Researchers set out to define whether there was an association between alcohol consumption and receptor status of breast cancer.

· The study included 184,418 postmenopausal women 50-71 years of age who were enrolled in the National Institutes of... [Read More]

Vitamin D is one of the essential fat soluble vitamins and regulates calcium absorption in the intestine. Vitamin D deficiencies can lead to Rickets, a bone disease. Recent research has shown that many other diseases are also associated with vitamin D deficiencies such as:

heart disease, asthma, memory impairment and certain forms of cancer.

· The current study reports that 7 out of 10 children in the United States have insufficient... [Read More]

Spinal cord damage and paralysis can be a devastating complication of trauma-related injuries.

There are about 10,000 spinal cord injury cases every year in the United States.

The spinal cord is very delicate and trauma-related injury can lead to irreversible damage, paralysis, loss of nerve function, paraplegia and quadraplegia.

Up to now, there has been no available treatments for a spinal cord injury or medications to protect the nerves from... [Read More]

What is an Anesthesiologist

An Anesthesiologist is a specialized physician (medical doctor) who is responsible for the perioperative care of a patient, meaning that they care for the patient before, during, and after surgery. Anesthesiologists evaluate patients before surgery; care for patients during surgery, including relieving pain and anxiety and maintaining important life functions; and providing pain relief and wellbeing after surgery. In simple terms, an Anesthesiologist makes sure you are safe and comfortable during surgery.

What is Anesthesia

Anesthesia includes many aspects... [Read More]

Dementia is common, affecting more the 4 million Americans and leads to more than 100 billion dollars in health care costs every year.

According to a recent study published in the July 13th issue of the medical journal, Archives of Internal Medicine, common blood pressure medication can decrease risk of... [Read More]

According to a report in the latest issue of International Journal of Cancer, certain patterns found on X-rays of skin and fingernails can provide an accurate diagnosis of certain cancers.

· Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States.  About 1.5 million cases of invasive cancer per year are diagnosed in the United States.

Early detection is vital to successful treatment.

· The authors of the study report that "in ways not yet understood, malignancies (cancer) elsewhere in the body appear to leave... [Read More]

· Fatty liver is the disorder of an accumulation of fat cells in the liver and is a common condition affecting up to 30% of the United States adult population.

· Fatty liver can lead to cirrhosis and may increase the risk of developing liver... [Read More]

Infectious Mononucleosis or  "Mono," is common and over 90 percent of the adult population has evidence of previous infections with the Epstein-Barr Virus which causes Infectious Mononucleosis.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a disorder of debilitating fatigue without an obvious cause. According to a recent article published in the journal Pediatrics, Infectious mononucleosis may... [Read More]

How we age and how to stop aging are hot topics, and researchers are looking for answers.

According to a recent article in the journal Nature, the medication Rapamycin was shown to significantly increase the lifespan of mice. Rapamycin is an FDA approved medication for patients with organ transplants to help prevent their body from rejecting the transplanted organ.

Rapamycin modifies the way in which the immune system functions. In some ways, it inhibits the immune system and in other ways in helps the immune system.

Study authors report that Rapamycin inhibits a specific protein called mTOR which is involved in cellular longevity, although the exact mechanism for the increase in... [Read More]

· Three recent observational studies have been published which show an increase risk of developing cancer in patients who use Lantus (insulin glargine).

· One of these studies published in the journal Diabetologia, analyzed information from 127,000 insulin-treated patients. The study showed a significant link between cancer and insulin glargine use compared to patients who use similar doses of human... [Read More]

· Obesity has been suspected as a possible risk factor... [Read More]

· Study authors followed almost 5,000 men and women since 1967 and identified participants who reported having migraines or migraines with an aura- a premonition, feeling or visual hallucination... [Read More]

· Investigators analyzed Adiponectin blood levels and alcohol consumption. Adiponectin is a naturally occurring anti-inflammatory molecule that is made from fat cells. Adiponectin protects against diabetes and helps control blood sugar.

· This study included 36 healthy men and 36 healthy women who were ages 22 to 56 years. Adiponectin levels were measured at the beginning of the study and after three weeks of moderate alcohol intake in the form of beer, red wine or ethanol. ... [Read More]

· Study authors analyzed data from 578 participants of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort study.

· Study authors  analyzed the length of time spent asleep and sleep quality along with blood pressure readings over a five year period.

· Study authors concluded that shorter sleep duration and poor sleep quality were associated with higher measured blood pressure... [Read More]

The study was published in the journal NEUROLOGY.  Study authors analyzed data from 2,362 female participants from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

Women participants were given a series of memory and cognition tests over four years, as they went through menopause.

· Study authors concluded that women's perceived memory difficulties while perimenopausal were associated with deficiencies in memory, cognition, and difficulty learning when compared to levels found before menopause.

· Memory and cognition rebounded to premenopausal... [Read More]

There is currently a lot of interest in finding ways to maintain telomeres as this may increase cellular longevity and possibly make people live longer.

Interestingly, a recent study showed that taking a multiple vitamin was associated with longer telomere length.  This study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  Investigators studied data from 586 women enrolled in an unrelated study called the... [Read More]

· Authors of a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology sought to clarify the risk of alcohol use and pancreatic cancer.  The study analyzed 470,000 patients between the ages 50-71 years who were enrolled in the US National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study.  The study authors classified the participants into light alcohol drinkers if they drank less than... [Read More]

· Study authors reported that although their study showed no evidence of the disease, previous studies have shown that as much as 10,000 people in the U.K are carrying the infection.

· Although the current study showed no cases as carriers of the disease, the true number of people in the U.K carrying the... [Read More]

· The study was conducted to determine if there is an association between 'weight cyclers' and increase risk of death.  Study authors analyzed about 45,000 middle aged or older women from the Nurses' Health Study from 1972 to 1992.  Women were classified as severe "weight cyclers" if they lost at least 20 pounds at least three times during the study period and they were identified as mild "weight cyclers" if they lost about 10 pounds at least three times during the study period.

· Previous studies have indicated health hazards... [Read More]

Researchers report that women with a history of gestational diabetes, have a 7.5-fold increase risk in developing diabetes later in life.

· Study authors performed a meta-analysis which included more than 650,000 women with gestational diabetes between January 1960 and January 2009.

The analysis showed that women with gestational diabetes had an increase risk of developing [Read More]

· Cancer remains the leading cause of death in the United States with about 1.5 million new diagnoses and about 500,000 deaths each year.

· The good news is that there has been a steady decline in cancer rates and cancer related deaths over the past 15 years. The declining cancer rates are equal to about 650,000 deaths prevented or delayed.

· According to study authors, there has been a decline in both cancer cases and cancer-related deaths. Between 1990 and 2005, the cancer death rate decreased by 19% in men and 11% in women.

The decline in cancer death rates in... [Read More]

· As with all Influenza A, the current Swine flu virus originated in birds.  At some point it was transferred from birds to pigs and remained there for a period of time.

· In 1998, researchers discovered that the Swine flu H1N1 had combined with a human Influenza A virus and an American avian flu virus.

· The virus then spread to pigs in Asia where mutations occurred and variants developed that have been isolated around the world.

· It is not known where the virus was laying dormant and undetectable prior to the current outbreak.  It is possible that pigs in Mexico may have been this hidden... [Read More]

· Investigators report on a study to treat patients with chronic heart disease.  In this study, investigators used cells from the patient's bone marrow and injected them directly into the wall of the heart.  Study authors report this technique improved heart function by three months after the procedure.

· This was a placebo controlled, double-blinded... [Read More]

· Investigators studied mice infected with the Cytomegalovirus(CMV) and found that CMV infection caused a significant increase... [Read More]

The study authors reported on the relationship between blood levels of testosterone and estrogen and the development of worsening heart failure in men.

This was a prospective observational study that included about 500 men with heart failure and the study ran over 4 years.

Study authors reported that men with decreased blood levels of testosterone had higher rates of worsening heart failure and death. ... [Read More]

This is according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The study authors analyzed patient survivors of certain types of cancers; colon cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer. They showed that self reported functional status improved with healthy diet and exercise behavior changes.

The study was a randomized control trial of almost 650 cancer survivors and ran over 2 years, between 2005 and 2007.

Cancer survivors who were... [Read More]

· Parkinson's disease is a degenerative brain disorder in which brain cells in a specially area of the brain, the substantia nigra, are damaged and this leads to difficulty initiating muscle movement and tremors.

· Uric Acid (Urate) probably acts as an anti-oxidant, protecting the brain against oxidative... [Read More]

· smoking... [Read More]