An interesting article appeared recently in the NY Times about the use of barefoot shoes – you’ve seen them – they’re the ones that have thin soles and toes and are designed to mimic running …

Current treatment for fecal incontinence using a mechanical artificial anal sphincter.
The first steps in developing a functioning artificial anal sphincter was achieved when researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC, grew …

This November, 2011, the FDA is expected to increase the cautionary labeling on bisphosphonates, the class of drugs used by over 5 million women in the U.S. to treat osteoporosis, a disease that causes bone …

Need a new liver? Kidney? How about building one? This is not as far-fetched as it seems as I discovered after reading an article about the 3D technology in a recent issue of New Scientist.
3D …

Hundreds of thousands of men and women have benefitted from stent placements in their coronary arteries when doctors have found blockages in their hearts, so the same principle of inserting stents in blocked arteries in …

“Disabled” implies limitations but not so for these men and women for whom confinement to a wheelchair does not stop them from participating in activities that “able-bodied” others would not venture to do. As this …

Sad to say that this is still a problem among health care professionals – lack of hand washing. Time and again, studies show that this simple act significantly reduces infection rates. The NY Times recently …

Loss of a loved one is a terrible burden to bear – but how do pets survive the grief they have when a beloved owner dies? Read this compelling article from the NY Times published …

Just read this in the magazine, The Week: The Best of the US. and International Media (July 29, 2011):
To approve a drug, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires pharmaceutical companies to provide just two …

Type I diabetics do not produce insulin, the hormone that removes sugar from the bloodstream, so they have to inject themselves with insulin 3 or 4 times a day in order to lower their blood sugars. New …