Articles in General Health
It’s a shame that the one drink Americans don’t think twice about consuming can have so many hidden calories. The standard cup of coffee, minus the sugar and cream/milk has no calories but it doesn’t …
It was the first time I had seen the patient but my eyes were immediately drawn to her arms. Small, ulcerated, singular patches dotted her forearm and upper arms. I went through the history taking …
A recent article in the New York Times, Baby Fat May Not Be So Cute Afterall, reports on recent studies that show interventions aimed at school-aged kids for reducing childhood obesity may need to be started well …
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently released an “Mumps Advisory” bulletin because of the large outbreak that began in the summer of 2009 and is continuing.
Largely confined to a “tradition-observant Jewish community in New …
Dr. Dean Ornish, a well known cardiologist who has written extensively about diet and heart disease, was recently interviewed by Kathy Freston, a contributer to The Huffington Post. He explains clearly and without complexity, the connection between …
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, …
