Category: Health & Fitness

In a new study, just 13 percent of people who took an opioid experienced relief of low back pain. The study was reported at the American Anesthesiologists…

That old saw that a change in the weather means a change in your health, could actually be true, according to a recent study by Swedish researchers. The…

Males have a 20 percent higher risk of cancer than females and part of the reason might be genetic. A study by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and…

In a 40-year period beginning in 1975, diagnoses for thyroid cancer tripled, yet the number of people dying of thyroid cancer remained steady. According…

Type 2 Diabetes is a condition where the body becomes ineffective at removing sugar (glucose) from the blood stream. About 95 percent cases of diabetes…

Changes in lifestyle can help manage type 2 diabetes, while lifting overall health and energy. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition; the body…

After decades of dramatic progress, the death rate for heart disease has begun to show a slight increase. The death rate for heart disease has been…

The American Heart Association (2016) recommends these five steps to give yourself the best chance at recovery from a heart attack. Take any prescribed…

Heart attacks don’t just take a physical toll, they also leave emotional wounds in both the survivor and the family. It may require time for the whole…

The more fat in a child’s milk, the lower the child’s body mass and the higher the vitamin D levels. So say researchers at the University of Toronto whose…