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 MoreNow, in perhaps one of the greatest ironies in modern mental health history, new research from Oregon State University suggests that thinking over and over again about conflicts between your job and personal life is likely to damage both your mental and physical health.
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Not getting enough sleep? Maybe you're drinking too many sugar-sweetened drinks.
Do you find yourself craving sugar-sweetened drinks? Maybe you're not getting enough sleep.
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 MoreUsing a person’s spoken or written words, robots can now identify with great accuracy whether that person is suicidal, mentally ill but not suicidal, or neither.
Read MoreAlthough there has been some research that confirmed what we all instinctively knew to be true – that men are more likely to cheat than women – there has never been any data that told us why. Until now.
Read MoreIn a major offensive in medicine's war with the Zika virus, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection.
Read MoreAll things considered, urinary tract infections (UTIs) ought not be as prevalent as they are (about 150 million people develop UTIs each year, and they are the most common of bacterial infections).
Read MoreSome people may view adolescent drinking as a rite of passage but research is showing teens overindulging with alcohol in their youthful days appear to have far greater health related issues later in life than non-drinkers.
Read MoreIs legalization of marijuana in our country’s best interest? The current Obama Administration doesn’t think so. It continues to oppose legalization of marijuana along with other illegal drugs which are a major public health and safety threat to all of us.
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 MoreAs we get older, our hearing gets worse, right? According to a new study, that may all depend upon what your definition of “hearing” is.
Read MoreHave you measured yourself to see how tall you are lately? Losing and inch or so in height may or may not come as a surprise as shrinking with age is a very common occurrence for most of us.
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 MoreAccording to a 2016 comprehensive review of global health statistics published in The Lancet, the U.S. trails behind other wealthy nations in terms of infant mortality and life expectancy.
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 MoreOne of the many dirty little secrets in the fight against clinical depression is that there is a significant number of patients who don’t adequately improve with antidepressant drugs.
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