Ovarian cancer: battling the uninvited guest, written 1 day ago, September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. It's a disease that touches more than 20,000 women each year, including some of CNN's own. Karen Bonsignore, executive producer of CNN Entertainment News, got her diagnosis in May. ...

Global 2.0: A lesson from Indian pharmacies, written 5 hours ago, By Sarah Arnquist MedPlus Pharmacies is arguably one of India's fastest growing health companies. Since its launch in 2006, the retail pharmacy chain has opened 500 stores in several Indian cities and serves roughly 25,000 customers d...

Paying More for the Same Healthcare, written 2 days ago, The Associated Press just reported that in 2009 almost 60% of employers plan to pass on the effect of rising healthcare costs--greater premiums, increased co-pays, and other out-of-pocket costs--to their employees. With healthcare costs in 200...

Like Pasta but need to cut carbs?....Today's post: Friday, 9-5-2008..., written 1 day ago, Like Pasta but need to cut carbs?....Today's post: Friday, 9-5-2008 Earlier it was thought that cutting out fat & saturated fat would help people to lose or keep off excess fat from their bodies; and it wo...

NSA Releases New Guidelines for hESC Research, written 1 day ago, Updated guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research releasedFriday, 05 September 20082008 Amendments to the National Academies' Guidelines for H ...Read this FREE online!Full BookThe National Academies today released amended gui...

AlloMap®: Novel Non-invasive Test For Managing Heart Transplant Patients, written 1 week ago, Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 1937886 AlloMap® - developed by XDx Inc. - is a non-invasive test utilizing molecular expression techniques that will help doctors in managing heart transplant patien...

What Gives Color to bareMinerals Foundation?, written 11 hours ago, BareMinerals - I love these products. They are just minerals with no powder fillers and when applied properly (lightly) produce an even tone on the skin without it appearing that I have makeup on. I have to mix the light and fairly ...

Parrish Medical Centers Diamondback 360 System, written 1 week ago, The Diamondback 360° System uses the principle of centrifugal force. As crown rotation increases, centrifugal force presses the eccentrically mounted, diamond-coated crown against the stenotic lesion, removing a thin layer of plaqu...

Dr. Dominic Gaziano present TEA FOR YOUR HEALTH - Chicago Health & Wellness Seminar, written 1 day ago, Galleria UNICO and Dr. Dominic  Gaziano present a special event this week, Wednesday, September 10th6:30 - 10pmIn the new  Galleria Unico, 44 E. Superior, on the 2nd...

Eleven, Bald, Brave, and Successful!, written 3 weeks ago, Olivia Rusk lost all of her hair at age two, just after she had her childhood vaccines. Although her hair grew back by the time Olivia turned four, she recently lost all her hair again and this time it wasn't just the hair on her head. Her e...

Back to School Teleseminar - "Finding the Groove", written 1 week ago, A big hello from the Poconos! The weather here has been fabulous. We spent a serene afternoon by beautiful Lake Harmony this afternoon, and tomorrow we'll go whitewater rafting down Lehigh River. Can't wait!I hope you'r...

The Cost of Non-Compliance, written 3 days ago, I don't pretend to be an expert on patient compliance, and have found most of the studies I've read on how often and how well patients follow their doctor's orders to be confusing and inconclusive. I'm sure others do, too. It's a tough subject. In a wo...

ED Drugs Tested for Chemotherapy, written 1 day ago, Recent tests from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California may have come up with a new use for impotence drugs: treating brain tumors. A research team from Cedars-Sinai looked specifically at Levitra and Viagra (you may have heard of...

Vaccinations at Record Levels, written 5 hours ago, This is great news for kids: Vaccination rates in the United States are at an all-time high for toddlers: 77.4%. There's a bit of geographic variation, with Maryland having the highest rate (91%) and Nevada the lowest (63%). According to...

Nothing Tastes As Good As Good Health Feels, written 1 day ago, The following are some alkalizing suggestions from one of our pH Miracle's, Lisa Woodard:Sausage, ham, bacon, omelets, biscuits, coffee, this is what I used to eat for breakfast, thinking I needed protein, but I would literally vomit fr...

Stories of a Hospice Nurse, written 2 days ago, I was recently introduced to a blog written by a full-time hospice on-call nurse, and wanted to point you to one of her stories. I spend most of my time talking about the business of hospice, but we should never forget how hard hospice is. Everyone und...

Discussion of bioethics.

State's Obesity Risk: Lose Weight or Lose Insurance, written 1 week ago, By Shawn McKeeStaff WriterAt least one southern state is not taking their ranking at the top of the country's heaviest states list lying down (or sitting down for that matter). Alabama, which ranked second in a national obesity...

Ashes Heroes No 45: Craig McDermott, written 1 day ago, With apologies for the delay, here is the latest in our series on the men who shaped the Ashes. Frank Tyson was quite a popular choice as No 46 last week, to judge from the comments. I wonder if this...

Reasons Behind a Swollen Prostate, written 21 hours ago, Taking A Closer Look As to Why Prostates Become Swollen If you are diagnosed with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) it means that you have a swollen prostate. (...)