Rising Premiums: A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust shows that employers’ health-insurance premiums for the average family rose 9% to $15,073 this year, while premiums for single workers rose... 

Your doctor may secretly think you’re making too many office visits and getting too many drugs and tests. A survey of primary-care doctors conducted in 2009 finds that 42% of the 627 respondents believed the patients in their own practice were... 

Women suffering from ovarian cancer face a major difficulty if their bodies do not respond to chemotherapy. Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center say they have discovered the cause of chemotherapy resistance – a molecular pathway – and may be able... 

The reason why marijuana is called “munchies” is because of the desire to eat everything within reach when a person smokes the said addictive leaf. However, a recent study in France found out that pot-smokers are less likely to have more weight that... 

It was previously believed that Omega 3 and other fatty acids found in fish and other plants can prevent heart disease, but recent studies conclude otherwise. The study of Danish researchers involving about 3,300 people found out that generally, people... 

A few of my favorite “herbs”, Zingiber officinale (ginger) and Camellia sinesis (green tea), have recently received positive attention in the medical literature with regard to cancer. For starters, two studies published in 2011 have confirmed... 

  Are you tired of this feeling that your world is swirling even though you are stationary? Would you want to end this sensation as if you are riding a rollercoaster every time you move? You are probably suffering from vertigo. But don’t worry—the... 

Modern medicine exerts its maximum effort in an attempt to discover new treatment modalities to cure some of the debilitating diseases the globe is facing. However, there are still some failures as to the treatment of these diseases. Based on the statistics,... 

A person suffering from vertigo will usually get the feeling that he is spinning like a top or all the things around him is spinning wildly. This condition occurs as a result of a problem in the inner ear. The inner ear is made of structures which aid... 

Vertigo is not something to be taken lightly. Some, if not most people mistake vertigo with a simple case of dizziness but there is broad line between both conditions. Dizziness is something that occurs occasionally and although not common, it may occur...