Diabetes (Type 2)

You Asked: Do Sugar Substitutes Cause Type 2 Diabetes?

11 Jul 2016

By now you’ve heard that sugary foods drive insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes. The more of the sweet stuff you swallow—whether it’s table sugar or organic honey—the more insulin your pancreas...

Should You Be Worried About Bruising Easily?

5 Jul 2016 • 4 comments

It's happened to the best of us: You wake up with a small bruise on your leg or arm, and no matter how hard you try to remember what caused it, the source remains a mystery. For some people, it's...

Asthma

How to Travel With Asthma and Allergies

5 Jul 2016 • 1 comment

Dreaming of your summer vacation? Wondering how to keep asthma and allergies under control? Put some planning behind the dream.   Here's a timetable to follow:   Two Months Out   Schedule a checkup...

Breast cancer

Can Good Bacteria Protect Against Breast Cancer?

5 Jul 2016

It seems like every day another story comes out about how certain types of bacteria are good for you. But while most of the recent research has focused on the kinds of bacteria found in your gut and...

Breast cancer

Obese fathers may increase daughters' breast cancer risk

5 Jul 2016

Lead investigator Sonia de Assis, Ph.D., of the Department of Oncology at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., and colleagues present their findings in the journal...

COPD

Simple list of seven predictors helps screen patients at risk of COPD

4 Jul 2016

inical trial that tested a simple seven-item list of predictive factors finds it is an effective screening tool for helping doctors identify patients at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

Parkinson's disease

THIS is how a video game could help boost brain function of Parkinson’s sufferers

28 Jun 2016

Around 127,000 people in the UK have Parkinson’s, an incurable neurological condition that affects the brain and other parts of the nervous system.   While the main symptoms of the disease relate to...

Leukemia

9 Risk Factors for Leukemia Cancer

28 Jun 2016

Leukemia is a cancer that affects the body's blood cells. White blood cells play a part in the immune system by fighting viruses, bacteria, fungi, and other foreign substances. The cells are produced...

Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis

Is rheumatoid arthritis considered a disability?

28 Jun 2016

Is rheumatoid arthritis considered a disability? Well, if you ask someone with this condition, they would probably reply with “yes.” Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder and not a result of...

Diabetes (Type 2)
Diabetes insipidus

How to live a full life with diabetes

27 Jun 2016 • 1 Like • 12 comments

With the right management, people with diabetes can have a healthy lifespan   Anna Magee, Telegraph Health Features Editor says:   Millions of people in the UK live with diabetes, but if you’ve just...

Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes (Type 2)

Drugs used to treat diabetes could cure Alzheimer's, experts say

27 Jun 2016 • 1 comment

Drugs prescribed to treat diabetes could cure Alzheimer's disease, a pioneering new study has found.    Scientists believe that the two conditions are so similar that medications already used to...

COPD

Frailty Is Common in Patients With COPD

21 Jun 2016 • 2 comments

The rate of frailty in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) referred for pulmonary rehabilitation is over twice that of the general population of older people, and these...