Alzheimer’s disease comes in many forms and strikes individuals no matter their race or ethnicity. It doesn’t affect just the person who has it, however, but those around the person as well. Alzheimer’s disease affects different people differently. Depending on the stage patients are in, they can be simply forgetful or have trouble recognizing family [...]
On the big screen he plays the super-hero Green Lantern. But he also raises funds for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Ryan Reynolds is asking his fans to ‘like’ the The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Facebook page. If the Foundation reaches 100,000 Facebook fans during April, Parkinson’s Awareness Month [...]
While many people do not necessarily associate the condition with mortal danger, every year diarrhea kills an estimated 8.8 million children worldwide, according to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) report. Now, research is recommending that families implement a number of simple remedies for pediatric loose bowels, including taking vitamin supplements. A study published [...]
The Diabetes Research Institute and Dr. Kathy Hebert Receive Special Awards Laurence B. Gardner, M.D., professor and executive dean for education and policy, and Marc E. Lippman, M.D., the Kathleen and Stanley Glaser Professor of Medicine and chair of medicine at the Miller School, have been elected Masters of the American College of Physicians (ACP). [...]
Eating right and taking daily vitamin supplement may do more than keep adults healthy and alert. According to new research, using nutrition to prevent or control type 2 diabetes may in turn lower a persons risk of cancer. Statistics presented at the annual conference of the American Association for Cancer Research indicates that mature adults [...]
Op-Ed: When ‘saviors’ become butchers Lahore – Forty children have died and more patients are at risk of dying while thousands are suffering because doctors in Punjab are on strike. The doctors want an increase in pay and they don’t care if their patients keep dying. It’s been a month now that government-employed junior doctors [...]