Defective Prescription Drugs Result in Numerous Lawsuits
Who hasn’t had the experience of being prescribed medication from a doctor? Even the dentist can prescribe antibiotics and painkillers. When you’re told to take medications, you do it because you want to get More...
Signs and symptoms which prompt you to seek help of HRT – Effect on cholesterol
Hormone replacement therapy is given to those women whose progesterone and estrogen levels drop considerably after menopause. Both estrogen and progesterone are hormones and this therapy tops up the levels of the More...
5 Reasons For the Regular Uptake of Grapefruit
Yes, grapefruit really does suppress your hunger pangs! Not to forget to mention many other health benefits too. One of the most sought for fruits in winters-the grapefruit can provide you with innumerable health More...
How Healthy Habits Can Help You Stay Younger
photo/ www.agrilicious.org/ It’s always a good idea to have a youthful attitude. But you should still take practical steps to look after yourself. Cultivate a positive mental attitude, mental stimulation, and More...
HIV treatment, Genvoya, gets FDA nod
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Genvoya (a fixed-dose combination tablet containing elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, and tenofovir alafenamide) as a complete regimen for the treatment More...
MercyMe gets fifth AMA nods, Greater Than Tour dates listed
Announced on ABC’s Good Morning America earlier this week, MercyMe earned their fifth American Music Award Nomination forContemporary Inspirational Favorite Artist. Honored with two American Music Awards More...
5 Important Nutrients That May Be Absent from Your Diet
It is no secret that the average person is not fulfilling all of their dietary requirements on a daily basis. With the overload of fast food, processed snacks and sugary drinks, it is easy to eat all day without More...
Novo Nordisk’s Saxenda receives FDA approval for chronic weight management treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Saxenda (liraglutide [rDNA origin] injection) as a treatment option for chronic weight management in addition to a reduced-calorie diet and physical activity. The More...
Men’s Endocrine Health: Do You Know the Difference Between Low T and ED?
If you are having a discussion about male libido, there is a good chance that erectile dysfunction will probably be mentioned as well as testosterone. There is of course a common thread as low testosterone (Low More...
Restaurant menu and vending machine calorie labeling rules finalized
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today finalized two rules requiring that calorie information be listed on menus and menu boards in chain restaurants, similar retail food establishments and vending machines More...
Are Kids Becoming the New Couch Potatoes?
In recent years, there has been a rise in childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. The percentage of children aged 6-11 years in More...
Heart Disease Vaccine Shows Promise In Animal Studies
The La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LIAI) outside of San Diego, CA recently announced promising results for a vaccine to treat and prevent heart disease. The shot can be given before the onset of More...
Diabetes in the US: 29.1 million Americans have diabetes
PRESS RELEASE More than 29 million people in the United States have diabetes, up from the previous estimate of 26 million in 2010, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More...
High cholesterol may impair fertility: NIH
NEWS RELEASE High cholesterol levels may impair fertility in couples trying to achieve a pregnancy, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, the University at Buffalo (New York), More...
Red Wine Not As Healthy As Once Thought
In a new study published in JAMA: Internal Medicine, researchers have confirmed the worst: red wine, and specifically the component resveratrol, is not as healthy as once thought. Image/Paolo Neo Resveratrol became More...
Low-fat diet helps people with MS-related fatigue: Study
NEWS RELEASE Portland, Ore. — People with multiple sclerosis who for one year followed a plant-based diet very low in saturated fat had much less MS-related fatigue at the end of that year — and significantly More...
Lipid Concentration Determines Time of HIV Spread
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health have found that an inheritable trait, in which dendritic cells of the immune system have low levels of cholesterol, slowed the usually rapid More...
Mark Gatiss talks ‘Game of Thrones’ season 4 role, Tycho Nestoris, no ‘Sherlock’ season 4 talk
One of the biggest franchise is Game of Thrones, which heads into the fourth season and Sherlock star Mark Gatiss discussed his role in a Feb. 24 interview with Metro. “I felt a bit overwhelmed by the response,” More...
Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Natalie Dormer, Emilia Clarke head all-star cast in new ‘Game of Thrones’ season 4 photos
Fans are clamoring over the return of Game of Thrones, the hit HBO series, which heads into it fourth season. Now HBO drops 15 new images featuring the all-star cast. There are glimpses of new Westeros residents More...
At least 200,000 deaths from heart disease and stroke each year are preventable: CDC
Nearly 1 in 3 deaths in the US each year is caused by heart disease and stroke. At least 200,000 of these deaths could have been prevented through changes in health habits, such as stopping smoking, more physical More...
