Illustration of how tamoxifen works
A team of researchers from the Mayo Clinic released its findings on which drugs should be avoided by women taking the well known anti-breast cancer medication, Tamoxifen. The findings were reported …

Concussions are a serious problem in the young athlete and a recent study showed that most parents support school policies that would help to ensure this. The movement to educate coaches and trainers to recognize …

To say that obesity negatively affects sex lives may not be a startling revelation but a new study published in the online edition of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) did provide greater insight in how …

They won’t kill you but the pain sure is breathtaking – just ask anyone who suffers from leg cramps in the middle of the night.
Medically referred to as “nocturnal leg cramps”, these severe muscle contractions …

A middle-aged woman who I’ll call Martha came to see me concerned about a neck mass and given her long smoking history, she admitted to being worried about lung cancer. This woman was  thoughtful and articluate and …

Every other year since 1990, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) publishes data on youth associated risk behavior by monitoring six categories of behavior. The  survey, officially entitled “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – U.S. 2009” (YRBS) …

New research has linked a brain hormone to panic attacks. Called orexin, this hormone is secreted in abnormally high amounts in those who suffer from panic attacks. Previous research showed that orexin regulates vigilance, arousal, wakefulness and …

I recently had a patient ask about the use of antioxidants during chemotherapy. Although my patient didn’t have cancer – her family member did – I remembered reading about this when my mother was being …

Illustration shows where DVTs commonly form
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering  (NIBIB) has been funding research into treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVTs) that doesn’t rely on the use of drug therapy such …

The CDC released statistics on the 10 most diagnosed cancers affecting women in this country as of 2006, the most recent year for which statistics are available.
Breast cancer leads the way, by more than double, …