Diseases & Conditions

Exercise Can Help Prevent Alzheimer’s

Exercise Can Help Prevent Alzheimer’s

Stephen Rao, PhD | August 22, 2014

Exercise prevents brain shrinkage, says Stephen Rao, PhD. People who have the APOE epsilon4 allele (e4 gene) are at increased…

Keep Your Hips Forever!

Keep Your Hips Forever!

Mitchell Yass | August 21, 2014

With these simple steps, you may never need hip surgery... If you’re tired of hobbling around on an aching hip,…

Stop the Ebola Myths

Stop the Ebola Myths

Alan Blum, MD | August 21, 2014

What you need to know most about this outbreak… From the public's perspective, the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa…

Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Let These Strategies Keep You Active and Happy

Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Let These Strategies Keep You Active and Happy

Barry W. Rovner, MD | August 21, 2014

Can you imagine what it is like to see crisply and clearly with your own eyes after decades of blur…

Rose Hip Powder Is Flower Power for Osteoarthritis Pain Relief

Rose Hip Powder Is Flower Power for Osteoarthritis Pain Relief

August 21, 2014

Although nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs aspirin, ibuprofen (Motrin), the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib (Celebrex) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) are the standard fare for…

Pinch Away Motion Sickness
Diseases & Conditions

Pinch Away Motion Sickness

August 21, 2014

It can happen so easily. You are reading on a long train ride and a sickening nausea starts to climb…

Hospitalized for Heart Attack? Make Sure They Check You for Diabetes
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Hospitalized for Heart Attack? Make Sure They Check You for Diabetes

Suzanne V. Arnold, MD, MHA | August 18, 2014

It’s well-known among health-conscious people that heart disease and diabetes are linked, so it seems a shame to be hearing…

10 Hydrophilic Foods That Satisfy Hunger and Help You Lose Weight

10 Hydrophilic Foods That Satisfy Hunger and Help You Lose Weight

Keren Gilbert, MS, RD | August 8, 2014

What if you could swallow a pill right before dining that would make your stomach swell like a balloon so…

Could Fixing a Heart Condition Cure Migraine Headaches?

Could Fixing a Heart Condition Cure Migraine Headaches?

Gregory Y. H. Lip, MD | August 8, 2014

Doctors once debated whether the cause of migraines for some people might be a hole in the heart. Yes, a…

Drug-Free Bone Builders

Drug-Free Bone Builders

Ray Hinish, PharmD, CN | August 7, 2014

Natural Remedies to Prevent and Treat Osteoporosis Bone is constantly breaking down and rebuilding, a process called remodeling. If you…

Why Acupuncture Banishes Pain

Why Acupuncture Banishes Pain

Lixing Lao, PhD, LAc | August 7, 2014

Research Pinpoints Pain-Relief Mechanism in Acupuncture Treatments In China, people have sought acupuncture treatment for thousands of years based on…

Homemade Tea for Backaches

Homemade Tea for Backaches

August 4, 2014

Hey, weekend warrior, did you hurt your back? Here's a homemade herbal tea you might want to try... Yarrow leaves…

2 Foods That Fight Allergies

2 Foods That Fight Allergies

August 1, 2014

Are you dreading another bout of seasonal allergy symptoms? Right around mid-August is the beginning of more pollen and spores…

Guide to Headache Relief

Guide to Headache Relief

July 31, 2014

Your head hurts so much that you can't think of anything else. Of course you want the pain to go…

So What Makes You “Throw Up a Little in Your Mouth”?
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So What Makes You “Throw Up a Little in Your Mouth”?

Robynne Chutkan, MD | July 31, 2014

There is actually a word or that–“vurping”