by Research Team | Mar 14, 2015 | Health News
Statins are medications that are used to help lower your cholesterol. Studies have shown that elevated cholesterol levels increase the risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
by Research Team | Mar 13, 2015 | Health News
The list of places where smokers can’t smoke is already pretty long, but the latest entry is pretty remarkable: A judge in Washington, DC, has told a homeowner that he can’t light up inside his own residence, reports WJLA . The problem is that Edwin Gray...
by Research Team | Mar 13, 2015 | Health News
The bill, which had the support of Gov. Kate Brown, would have made Oregon the third state in the country allowing exemptions for immunizations solely for medical reasons, and no longer for religious, philosophical or personal reasons. Mississippi and West Virginia...
by Research Team | Mar 13, 2015 | Health News
Aides to top House Republicans and Democrats are trying to negotiate a bipartisan compromise to permanently revamp a law that annually threatens cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, including a 21 per cent reduction set to take effect April 1. As part of the talks,...
by Research Team | Mar 13, 2015 | Health News
Shares of Tyson and other poultry producers fell Wednesday after government officials confirmed cases of bird flu in one flock of turkeys in Arkansas and two flocks in Missouri this week. While Arkansas is home to Tyson’s headquarters, the company said that none...
by Research Team | Mar 13, 2015 | Health News
Dropping red meat and sticking to a plant-based diet that incorporates fish may be the key to preventing colorectal cancers, according to a seven-year study published Monday. Pescetarians, as they are commonly referred, had a 43 percent lower chance of getting the...
