Health

Efforts to slow down the aging process are not just about wrinkles. Getting older is also the leading risk factor for devastating diseases such as cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's and dementia. The rotation of the clock will change the drug forever, and think of researchers at the Salk Institute they may have a key. In a paper published this week …

People with diabetes who regularly eat nuts may be more likely to have heart disease than their counterparts rarely, if any, eating nuts, a US study indicates . Diabetics who eat at least 28 grams (one ounce) nuts servings in one week are 17 percent more likely to have heart disease than people with diabetes who do not exceed one …

Australian scientists have discovered immune cells that can fight all known flu viruses and mutations in what has already been branded an "extraordinary breakthrough" which could lead to the creation of a universal vaccine.      Scientists at the Doherty Institute and Monash University studied 67,000 viral sequences and narrowed them down to three sequences which are common across all strains …

For Ernest Hemingway, these are oysters. For Nora Ephron, these are mashed potatoes. For countless recent dumped film and television characters, it's ice cream. People are eating our feelings as long as we can not remember. But this is not a good idea. There is a science behind emotional food and food convenience – the factors that cause cravings and …

Clark County Public Health has not identified any new confirmed cases in the ongoing measles explosions survey. The confirmed number of measles cases remains at 62, but Public Health has identified a new exposure location and a new exposure time exposure for previously identified exposure sites. There is a new suspected case, according to a release by Public Health news. …

by Kellee Azar, KATU News VANCOUVER, Wash. – Amid a continued measles outbreak in Clark County where health officials have confirmed 62 cases, one of the most concerned groups is parents with infants who are too young to get the vaccine. For a complete list of measles exposure sites , click here. Clark County Health Officials say that newborns of …

Diabetes is a common condition that affects almost four million people in the UK. It's caused by the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the body not reacting to insulin. Without enough of the hormone, the body struggles to convert sugar in the blood into useable energy. you can lower your risk of high blood sugar symptoms …

Since the early 2000s, awareness of gender imbalances coupled with corrective efforts has helped increase the number of women working in fields previously dominated by men, including law, business, and medicine. Yet despite initiatives to actively recruit women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, the gender gap in STEM persists – and interestingly, it appears that the cultural …

Massachusetts health officials confirmed the third pediatric flu of the state of the dead on Tuesday. The death of a second child from Middlesex County was reported Tuesday at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The victim is 4-year-old Puthiraskmey Sopheak, of Lowell. His father, Sopheak Paak, said he had brought him to Lowell General Hospital on Tuesday when his …

Although it says that no new measles cases were reported from Friday, the Vancouver Coastal Health advises people to be vigilant, when it comes to possible exposure. At a press conference last Tuesday, Dr. Althea Hayden, the total of eight measles cases has been confirmed at two French-language schools in Vancouver: Ecole Secondaire Jules-Verne and Ecole Rose-Des-Vents. And while Hayden …