by admin | May 15, 2013 | Health News
Researchers have figured out new ways to identify who is at risk of developing Alzheimer’s, an incurable brain disease that affects 5.4 million Americans. By studying spinal fluid samples and health data from 201 research participants at the Charles F. and...
by admin | May 15, 2013 | Health News
TORONTO – Not all technologies used for mammography are created equal, say researchers, who found one type is far less effective at detecting breast cancer than others.A study by Cancer Care Ontario researchers found that digital computed radiography (CR)...
by admin | May 15, 2013 | Health News
WASHINGTON — New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies – bed rest – doesn’t seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk. Doctors have known for years that there’s no good...
by admin | May 15, 2013 | Health News
DENVER (AP) — An expansion of Medicaid eligibility that’s expected to add 160,000 adults to public health care assistance in Colorado was signed into law Monday. The expansion is part of the federal health care overhaul that 22 states and Washington, D.C.,...
by admin | May 14, 2013 | Health News
By Diana Spechler Who says you have to keep your hands to yourself? When Diana Spechler steps out of her comfort zone, she discovers that a little extra physical contact can go a long way. Recently, on a crowded bus, I found myself pressed up so close to a stranger,...
by admin | May 14, 2013 | Health News
NEW YORK — New York City Council Speaker and Democratic mayoral candidate Christine Quinn says she struggled in the past with bulimia and alcoholism. In an interview with the New York Times ( ), Quinn says her bingeing and purging began when she was 16 while...
