10 shocking medical mistakes
- Health & Healing
- November 13, 2012
Medical errors kill over 250,000 people in the United States yearly. Fortunately, though, there are strategies you can use to help doctors and nurses avoid mistakes. CNN, 11/5/2012
READ MOREDealing with Emotional, Physical Toll of Sandy
- Health & Healing
- November 12, 2012
Millions face post-storm anxiety and fear as they struggle to rebuild their lives. NBC’s chief medical editor Dr. Nancy Synderman shares tips on how to cope with the emotional stress. Today, 11/4/2012
READ MORETop medical innovations treat headaches, diabetes
- Health & Healing
- November 5, 2012
The best medical innovations for next year include an almond-size device that's implanted in the mouth to relieve severe headaches and a hand-held scanner resembling a blow dryer that detects skin cancer, the Cleveland Clinic said on Wednesday. Doctors and researchers at the Clinic voted for what they thought were the biggest, most significant innovations from
READ MOREHurricane Sandy food safety resources
- Health & Healing
- October 30, 2012
Safety and sufficient rations should take top priority in a hurricane or any kind of natural disaster. This article compiles helpful information and links to important resources on food storage and preparedness. CNN Eatocracy, 10/29/2012
READ MORELike girls, U.S. boys may be hitting puberty earlier
- Health & Healing
- October 22, 2012
Boys in the United States may be entering puberty earlier than in generations past, a new study has found, suggesting it's not just girls who are developing at younger ages. Reuters, 10/21/2012
READ MORECan a few cherries a day keep gout away?
- Health & Healing
- October 22, 2012
A U.S. study of people with gout linked eating the fruit with a 35 percent to 75 percent lower risk of having an attack. Reuters, 10/14/2012
READ MOREA Spotlight on Compounded Medicines
- Health & Healing
- October 18, 2012
An outbreak of fungal meningitis has focused attention on the reformulation of drugs. The New York Times, 10/16/2012
READ MOREThe Good, the Bad and the Eww of Earwax Removal
- Health & Healing
- October 18, 2012
Doctors say that unless it's causing bothersome symptoms, earwax should be left alone… yet 12 million Americans visit medical professionals annually for earwax removal, and millions more are having it done at spas and ear-candling parlors. The Wall Street Journal, 10/16/2012
READ MOREWhat Your Breath Reveals
- Health & Healing
- October 16, 2012
Researchers have found that each person has a unique breath 'fingerprint' that physicians could use to diagnose a growing number of health problems. Using this knowledge, doctors have already started developing painless, inexpensive tests to diagnose lung cancer, diabetes, and more. The Wall Street Journal, 10/8/2012
READ MOREIs it possible to be too clean? Researchers say yes
- Health & Healing
- October 10, 2012
Scientists are discovering that the very tools we use to battle bacteria and viruses- things like antibacterial soap and hand sanitizers- may actually end up 'training' our immune systems to attack allergens, causing the recent rise in asthma and allergies in America. NBC News, 10/8/2012
READ MOREWhy patients don’t report medical errors
- Health & Healing
- September 28, 2012
Many of the people who suffer harm while undergoing medical care do not file formal complaints with regulators. The reasons are numerous: They’re often traumatized, disabled, unaware they’ve been a victim of a medical error or don’t understand the bureaucracy. NBC News, 9/26/2012
READ MORE‘Broken heart’ syndrome can be triggered by stress, grief
- Health & Healing
- September 26, 2012
Many people, most often women, suffer from broken heart syndrome after experiencing extreme fear, stress or sorrow. NBC News, 9/24/2012
READ MOREMost Americans May Be Obese by 2030, Report Warns
- Health & Healing
- September 20, 2012
A report released Tuesday morning by The Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation explains that, by 2030, more than half of Americans could be obese, resulting in millions of new cases of diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke — and costing the country up to $66 billion in treatment. ABC News,
READ MOREA Cure That Can Be Worse Than the Illness: Popular Antibiotics May Carry Serious Side Effects
- Health & Healing
- September 14, 2012
Concern is growing over side effects caused by a popular class of antibiotics called fluoroquinolones. The best known fluoroquinolones are Cipro (ciprofloxacin), Levaquin (levofloxacin) and Avelox (moxifloxacin). In 2010, Levaquin was the best-selling antibiotic in the United States. But by last year it was also the subject of more than 2,000 lawsuits from patients who
READ MOREUS health care: It’s officially a mess, institute says
- Health & Healing
- September 8, 2012
The Institute of Medicine released a report on Thursday on the state of the U.S. health care system and how it wasted $750 billion in 2009- about 30 percent of all health spending- on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems. As many as 75,000 people who died in 2005 would have lived if
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