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Alzheimer’s is Type 3 Diabetes?
Researchers are beginning to refer to Alzheimer’s disease as another form of diabetes – type 3 diabetes, because of an emerging understanding of how...
Doctors Use Magnets Instead of Invasive Surgery to Save Newborn
For a child born with birth defects, the challenges can be huge. In the case of Patrick Divricean an intestinal defect resulted in some...
Years of Sun Exposure? You Can Still Decrease Your Risk of...
Have you had a bit too much sun for your own good? Decades of boating, fishing, hiking, golfing, and just plain drowsing on the...
Successful Experiment Tricks Insomniacs to Fall Asleep
If your nights are spent counting sheep instead of getting sleep, a new treatment could teach you to rest easy. Insomniacs are unfamiliar with...
Losing Weight Naturally: Processed Foods Send Addiction Signals to the Brain
There is little debate that obesity is a problem that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Researchers from Brown and Yale Universities...
Study: Air Pollution Increases Risk of Alzheimer’s; 6 Most Polluted U.S....
Pollution is ubiquitous in cities, but few rival Mexico City, one of the most smog-filled places in the world. Air pollution is known to...
4 Ways to Start Enjoying Your Exercises and Workouts
We all want our exercise regimen to produce results, but if you don't enjoy the activities in your exercise plan, the likelihood that you'll...
Ask the Doc: Are Artificial Sweeteners a Healthy Alternative to Sugar?
Sugar in all its forms may be the single most important dietary cause of obesity and heart disease in the American diet today. Stripped...
Antibiotic Overuse in Children is on the Decline
We've long been warned about the dangers of antibiotic overuse. Now, it seems the penny has finally dropped. A report by the U.S. Food...
Simple 15 Minute Warm-up Could Save Your Knees
I have many young patients who are regular soccer players, including many adolescent girls. A recent article in the British Medical Journal caught my...