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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urges individuals to check their risk for diabetes as 86 million Americans are prediabetic knowing your risks and reducing them can spare you a diagnosis of prediabetes. Prediabetes is a precursor to type 2 diabetes – both are preventable through lifestyle changes but if not prevented can ...click here to read more

Many of us take liquid medications either with a teaspoon or table spoon but a new study has found this contributes to dosage errors. The findings of the study have offered suggestions that rather than using teaspoon or tablespoon as measurements, dosages be changed to milliliters. Previous research on the topic found that by using ...click here to read more

Researchers have found that depression symptoms do not vary between the changes of seasons. Senior author, Steven LoBello, said, “In conversations with colleagues, the belief in the association of seasonal changes with depression is more-or-less taken as a given and the same belief is widespread in our culture. We analyzed the data from many angles ...click here to read more

A new study has found that in rare instances the chickenpox and shingles vaccine may cause corneal inflammation. Prior to individuals getting vaccinated doctors should consider their medical history, especially if there is a history of eye inflammation. Frederick W. Fraunfelder, M.D, chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the MU School of Medicine and ...click here to read more

A new study suggests consuming healthy fats not only extends life but could prevent millions of deaths and heart diseases cases annually. Reducing saturated fat from one’s diet has been on the forefront of improving health as of late, but researchers suggest not only is it important to reduce unhealthy fat from your diet but ...click here to read more

In a recently conducted Mayo Clinic study which involved people over 40 years who received anesthesia, researchers found that the development of mild cognitive impairment MCI) later in life had nothing to do with the anesthesia. Mild cognitive impairment is more critical than the normal age-related cognitive decline, but not as critical as dementia. The ...click here to read more

A new study suggests that a slow heart rate – below 60 beat per minute – does not indicate or increase the risk of early death. In some individuals their heart rate is below 50 beats per minute which is known as bradycardia. If the heart is beating slowly it may not be able to ...click here to read more

A recent study has found that ongoing aerobic activity may help slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease which is a disorder that affects the nervous system. J. Eric Ahlskog, Ph.D., M.D., a neurologist at Mayo Clinic, said, “Aerobic exercise means vigorous exercise, which makes you hot, sweaty and tired.” Examples of aerobic exercise include briskly ...click here to read more

New findings suggest that an irregular heartbeat poses a bigger threat to women than men. Atrial fibrillation – irregular heartbeat – is a risk factor for stroke, heart disease, heart failure, and even death, and this risk is larger in women than men. In fact, women with atrial fibrillation are twice as likely to suffer ...click here to read more

German and Swiss medical engineers collaborated with their counterparts at the University of Exeter to develop a new clinical imaging method. This new diagnostic technique would help doctors detect the spores of the fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus, sooner and more effectively and help reduce the risk of death in patients with weakened immune systems. Currently, this ...click here to read more

Type 2 diabetes risk increases with sleep loss but a new study has found that catching up on lost sleep may help reverse this. Many Americans sleep patterns revolve around short amounts of sleep throughout the week and longer hours of sleep on the weekend. Previous research has suggested that continuous nights of only four ...click here to read more

Lyme disease-causing ticks are spreading their range within the U.S. a new report states. These ticks can now be found in nearly half of all American counties which is a much larger range than previously found in the 1990s. Study author Dr. Rebecca Eisen explained the findings revealed, “that the distribution of Lyme disease vectors ...click here to read more

Experts have suggested that antibiotics should not be prescribed for ailments like the common cold, bronchitis, sore throat or sinus infections. The guidelines have come from experts at the American College of Physicians and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both organizations believe that antibiotics are being over prescribed, especially for common ailments ...click here to read more

With the Olympic Games less than 6 months away the health authorities are gearing up against the spread of the Zika virus. The virus which is native to certain areas in Asia and Africa has been recently spreading locally in the Americas, especially South America. The virus is probably linked to the recent spate of ...click here to read more