How we work out: Pickleball in Churchville
- Health & Healing
- June 27, 2012
This unique sport has become popular with seniors and middle-schoolers, says Maureen Mills, a player who contacted The Baltimore Sun about the game. "There are about 13 of us who rotate in and out of the group," says Mills. "We're mostly retired educators. Other people play at the senior centers in Bel Air and Fallston,
READ MOREEven a brisk daily walk can cut the risk of breast cancer
- Health & Healing
- June 27, 2012
According to recent research, walking 'cuts breast cancer risk by 30%.' You need to do 90 minutes a day, say scientists. Women who exercised for at least 90 minutes a day saw the most benefit, with a 30 per cent drop in their breast cancer risk. The Daily Mail, 6/25/2012
READ MORETending the Body’s Microbial Garden
- Health & Healing
- June 21, 2012
As we learn more about the complex contributions of the trillions of microbes we carry in and on our bodies, some scientists want to be more like landscapers– nurturing the good and weeding out the bad. The New York Times, 6/19/2012
READ MORETeaching doctors to listen
- Health & Healing
- June 19, 2012
Dr. Rachel Remen created a medical school class 20 years ago that specializes in doctor-patient communication, and changed the way doctors relate to their patients. NBC News, 6/15/2012
READ MOREToo Little Sleep Tied to Stroke Risk
- Health & Healing
- June 14, 2012
According to the latest findings on the effects of too little sleep, sleeping less than six hours can increase your risk of a stoke fourfold. Yahoo! News, 6/12/2012
READ MOREBehind One Hospital’s Fight Against Deadly Infection
- Health & Healing
- June 9, 2012
Marita Nash, environmental services director at Hunterdon Medical Center, and her colleague Kathy Roye-Horn, Hunterdon's infection-prevention director, are on the front lines of one of the most critical battles in health care- keeping virulent hospital infections at bay. Their New Jersey-based hospital cut its rates of deadly infections and has now launched a national program
READ MOREMore Advanced Therapies Are Being Aimed at Cancer
- Health & Healing
- June 6, 2012
At a conference of more than 30,000 cancer specialists, scientists are reporting new tactics to spur the immune system to attack a broad range of cancers, new drugs that attack the disease while sparing healthy cells, and new ways to tell which patients will benefit from which drugs. ABC News, 6/4/2012
READ MORETask force: PSA prostate cancer screening tests do more harm than good
- Health & Healing
- May 26, 2012
A widely followed federal advisory panel recommended on Monday that healthy men should not get screened for prostate cancer (with a common blood test). The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reviewed studies showing that the test, widely used for almost 20 years, could lead to unnecessary cancer treatments. ABC News, 5/22/2012
READ MORERare disease or fake illness?
- Health & Healing
- May 22, 2012
Dr. William Gahl, director of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program at the National Institutes of Health, explains why mysterious ailments are sometimes mistaken for hypochondria. 60 Minutes, 5/20/2012
READ MORE‘Fat Tax’ to Lower Obesity
- Health & Healing
- May 17, 2012
Adding a high tax on unhealthy food and drinks may help slow the rising rates of obesity, according to a new study published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal. Many health professionals, however, question how helpful the tax would be. Keith Ayoob, associate professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, believes that
READ MOREFDA Still Cautious About Bone Drugs
- Health & Healing
- May 14, 2012
The FDA is warning that taking bone drugs for osteoporosis for longer than five years may put women at an increased risk of femur fractures and other problems. Many women take these drugs, called bisphosphonates, specifically Fosamax, Actonel and Reclast, to help prevent bone loss and fractures. But the concern now is that after three
READ MOREU.S. obesity costs soar as nation packs on pounds
- Health & Healing
- May 3, 2012
CBS News, 4/30/2012
READ MOREAre Berries the New Brain Food?
- Health & Healing
- April 28, 2012
New evidence suggests that strawberries and blueberries eaten regularly may help preserve brain function. ABC News, 4/26/2012
READ MOREPumping Iron to Prevent Dementia?
- Health & Healing
- April 25, 2012
A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that what helps the brain most is resistance training, according to researchers at the University of British Columbia in Canada. ABC News, 4/23/2012
READ MOREHappy? Positive outlook may be good for your heart
- Health & Healing
- April 24, 2012
New research, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has found that people with a better sense of well-being tend to have healthier blood pressure, cholesterol and weight, and are more likely to exercise, eat healthier, get enough sleep and avoid smoking. Optimism in particular seems key, as a number of studies found the most
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