People living with a medical condition know how wearing a medical ID helps a lot - adults, kids, athletes, students, men and women alike. Whether the condition is food allergy, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, etc. - a medical ID can save your life. Information about Lauren's Hope arrived in my inbox last week and I'm amazed by the stylish, fashionable medical ID jewelries they have. Lauren's Hope is th...

Dimebon is a drug once used in Russia as antihistamine. Now, initial trials conducted by a team from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston using the drug against Alzheimer's disease has shown promising positive results. Findings are published in the current issue of the The Lancet: In the study, the authors noted that Dimebon is the first drug for Alzheimer's disease that demonstrated continued imp...

Okay...before you all laugh. New reports are claiming that one consequence of global warming is more kidney stones for Americans. ;-) © thynkyr Adam Voiland wrote in the Health section of the U.S. News and World Report: Al Gore is going to love this one. A new study, released yesterday, suggests that it's not just polar bears, ice caps, and farmers who ought to be on edge about global warming. Ris...

Pioneering heart surgeon, Michael E. DeBakey died on Saturday (July 11) in Methodist Hospital Houston at the age of 99. Who is Dr. Michael E. DeBakey? father of modern cardiovascular surgery invented scores of medical procedures and instruments developed the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital established what later became the Veterans Affairs hospital system Over a 70-year medical career, Dr. DeBakey be...

The US News and World Report has released its Best Hospitals Honor Roll for this year based on specialties ranking. Here is the list: Best Hospitals Honor Roll 1. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore (30 points in 15 specialties) 2. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. (28 points in 15 specialties) 3. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles (25 points in 14 specialties) 4. Cleveland Clinic (25 points...