Reducing Need for Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Osteoarthritis Drugs
May 10, 2011 No Comment
WebMD discusses the lifestyle steps that may reduce your need for drugs that treat diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and osteoarthritis.
Continue reading …Hoax ‘Peabody Initiative’ Offers Free Inhalers For Asthmatic Kids, Courtesy of Coal Company
May 10, 2011 No Comment
It was really just too good to be true. The website Coal Cares claims to be an initiative of Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private coal company, offering coal-themed kids’ puzzles and free jazzy inhalers to children who lived within 200 miles of a coal plant and suffered from asthma. (Our favorites are The Bieber,
Continue reading …WebMD talks to dermatologists about common mistakes people make in treating their acne.
Continue reading …WebMD discusses what women with type 2 diabetes should know about diabetes complications and more.
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Jenny Craig bested both Slim Fast 3-2-1 and Weight Watchers in the latest battle in the diet wars. The new diet ratings, released by Consumer Reports Health, gave six popular diets a score based on their overall effect on weight loss, adherence, and how well they followed the 2010 U.S. dietary guidelines for Americans.
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Long-term, regular users of a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) such as Nexium, Prevacid, Prilosec, and Protonix appear to have a heightened risk of fractures, a study shows.
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Age does not appear to significantly increase the risks associated with having weight loss surgery, a new study shows.
Continue reading …A “startling” 1 in 38 children have autism, Korean and U.S. researcher find. The estimate is far higher than CDC’s 1 in 110 estimate as the study found many school kids have mild, undiagnosed autism.
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A new study sheds light on the differences in cancer prevalence and survival rates in gay, lesbian, and bisexual populations compared with heterosexuals.
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A period of observation in the emergency department after a minor childhood head injury can reduce the use of a CT scan by as much as half without affecting good care, according to a new study.
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