of Public Health and Environment warned the public that a female with measles arrived at the airport at Gate C39 at 9 p.m. on February 22, 2010 and may have exposed travelers...
Women are now able to receive tax breaks for breast feeding supplies as part of an Obama administration initiative to encourage breast feeding, especially among the nation's poor. In addition to the tax breaks, which encourage the use of breast pumps and other lactation related devices that help...
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is set to reveal new dietary guidelines on Monday, January 31, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. EST. The new guidelines will be formally presented by USDA's Secretary Tom Vilsack and Heath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The new guidelines...
The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 a link between breast implants and cancer. The FDA has launched an investigation into sourcing the relationship between anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare form of cancer, and breast implants following the...
