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Understanding Aromatherapy
May. 15 | Aromatherapy is the practice of using the natural oils extracted from flowers, bark, stems, leaves, roots or other parts of a plant to enhance psychological and physical well-being. It is a natural, non-invasive modality designed to affect the whole person...
Full face transplant patient shows off new face
May. 10 | Dallas Wiens, sporting a goatee and dark sunglasses, joined surgeons Monday at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in his first public appearance since the 15-hour procedure in March. Weins, 25, of Fort Worth received a new nose, lips, skin,...
Novartis Approved for Rare Pancreatic Cancer
May. 6 | U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Afinitor (everolimus) has been expanded to include people with progressive neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas (PNET) that have spread to other parts of the body or cannot be removed by surgery, the agency...
Eight factors that could cause a cerebral aneurysm
May. 6 | Drinking coffee, making love, getting angry or even blowing your nose can significantly increase your chances of having a deadly type of stroke, scientists have warned. On “The Early Show,” CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton...
Drug resistance found in infected US meat
Apr. 16 | A team of researchers testing raw turkey, pork, beef, and chicken purchased at grocery stores in five different cities across the U.S. say that roughly one in four of those samples tested positive for a multidrug antibiotic-resistant “superbug” bacterium. The...
Study Reveals Best Ab Exercises
Feb. 27 | Biomechanics Lab at San Diego State University recently conducted a study of the Best Abdominal Exercises and found that the “crunch” was not as effective of an exercise as once thought. In fact of all the abs exercises that were studied...
Post-traumatic stress disorder in women linked to stress hormone
Feb. 24 | A team of researchers have found what may be a genetic link to post-traumatic stress disorder. The biological basis for post-traumatic stress disorder remains unclear. However this new study offers clues about why some people rebound from horrific events...
New study says cell phones affect brain activity
Feb. 23 | A new study conducted by the National Institutes of Health, has showed that using mobile phones increases activity of the brain cells. The study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a preliminary study a team of researchers...
Prescription drugs benzedrine and dexedrine may increase risk of Parkinson’s disease
Feb. 21 | A new study says that people who have used amphetamines such as benzedrine and dexedrine, normally used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), could be putting themself at an increase Parkinson’s disease risks. Study author Stephen...
