_ Mental & Emotional Health It's a Real Thing: Taking Psychedelic Drugs to Ease End-of-Life Anxiety By Sondra Forsyth article *Sheila, a 57-year-old patient diagnosed six months earlier with terminal cancer sat in my office, twisting Kleenex in her fingers. … Read More→
_ Medical Care Reducing Delirium in Older Patients After Surgery By Sondra Forsyth article A drug that reduces delirium in postoperative patients may work by preventing the overactivity of certain receptors in brain cells, … Read More→
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_ Colon and rectal cancer American Cancer Society Updates Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines By Jane Farrell article The American Cancer Society has updated its age for initial screening of colorectal cancer to 45, based partly on statistics … Read More→
_ Stroke Stroke Symptoms You Should Never Ignore By Jane Farrell article LetΓÇÖs be honest: When people hear someone has suffered a cardiovascular incident, they rarely imagine itΓÇÖs a woman in her … Read More→
_ Children's Health The Ultimate Summer Camp Checklist: Food, Fun and Safety By Jane Farrell article Summer is┬á here, and more than 14 million children are heading off to summer camp. To ensure your child is … Read More→
_ Vitamins + Supplements Many Popular Vitamins Don't Have Health Benefits By Jane Farrell article The most popular vitamin and mineral supplements provide no health benefit or harm, according to a new study. The finding, … Read More→
_ Depression Study: African Americans and Latinos Likelier than Whites to Be at Risk for Depression By Jane Farrell article African Americans and Latinos are significantly more likely than Whites to experience serious depression, but chronic stress doesnΓÇÖt seem to … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health Over One-Third of US Adults May Be Unknowingly Using Multiple Medications That Can Cause Depression By Sondra Forsyth article A 2018 study done by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers and published on June 12th in the Journal of … Read More→
_ Sleep Bursts of Brain Activity during Sleep Linked to Memory Rejuvenation By Jane Farrell article Researchers seeking to understand the brain mechanisms that secure memory storage during sleep, have zeroed in on a ΓÇ£sleep spindleΓÇ¥ … Read More→
_ Children's Health Hot Cars Can Kill Children within An Hour By Jane Farrell article Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Arizona State University found that if a car is … Read More→
_ Health Headlines Annual Report to The Nation: Overall Cancer Mortality Continues to Decline By Jane Farrell article The latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death rates continue to … Read More→
_ Concussions and other common head injuries Doctors Fail to Flag Concussion Patients for Critical Followup By Jane Farrell article Although there is increasing evidence of the long-term effects of concussion, more than half the patients seen at top-level trauma … Read More→
_ One in Ten Parents Say Their Child Has Gotten Sick from Spoiled or Contaminated Food By Jane Farrell article One in ten parents say their child has become sick from contaminated food, with restaurants being the worst culprits, according … Read More→
_ Melanoma Men with History of NonMelanoma Less Likely to Die of Melanoma By Jane Farrell article Skin cancer survivors know firsthand that the disease is most treatable when detected early, so theyΓÇÖre more likely to be … Read More→
_ Atherosclerosis On The Horizon: Non-Invasive Therapy to Treat Atherosclerosis By Jane Farrell article An injection may one day be able to reverse atherosclerosis, according to emerging research presented at the American Heart AssociationΓÇÖs … Read More→
_ Women's Health and Wellness Gynecology and Your Heart Health By Jane Farrell article Annual ΓÇ£well womanΓÇ¥ exams by OB/GYNs give an opportunity to evaluate another area of womenΓÇÖs health: heart health, according to … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Multigene Testing Replacing BRCA Tests for Breast Cancer Risk By Jane Farrell article The use of genetic tests aimed at detecting mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in women with breast … Read More→