Medical

California postpones minimum wage increase for healthcare workers due to budget deficit

Democrats in California have agreed to postpone a minimum wage rise for approximately 426,000 health care workers in order to help the state balance...

Certain prostate medications might help prevent dementia

A recent study reveals that prostate medicines may lessen the incidence of certain types of dementia. A study published on June 19 in the...

What Characterizes a Heart-Healthy Diet? Key Results from Recent Nutrition Studies

Two nutrition studies recently made headlines when they raised concerns about the impact of dietary choices on cardiovascular health. What are the "ingredients" of...

Wild Chimpanzees May Practice Natural Medicine

They aren't quite ready to operate a jungle clinic, but new research indicates that wild chimpanzees practice medicine. Fifty-one chimps living in two Ugandan villages...

How Does Heat Kill People?

As heat and humidity rise outdoors, what's happening within the human body can become a life-or-death battle over a few degrees. According to researchers who...

What determines whether a diet is heart-healthy?

Two nutrition studies recently made headlines when they raised concerns about the impact of dietary choices on cardiovascular health. What are the "ingredients" of...

Can Blood Pressure Medications Help Prevent Adult Epilepsy

Researchers published in JAMA Neurology on June 17 that angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may prevent epilepsy in high-risk individuals. "This is incredibly exciting because we...

Understanding the Causes and Insights of Age-Related Movement Slowing: A University of Colorado Boulder Study

It is well understood that our bodies gradually slow down in their motions as we age.Some possible factors include a slower metabolism, a loss...

Lessons Learned from a Brush with Tragedy: Dennis Quaid’s Twins and the Heparin Overdose of 2007

In November 2007, just two weeks after their birth via gestational carrier, Dennis Quaid's newborn twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, faced a terrifying ordeal. They were accidentally administered a massive overdose of Heparin, a medication used to prevent blood clots, putting their lives in grave danger.

Maternal depressive symptoms may start during pregnancy

New research indicates that maternal depressive symptoms most likely begin during or before pregnancy and continue steadily throughout the perinatal and postnatal periods. The...