Making sense of side effects
Drug package inserts can be confusing. The best way to understand drug side effects is to talk with a doctor or pharmacist. Older drugs generally have better information.
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Month: December 2014
Chiropractic helps a little with back-related leg pain
Chiropractic manipulation of the spine provided a small but short-term benefit in relieving back-related leg pain in a recent study.
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Can a healthy lifestyle reset your genes?
Positive lifestyle choices help protect the heart and blood vessels from damage. These same steps may also work to quiet the genetic code that increases disease risk.
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Dementia: More causes than just Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in older people. Other common causes include clogged arteries and a condition called dementia with Lewy bodies.
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Diabetics get no help from testosterone shots
In a study, overweight men with diabetes and possible symptoms of low testosterone did not benefit from injections of extra testosterone.
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Ask the doctor: Should I be screened for lung cancer?
Ask the doctor: Should I be screened for lung cancer?
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Prostate cancer: What’s your risk?
The major factors that determine a man’s risk for prostate cancer are age, family history, and race and ethnicity. It is not proven that men at higher risk who are tested for hidden cancer are less likely to develop more advanced cancer or die from it.
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From irritated to enraged: Anger’s toxic effect on the heart
For about two hours after an angry outburst, a person has a slightly higher risk of having chest pain (angina), a heart attack, a stroke, or a risky heart rhythm.
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Do you need weight-loss coaching?
Intensive lifestyle interventions may help people with heart disease lose weight, which improves factors that worsen heart disease. Trained experts teach participants behavior changes that foster healthy eating and exercise.
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Only a few alternative therapies improve breast cancer side effects, analysis finds
Only meditation and acupuncture were deemed worth recommending as alternative therapies for side effects of breast cancer treatment.
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