Medical News

The American Medical Association (AMA) has published an on-line “Zika Resource Center” that provides links to web-portal sites and resources from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. Information and resources are accessible to both medical professionals and patients…

Much has been written about the Zika virus in the last few months, yet still we see a number of misunderstandings, rumors, and fears about potential risk, being propagated widely through the media…

In an effort to combat drowsy driving, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is calling for better education on the symptoms…

Spurred by the federal health law and frustrations with insurance requirements, a growing number of primary care doctors are bringing a service that generally has been considered “health care for billionaires” to middle-income, Medicaid, and Medicare populations…

Article in the Medscape by Dr. Thomas G Pickering, professor of medicine and co-director of the Behavioral Cardiovascular Health & Hypertension Program at the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, cites potential reasons why hypertension is more common in African Americans…

A video tells the story of a wolf on a nature preserve who was suffering from a neurological condition that was distorting her posture and everything else. The people who ran the nature preserve wanted to avoid resorting to medication and similar therapies. They tried giving her assistance from an energy healer…

While flu and cold are common to every region of the world, different cultures have developed their own solutions to tackle the all-too-familiar and dreadful symptoms…

Most of us have anxiety at some point in our lives. But for people with anxiety disorder it’s constant and prevents them from living their fullest lives…

A newly discovered human gene mutation appears to contribute both to unusual sleep patterns and to heightened rates of seasonal depression, according to new research from UC San Francisco…

E-cigarettes are big business. Some people who want to try vaping may have questions about safety. Presently, there aren’t many definitive answers from scientific research about potential health risks…