Articles in General Health
A recent special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that there was no link between autism and vaccines. Since the Supreme Court has just announced today that it will decide if vaccine manufactures can be …
Yes – by a procedure known as “endoscopic thoracic sympathetic block” (ESB). In fact, ESB has been used to successfully treat excessive facial sweating, hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating) and blushing.
First performed in the 1950s this surgery …
Low-level laser therapy (LLLT), utilizes light energy rather than heat energy used in laser surgery, to help relieve neck pain. Although the mechanism of action is not fully understood, LLLT has been used for a variety of …
On average, patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery can expect to lose about 60% of their excess weight after bypass surgery. This means that if you are about 150 pounds overweight, you can expect to lose …
Interval training, otherwise known as “sprint interval training”, has been the subject of research for a number of years. Studies consistently show that this type of training actually requires less time to achieve results and after all, …
Appendicitis occurs more frequently in men than women (3:2) and usually occurs in the second or third decade of life. Due to a number of factors, diagnosing acute appendicitis is more difficult in children under …
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study 2/11/10 that showed that childhood obesity doubled the risk of early death, defined as death before age 55. Childhood obesity is defined as having a body mass …
Limiting TV/computer time to less than 2 hours a night, family dinners (5 or more times a week) and getting a good night’s sleep (at least 10.5 hrs of sleep) lessen a child’s risk for obesity a new …
A large national clinical trial testing doses of Vitamin D and fish oil supplements is currently recruiting 20,000 older adults to examine the impact of Vit D and omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil supplements.
The study …
A “proof of principle” study using 3 simple and quick eye tests, correctly identified 69 out of 69 patients with stroke. All 69 of the patients had at least one risk factor for stroke (high …
