Future of Healthcare. Healthcare as an industry is changing through technology, medical and research innovations, physician reform and hospital re-organizations. Dr. David Samadi will explore long term issues, debates innovations directly influencing the healthcare industry and what both healthcare professionals and patients need to know.
Many people with high blood pressure may have been advised to measure their blood pressure with a home monitor. Being able to monitor blood pressure at home has numerous advantages for several reasons
Read MorePowassan is a rare virus that can cause swelling around your brain and in the membranes around your brain and spinal cord. Even though only 75 cases have been reported in the U.S. over the past decade, it has started to show up on medical radar screens of late because experts are warning the disease could start to spread faster now that it is transmitted by the deer tick.
Read MoreWe are all conditioned to believe that “you can't teach an old dog new tricks,” that as we get older, we can't learn new skills easily and we just won't be as sharp as we were in our callow youth.But what if that's all it was: conditioning? What if we really do continue to learn the way we did as children well into our golden years?
Read MoreHemochromatosis is an inherited condition first identified in the 1800’s and by 1935 it was understood to be a hereditary disorder caused by a gene mutation.
Read MoreA hydrocele is a fluid-filled sac that surrounds a testicle. It causes swelling, and is common (1 to 2 percent) among newborns, often disappearing without treatment within 12 months.
Read MoreMany of us can rattle off our latest cholesterol number at the drop of a hat. Keeping an eye on your cholesterol is important but there’s another number you also should have memorized – your triglycerides
Read MoreMajor league baseball (MLB) players have expanded into a new arena – their body mass index (BMI) is increasing.
Read MoreThere is disturbing news in the use of opioids – more and more young adults are becoming dependent on opioids such as Vicodin and Percocet than ever before.
Read MoreMigraine headaches can be savage. Usually encompassing half of your head or more, and lasting from two hours to three days, they are also by their nature recurring.
Read MoreThe strange twists and turns of this year’s presidential election has now thrust each candidates health into question.
Read MoreIt was probably your grandmother who first introduced you to the “five-second rule.” You know: the one that states that any food you drop on the floor is still okay to eat if you scoop it up in less than five seconds.
Read MoreWhat causes us to lose muscle strength as we age and how exercise can prevent it from happening has never been thoroughly understood, but McMaster University researchers have discovered a key protein required to maintain muscle mass and muscle strength during aging.
Read MoreIt should come as no surprise that as a nation, we are still having difficulty slimming down. In fact, we keep getting heavier.
Read MoreA simple and inexpensive therapy is equally as effective at treating depression as the "gold standard" of Cognitive behavioral Therapy (CBT), a large-scale study has concluded.
Read MoreThere are few moments more frightening than seeing blood in your urine. Happily, the cause is often not serious.
Read MoreWhat if you could take a blood test to see if you were likely to commit suicide? It's not as far-fetched – or as far off – as you think.
Read MoreResearch from a University of North Texas historian supports the idea that the nation and region of origin of your ancestors contributes to your risk of developing, or not developing, a growing list of medical conditions.
Read MoreResearchers have identified a protein essential for building memories that appears to predict the progression of memory loss and brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s patients.
Read MoreOxford University researchers have discovered what causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up.
Read MoreA particularly hard-to-treat bacterial infection may have some competition making it harder for it to put up its shield of resistance.
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