Researchers Make Progress in Fight against Alzheimer’s

It is estimated that more than 26 million individuals worldwide suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of age-related dementia. In the United States, experts believe that as many as one in seven individuals over the age of 72 have some form of dementia and Alzheimer’s is expected to afflict more than 100 million [...]

Cardiovascular Risk May Be Indicated by Some Unusual Factors

There are times when researchers uncover interesting collateral information when attempting to find answers to the most puzzling health questions. Over the past several years, many of these unusual findings have been related to an individual’s risk for developing heart disease. Earlobe Creases It sounds implausible and slightly amusing, but more than two dozen scientific [...]

Reducing Risks of Sudden Cardiac Arrest for Middle-Aged Male Athletes

Much has been made in recent media reports of young athletes succumbing to sudden cardiac arrest while participating in amateur and professional sports. In 2008, Jason Stinson, a high school football coach from Kentucky, allegedly forced his team to run sprints at the end of a practice in 94-degree heat. One of Stinson’s young players [...]

Use Targeted Weight Training to Reduce Neck Pain

Cases of neck pain have been increasing in recent years and now it is second only to back pain as the most common musculoskeletal complaint. Figures from the National Health Interview Survey showed that the percentage of individuals with neck and lower back pain which could cause impairment rose over 2-fold between 1997 and 2006. [...]

Weighing the Dangers of Chemotherapy against its Benefits

Cancer is a term that is used to refer to diseases in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and invade other tissues. Cancer cells can spread around the body through the lymph and blood systems. There are over 100 different types of cancer and most are named after the organ that they originate in. Cancers are [...]

New Inroads in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that affects the brain and is the most common cause of dementia in elderly individuals, symptoms usually not appearing until after the age of 60. Alzheimer’s is a distressing and irreversible disease that slowly destroys the sufferer’s thinking skills and memory, rendering them incapable of even carrying out the [...]

Have You Been tested for H-Pylori?

Helicobacter pylori (H-pylori) is a bacterium that lives in the duodenum and the stomach. In the stomach gastric juice, a mix of digestive enzymes and concentrated hydrochloric acid breaks down food and it was long believed that this environment was too hostile to allow any bacteria to flourish. However, the spiral shaped H-pylori changed that [...]

Correlation between Dopamine and ADHD

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood psychiatric disorder, but it can continue throughout adolescence and into adulthood. In 2006 approximately 3 million children under the age of 18 were receiving treatment in the USA for ADHD. The symptoms that characterize the disorder are difficulty controlling behavior, difficulty focusing and paying attention and [...]

Diagnosis and Treatment of Testicular Cancer

Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer affecting young men in the US between the ages of 15 through 45 years. In recent years the number of men diagnosed with testicular cancer has been increasing, and in 2009 it was estimated that there would be 8,400 new cases. One in 450 men under [...]

Addressing Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a condition that affects roughly 20 million Americans, according to some estimates. The Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study found that among middle-aged individuals, 9% of women and 24% of men suffered from sleep apnea, and it is estimated that roughly 85% to 90% of individuals who are actually suffering from some form of [...]

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