Diabetes drug users should beware of a potential increased risk of cancer, reports HealthDay. According to a new study, those who have prescriptions for the diabetes drugs Januvia or Byetta are at a heightened risk of pancreatic cancer, while Byetta … Read More
Schizophrenia risk increases nearly eight times for those with epilepsy, reports a Taiwanese study. The reasons could be genetic or environmental perhaps, the researchers don’t know yet why exactly the connection exists. The prevalence of schizophrenia was about 3.5 per … Read More
Diabetes doubles your risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study out of Japan. The study followed a little over 1,000 adults aged 60+, who didn’t have memory problems at the beginning of the study. At the start of … Read More
Omega-3 fatty acids have received a lot of press coverage lately, including a new article about how they may impair chemotherapy treatment. Before you write off omega-3 fatty acids entirely, however, learn more about the benefits of the acids. 1. … Read More
Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is one of those terms that gets thrown around a lot, especially when we’re doing something like tidying the home or lining up face cream bottles or organizing our shoes, or generally just applying excessive … Read More
Weight-loss programs, such as Jenny Craig and Weight Watchers, seem to be more successful in getting the overweight to shed pounds than any doctor’s advice. A recent study published in the medical journal “The Lancet” found that when doctors referred … Read More
Mental illness was found to affect 38 percent of Europeans. That’s a shockingly high number. The research team arrived at the surprising figure after analyzing data from previous studies involving more than 500 million people in 27 European countries, in … Read More
Babesiosis, an infection of red blood cells, continues to affect a growing number of people. In the Lower Hudson Valley of New York, perhaps the most vulnerable area to babesiosis, the rate of tick-bourne infection has increased twenty fold since … Read More
