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[09-26-2011] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing the public that it has not yet reached a conclusion, but remains concerned, about the potential increased risk of blood clots with the use of drospirenone-containing birth control pills. FDA has completed its review of the two 2011 studies that evaluated the risk of blood [...]
A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring of the internal organs or skin, such as pulmonary fibrosis or scleroderma. The drug, with the generic name bortezomib, stopped the production of fibrotic proteins in human cells and the development of fibrous scarring in a mouse model of fibrotic [...]
African-American men living in areas with low sunlight are up to 3 ½ times more likely to have Vitamin D deficiency than Caucasian men and should take high levels of Vitamin D supplements, according to a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “This study shows that the current one-size fits all recommendations [...]
SEND US YOUR IDEAS! Being healthy and safe takes commitment, but it doesn’t have to be time-consuming, painful, or boring. Most things are simple and take so little time that you’ll wonder why you’ve been avoiding them. Even small steps can mean big rewards in preventing illness and injury. Find out what you can do [...]
Factoids on headaches! Headaches account for more than 3 million emergency department visits annually in the U.S., and of those, about 81,000 result in hospital stays. In 2008, the highest rate of emergency department visits for headaches involved people ages 18 to 44. Migraines accounted for 63 percent of all headache-related hospital stays and women [...]
Researchers have converted stem cells from the human endometrium into insulin-producing cells and transplanted them into mice to control the animals’ diabetes. The endometrium, or uterine lining, is a source of adult stem cells. Normally, these cells generate uterine tissue each month as part of the menstrual cycle. Like other stem cells, however, they can [...]
Where do you get your health information? Doctors are often too busy to spend much time on preventive care. The internet is alive with personal and commercial blogs on the latest health fads. And most recently, politicians are getting into the act. The latest bruhaha about the HPV vaccine has been front and center [...]
Menopause has little to no impact on whether women become more susceptible to diabetes, according to a one-of-a-kind study. Postmenopausal women had no higher risk for diabetes whether they experienced natural menopause or had their ovaries removed, according to the national clinical trial of 1,237 women at high risk for diabetes, ages 40 to 65.“In [...]
The following blog is excerpted from a Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) blog and raises important issues regarding genomic (genetic) testing. Campaigns against public spitting in the 19th century were largely driven by concerns about the spread of tuberculosis. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, spitting seems to be making a [...]
A new Northwestern University study provides compelling evidence that human males are biologically wired to care for their offspring, conclusively showing for the first time that fatherhood lowers a man’s testosterone levels. So guys, there is no excuse for not pitching in and, ladies, this is good news if you are a new mother who [...]
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