Bunk or De-Bunk “Gargling With Salt Water Can Ease Cold Symptoms”
A sore, itchy throat and respiratory congestion are some of the more common symptoms of a cold, and gargling with salt water seems to help for several reasons. A saline solution can draw excess fluid from inflamed tissues in the throat, making them hurt less. Gargling with salt water is a common home remedy that […]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – C.O.P.D.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – C.O.P.D. Understanding the issues faced by someone suffering from COPD. Knowing that 16 million Americans suffer from diagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and an estimated 16 million more have yet to be diagnosed. To understand that this is one of the most preventable illnesses. Dr. Alan Radin of the Arbor […]
Women aren’t properly represented in scientific studies
Women aren’t properly represented in scientific studies With all the hype about personalized medicine one day, doctors will use patients’ genomes to tailor treatment. One would hope that the medical community already had a decent grip on differences between the sexes…Yet scientists and clinicians often ignore sex differences, if they are even aware of them. […]
WHY THE HEALTHY AGING SHOW?
“GETTING OLDER BETTER” I was in the business of “Non Medical In-Home Care”. When we started, most people didn’t know what that meant. In fact in 2001, apparently, neither did I. When my wife, Marian said she wanted to go into the Home Care business, I replied “why? I am in the home care business, […]
Medical Myths that Kill
When it comes to your health, you can’t believe everything you hear. And if you get the wrong information, it can have dangerous consequences. Some myths are harmless. But some can kill you if you don’t get the facts from a doctor. In this Lifescript exclusive, NBC News medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman debunks the […]
No Link Between Vaccines, Mercury and Autism
What We Don’t Know About Vaccines One of the greatest achievements of Public Health are vaccines. Many deadly diseases have been practically eradicated, along with the pain, suffering and cost to society But there are other diseases whose demise has not yet come. While vaccines exist, many adults–and often children– are not getting them. In a […]
“Scleroderma: The Underdiagnosed Autoimmune Disease Affecting Seniors”
Most people haven’t heard of the autoimmune disease known as scleroderma. While it is not very widespread compared to many other conditions and illnesses, scleroderma does affect more than 300,000 Americans. Since scleroderma can manifest in elderly adults, their family caregivers and home care providers should become more familiar with the disease and be on […]
Hospital Pricing Roulette
“Study Finds Huge Variations in Hospital Charges for Appendectomy” Hospital charges appear on patients bills, but they often bear no relation to the discounted fees that an insurer will end up paying. Still, some patients do get stuck paying the retail price. They include the uninsured, those with bare-bones or high-deductible plans, and even some […]
Unrealistic Optimism in Early-Phase Cancer Trials: Ethical Implications
When Optimism Is Unrealistic“But despite clearly understanding the purpose, and limits, of early-phase (Drug) trials, the patients were also blinded by what researchers called an unrealistic optimism, or an optimistic bias, when it came to applying that knowledge to their own particular situations. A majority of patients assumed that the experimental drugs would control their […]
Cancer Blood Test
New Push to Develop Cancer Blood Test – Researchers have announced plans to develop a blood test that can detect a cancer cell that has been shed from a tumor. A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving a step closer to being […]
