by Sue Robbins | Jul 10, 2016 | Wellness
Something strange is going on in medicine. Major diseases, like colon cancer, dementia and heart disease, are waning in wealthy countries, and improved diagnosis and treatment cannot fully explain it. Scientists marvel at this good news, a medical mystery of the best...
by Sue Robbins | Jun 12, 2016 | Wellness
A new study offers further evidence for the health benefits of exercise, after finding that adults who are physically fit in midlife are significantly less likely to have a stroke in later life. Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability in the U.S....
by Sue Robbins | Jun 1, 2016 | Miscellaneous
They say there’s a time for everything – though you might not know it from looking at a pill-bottle label. Most say how many pills to take but not when to take them. That’s a problem, “because symptoms and treatment efficacy vary by time of...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 12, 2016 | Wellness
Peter Abaci, M.D., chronic pain specialist, author and radio host points out that it’s commonplace to see people in gathering places like coffee shops looking down at their digital devices, tapping away. He likens that to what he sees in medical offices across...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 27, 2015 | Wellness
It can be a tough call to service for doctors who find themselves thousands of feet up in the air, providing medical care in a contained space with little equipment. A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine gives doctors instructions on how best to...