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Brain Implant Therapy: a Hope for Parkinson's Patients

A team of researchers from Alabama University tested six patients of Parkinson's and found that eye cells that produce levodopa can be implanted safely into the brain without side effects. Levodopa is a prescription drug, commonly used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson's disease…

US Health Gains Stalled

America’s Health Rankings report, issued at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting, shows that US health gains has stalled in the last five years as more and more Americans are overweight and fewer quit smoking. It also shows that 23.1 percent of the US population is cons…

Weight Loss Issues-Can You Be Cellulite Free

One thing I really must say at the outset of this article is, that if you were to ask the majority of men to define cellulite they would most probably be completely baffled. Then after you explained it to them in detail and told them that you suffered from it, more likely than not the rea…

10 Fun Ways To Become More Active – Every Day

You know you should be getting some sort of exercise, you know of all the health benefits that come with a more active lifestyle. You’ve tried the whole Gym thing, but it just wasn’t for you. The temptation to just sit in front of the TV, to curl up with a good book, or to spend a little …

It's Ok For Weight-Watchers To Eat More At Christmas

It’s OK for Weight-Watchers to Over-eat at Christmas The upcoming festive season can be a major headache to weight-watchers due to the temptation that started confronting them the moment the stores went into holiday mode. Dieters should never forget that they are human first and weight-wa…

Fungus Toenails? Maybe Not

Fungus infections cause less than five percent of deformed nails. Drying of skin and skin conditions such as psoriasis are more common causes. The part of nails that you see is dead. Living nails are located underneath the skin at their base. It takes four and a half months for the nail t…

New strategy for boosting breast cancer survival

Women have better odds of surviving early breast cancer if they are switched to a newer drug after two or three years of tamoxifen, doctors are reporting. It is the first evidence that drugs called aromatase inhibitors can save lives, not just prevent cancer from coming back. Other new re…

Positive Signal from Roche on Herceptin

It has already reported that the combination between Herceptin and Chemotherapy can help patients with early-stage of breast cancer . Apparently, Roche give a positive signal on Herceptin by donating £1.5 million to the British government to help screen women for breast cancer. Mike Richa…

Stem cell booster drug promising

A drug being tested on Alzheimer's and diabetes patients may allow doctors to more aggressively treat cancer patients, increasing the odds of killing tumours. Scientists at the Krembil Centre for Stem Cell Biology in London have tested the drug on mice and found it boosts the ability…

Cold Remedies Likely to be Locked Up

Many popular cold remedies and allergy medicine will be locked up behind the counter stores and customers will only be able to purchase by showing a photo ID and sign a logbook. This is under new provision of Congress to eliminate any illegal drugs such as methamphetamine. A number of sta…