The FDA has approved the use of pictures/images on cigarette packaging that show corpses, lungs and other graphic side effects of smoking. The US will join the ranks of 30 other countries that already display …

It took a female researcher who suffered from alopecia areata  (AA) years before she discovered the genes that cause baldness – genes that have more in common with other autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, …

Researchers at Yale University evaluated the safety and efficacy of a new vaccine designed to neutralize the effects of cocaine before it crossed the blood-brain barrier.  Although still in its infancy, the vaccine was able …

Although it seems obvious that patients wouldn’t improve if they knew they were taking a placebo, researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMC) in conjuction with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), designed a study to …

I got an email today from Medscape, which provides journal articles for health care providers. It had just released its top ten list of most read articles by general internists for 2010. Topping the list was …

I have a confession to make – it’s been months since I’ve been to the gym. After an run-in with patella-femoral syndrome despite doing leg strengthening exercises several times a week, I stopped going to …

The desire to eat a particular food is decreased simply by the act of imagining to eat it according to research published in the on-line journal of Science. Researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University discovered …

A recent study released in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that HIV rates of infection were reduced by 44% in men who took an antiretroviral medication every day.
The combination drug, emtricitabine and tenofovir …

Given that Monday’s posting was about 2 new treatments for age-related macular degeneration, I was pleasantly surprised to see 2 other treatments discussed in the “Most E-mailed” article section of the NY Times today.
One of …

There are several new treatments for age-related macular degeneration, which causes loss of central eye vision. There are two types of age-related macular degeneration, wet or dry. Wet macular degeneration is less common, occurring in …