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“Personalized” Medicine
Genetic testing is a result of a $30 billion undertaking to sequence the human genome. Using genetic information, "personalized medicine" can predict a person's chances of contracting diseases. It can also help in tailoring some cures. The tests have until recently...
Comparing Prices on Prescription Drugs
The website www.goodrx.com let's you compare drug prices at pharmacies in your area. By entering the prescription name, as well as the city or town you live in, the website will show you updated prices of the drug, at various pharmacies in your area. You can print off...
How Facebook Can Improve Memory of Older Adults
Apparently, from sunset March 1 to sunset March 2 was National Day of Unplugging. Reboot, a nonprofit organization urged everyone to take a pledge to avoid technology for 24 hours - allowing us to take a mental break from smartphones, laptops and other gadgets....
Experiencing Pain
Dr. Siri Leknes, Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo set out to understand the "it could have been worse phenomenon" regarding pain. She wondered if the experience of pain was affected by a feeling of relief when a person realized...
CoQ10
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), is a naturally occurring anti-oxidant compound - it's also one of the most popular dietary supplements taken. The primary use of it is in people who are on statins for high cholesterol. One of the only downsides statins can do is counteract our...
Massage and Pain
Therapeutic massage can have favorable effects on many kinds of pain. A 2011 clinical trial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported that structural and relaxation styles of massage helped alleviate pain and improve function in patients with chronic low...
Fill Your Days With Nuts, Olive Oil, Chocolate…
Participants in a recent study followed a Mediterranean diet that allowed them to eat as many nuts and eggs as they liked, as well as chocolate - as long as it contained more than 50% cocoa. The diet also allowed unlimited amounts of fish, seafood, whole-grain cereals...
Engineering and Mathematical Concepts Come Together in Migraine Research
"if you want to observe anything that is at all complicated - having more than one part - in nature, you typically only observe one of the parts or a small subset of the many parts. The best way of doing that is make a model. Not a replica, but a mathematical...
Inspiration for a Monday! Chat More!
Hi from guest blogger Shari: Researchers at Cornell University say talking daily with someone you like, cuts your risk of age-related memory loss in half. It also increases your odds for staying mentally sharp in your golden years. When you talk with someone you TRULY...
Don’t Forget To Breathe!
One of the body's most primary functions is breathing... though most of us go about our lives rarely thinking about it. Dr. Margaret Chesney, director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at UC San Francisco says, "it's the first thing we do, and the last...