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Is cigarette smoke making young people hard of hearing? According to one study, adolescents exposed to
second hand smoke are 1.83 times more...
Imagine that you have a disease. It’s a disease you’ve had your whole life, and it haunts you every single day. It affects your breathing, your...
When it comes to diagnosing
menopause in women, doctors have a pretty easy time of it. They can order laboratory tests to check hormone levels...
As recently mentioned in one of our previous articles, America is experiencing a rapidly rising shortage of medical drugs that are important to...
You may often think of your oral health as something totally separate from your overall health. After all, you probably wouldn’t go to your...
If you’re a mom, then you know that there’s a time when you’ve felt a little “pudgy,” perhaps due to some post-baby pounds. And if you’ve got...
It seems like there’s a pill to treat or cure anything that ails you . . . meaning pharmaceutical profits are through the roof. Often those...
With a population in which approximately 70 percent of people are overweight, you may be surprised to know that some of the medications being...
Even with the growing trend of vegetarianism and veganism these days, some of us still enjoy a bit of meat now and again! And there’s nothing...
What if all the
McDonald's Happy Meals and long nights of watching television weren't the main contributing factors to your child's obesity, and...
Do you keep a journal of some sort? With all the activities, relationships, jobs, and hectic lifestyles that seem to take over these days, it...
Ladies (and guys) . . . if you like wine as much as many of my friends and relatives do, you may have wondered just exactly how to
balance the...
Having a stillborn baby is perhaps every soon-to-be new parent’s biggest fear – similar to the
fear of miscarriage early on in the pregnancy....
Feeling depressed? Anxious?
Stressed out to the max? Sure, it might be your surroundings, your financial situation, or your relationships. Or,...
Do you have a time in your life that is so painful; you wish you could forget it altogether? Perhaps a
death of a loved one, a time away at war,...
You are feeling a little stressed out and lightheaded, so you decide to go check out what's wrong with you by taking a trip to...your car? I...
Whether
aches and pains are a regular part of your day, or you’re feeling new ones thanks to all of the hustle and bustle of the season . . . a...
We have talked before about how going to bed earlier in the day keeps you leaner, and how you can
build memories while you sleep, but what...
Is it wrong to own a patent on a living thing? For now, laws and regulations say it’s acceptable, much to the dismay of others. For instance,...
Many recent studies have been exploring the effects of Vitamin D on the human body. And it turns out that many Americans, especially overweight...
There has always been a clear difference between the West's high-tech approach to medicine, compared to the
East's more “natural” approach . . ....
Today is World AIDS Day, and a good reminder of how far treatment of the disease has come. Back in the 1980s an AIDS diagnosis was equated with...
Vitamin D. Or, the “sunshine” vitamin as it’s sometimes called. If you don’t know just how important it is for your health, well, you really...
If you’ve been trying for a baby for some time now, and
have been unsuccessful, you might find yourself asking the question . . . “How far am I...
It’s no fun to talk about, especially around the holidays . . . but it’s especially relevant because that’s when the number of suicides...
Even twelve years after the Columbine High School shootings,
music and video games are still under intense scrutiny by the media and public...
Fluoride or No Fluoride . . . that is the question. No, we are not recommending dental hygiene practices via Shakespeare. Fluoride is a...
A fierce battle is going on right now between doctors who say
annual mammograms should not continue, and breast cancer survivors who insist that...
If you’re a male, there’s a huge chance that at one point in your life you’ve heard of the importance of the
PSA test. Whether it was from your...
In today's high-tech world, it seems like there is a solution to most of our problems; complete face and hand transplants,
mechanical organs,...
A recent study done by the University of California, Irvine (UCI) shows that a supplement which resembles
Glucosamine in chemical makeup may...
It’s hard to imagine a disease that
you may think to be almost “extinct” in developed countries could rise again. Especially when we have the...
The phrase “a mother's instinct” has been used to explain how new mothers seem to instinctively know how to carry for their newborn babies. But...
Most Americans have accepted the paradox of hospitals. They are supposed to be an institution of healing; yet due to staff errors and other...
The media industry knows a good story when they see it, especially those publications that cater to our obsession with Hollywood stars and their...
Pink or blue? Thanks to a new development in genetic testing, women can now begin preparing a “gender-appropriate” nest for their little girl or...
Hookah, a water pipe used for smoking Shisha, which is an aromatic blend of tobacco, molasses and fruit, has been very popular for many years in...
Childhood obesity has been a hot topic of debate for some time now as approximately 12.5 million children and adolescents aged two through19 are...
People who experience frequent bouts of eczema, contact and allergic dermatitis,
and hives may be a bit more willing to put up with the skin...
Can the world handle another
global public health threat? It's a question on the mind of many since scientists in Japan have discovered a new...
Women trying to have a baby need to do more than pay attention to what they put on the inside of their body. According to one study, regular...
Nearly 42 years ago, history was made when the world's first artificial heart was implanted in a 47-year-old patient dying of heart failure. The...
It’s a common scenario. A husband and wife go to bed at the same time every night . . . yet while the guy is out like a light with the flick...
One of the most reliable predictors of
insulin resistance and heart disease in adults is how much body fat they are carrying around. But what...
If it were not such a serious matter it would be easier to sigh and shrug your shoulders in a “guys will be guys” kind of way. Let’s face it;...
The capture and killing of Osama bin Laden led many to wonder what drives the mind of the
criminally insane. In part two of our series on...
Osama bin Laden, the infamous mass murderer who changed the world with his catastrophic terrorist act on U.S. soil, has been described as...
Imagine if something as simple as breast milk could be a predictor for
breast cancer risk. According to a new study, it just might happen one...
The CDC tells us an estimated 25.8 million Americans suffer from
diabetes. Worldwide, more than 171 million have type-2 diabetes and the number...
Not getting enough “beauty sleep?” If you’re not, you’ll want to pay close attention to this article. Getting less than six hours of sleep each...
You may have noticed that we've featured a few articles on
autism in the past few weeks. No, we aren't fixated on the condition, but we
are...
For years, actress Jenny McCarthy spoke publicly about her belief that routine
vaccinations were responsible for her son’s diagnosis of autism...
Imagine the sinking feeling of hearing your newborn had failed the routine hearing screening. The doctor reassures you that further testing will...
Since the latest blasts radiating from Japan's nuclear reactor plant, there has been an atmosphere of rising fear across the globe as people...
When it comes to protecting our children from the dangers of the world, most parents are vigilant. They’re proactive. They start talking to...
In today’s fast-paced society it’s easy to see why so many people are suffering from bone-crushing fatigue. It’s easy to chalk it all up to...
If you find you’re feeling constantly “on edge” like you're about to lose control, disconnected from reality and depressed about how fearful...
There is no doubt that modern technology has changed the face of society. Smart phones have replaced touch-tone phones in a way that not only...
Following on the heels of the controversy linking autism to vaccines a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics has identified another possible...
Imagine if finding out if you have cancer was as simple as drawing a vial of blood. I’m not talking about after you’ve had symptoms, or have an...
In a nation where there are so many massively overweight people wobbling around it’s easy to feel okay if you just a little bit overweight.
“At...
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that 1 in 10 adults have diabetes and more and more people are being diagnosed daily. If...
Imagine not having to monitor what you eat, your activity level, and your blood sugar every day as if your life depended on it. For people with...
When you consider all the things you can buy and sell on the Internet these days, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that some mothers are peddling...
The numbers speak for themselves – the rise of diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. In 1958 the number of people diagnosed with diabetes...
There’s no doubt that a modern Western lifestyle can be hazardous to your health. A poor diet and sedentary life leads to obesity and a whole...
Attention expectant moms: are you getting enough of this one essential vitamin? If the answer is no, you could be putting you life at risk.
Lately it seems everybody is talking about vitamin D – and whether or not you’re getting enough of it! From your doctor to your colleague to your...
All Insider's Health members are invited to get health advice from Dr. Derrick M. DeSilva, Jr., M.D., a well-known healer, physician, author, and...
