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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...
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...
Jan. 27 | A minimally invasive carotid artery stent developed by Abbott Laboratories has been reviewed by the FDA’s Circulatory System Devices Panel, who released their results yesterday. The RX ACCULINK Carotid Stent System was determined to be a “safe...
Jan. 1 | If you are praying that Googling “hangover cures” will make your pounding headache go away this morning, you will be disappointed. Despite urban legends, internet remedies and word-of-mouth cures, there is no magic potion that will make your...
Dec. 25 | The 3 Kings brought the baby Jesus frankincense and myrrh as gifts. These were not minor gifts and were expensive items at the time. These two products are only found in areas in Arabia and Africa and were valued gifts, befitting the baby Jesus. They...
Dec. 16 | When people with Type 2 Diabetes did resistance training on some days, and then aerobic exercise on other days their blood sugar was lower.
This was a test given on people who tried a combo routine versus people who did just one routine. The people who...
Dec. 16 | There are differences between the blood of humans and animals as one might expect. This difference is the reason that Staphylococcus aureus bacteria prefers to survive in and on human blood. Some people suffer more severe staph infections or none at all,...
Dec. 10 | A group of researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania recently conducted a study to find out if people would physically eat less if they imagined they were eating. According to the findings, people found they wanted chocolate less...
Dec. 5 | In the new study, A team of researchers tracked the symptoms of depression in people who were trying to quit and discovered smokers who quit for even short periods of time are apparently happier people.
The researchers tracked the mood of 236 men and...
Dec. 4 | A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 8-2 that benefits of Allergan’s Lap-Band top its risks when used in patients who are not morbidly obese.
The 10-member FDA advisory committee voted overwhelmingly to recommend the panel give the request...