Author Archives : Emily Lunardo

Air pollution isn’t harmful for older adults only – a new study uncovered its negative impact on blood vessels of young healthy adults. The three-year study found that exposure to tiny pollutants emitted by factories, cars, power plants, etc., can cause blood vessel damage in people of all ages, not just seniors. In fact, air ...click here to read more

Residual schizophrenia is one of the five types of schizophrenia and is characterized by a long-term history of negative symptoms and very infrequent positive symptoms. The term ‘positive symptoms’ is used to describe something that is believed to be real to the patient, but is actually false to everyone else. Positive symptoms are more commonly ...click here to read more

We may be seeing a rise in Lyme disease cases in the U.S. as a result of the weather changes due to El Nino. A new report suggests that the warmer, wetter climate brought on by El Nino and La Nina could result in additional Lyme disease cases along with intestinal infections. Over the last ...click here to read more

Dear Friends, Big news – you don’t need eight glasses of water a day. You may not believe me, but hear me out, because this comes from Harvard. Time and time again, we are told we need eight glasses of water a day. Now this isn’t a bad goal to achieve, but who’s to say ...click here to read more

Elevated bilirubin is a result of hemoglobin breakdown in the old red blood cells. When hemoglobin is broken down, bilirubin is produced, which travels through the body to the liver to be turned into bile. This bile is then stored in the gallbladder or eliminated in your stool. Some of this bile will remain in ...click here to read more

Atrial fibrillation patients with high blood pressure face higher stroke risk. The risk of stroke was found to be 50 percent higher among atrial fibrillation patients with uncontrolled blood pressure. The findings suggest that hypertension should be closely monitored in atrial fibrillation patients in order to reduce the risk of stroke, among other complications. The ...click here to read more

Many patients suffering from back pain take prescription opioids even though there is little evidence that these medications offer relief. The survey included over 2,000 patients suffering from lower back pain. Of the nearly half of the participants taking opioids for pain, only 13 percent stated that they experienced any sort of relief. Forty-four percent ...click here to read more

To many of use using our right hand is something we often don’t think about, but it’s something researchers dwelled deeper into researching. Researchers uncovered that the predominant use of the right hand dates back nearly two millions years ago – much earlier than researchers previously thought. The researchers uncovered their findings by observing striations ...click here to read more