While any doctor will tell you to take what you learn about health and medicine online with a grain of salt, it seems that message has failed to reach at least one demographic in this country - teens. According to a new study, more than eight in 10 U.S. teenagers turn to the Internet for health information and just under a third have changed their behaviors based on what they found online.
New research has found that prostate cancer survivors that eat the typical American diet that consists of red meat, cheese and white bread are far more likely to see their cancer come back and even kill them, and they are much more likely to die sooner compared to patients who eat a much healthier diet.
Spring is in full bloom and with it comes a rainier season across the country, and with this wetter and warmer time of year comes mosquitoes and all the diseases that they can spread when they bite you including West Nile Virus.
The evidence continues to mount on the positive effects of breast feeding. From preventing allergies to reducing obesity chances, there are many studies that demonstrate the benefits of breast feeding. New research published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics now suggests that breast feeding also lowers the risk of childhood leukemia.
Researchers from the Israel Center for Disease Control and the University of Haifa have discovered that breast-fed babies have a reduced risk for childhood leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer. The study, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, shows that breast-fed children and teens-who were breast-fed for at least six months-are 19 percent less likely to develop childhood leukemia than their counterparts breast-fed for less than six months.
Johns Hopkins is launching the first ever Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center that will explore the causes and possible cures for the disease that infects approximately 300,000 people and costs an estimated $1.3 billion each year to treat.
21 Americans die each day waiting for organ transplants; more than 123,000 are waiting right now. A new study from Penn Medical researchers shows that family consent rates for organ donation vary widely across the US, disputing the notion that race is the most important factor. Donation rates are lowest in New York State and highest in the Midwest.
