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20 March 2011 0 Comments

The history of Massage Therapy | Massage Origins

The history of Massage Therapy | Massage Origins

The history of massage doesn’t sound like the most exciting thing, but it really is! Read on and you will see how long it has been around, and why people have continued to go back to this treatment for improving total body mechanics and a “whole well being”. Therapeutic massage has the ability to make [...]

18 March 2011 0 Comments

EPA Proposes New Mercury Air Pollution Rules

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first national standards for mercury and other toxins emitted by power plants, which are some of the biggest air polluters in the nation.

18 March 2011 0 Comments

How Risky Are Whole-Body Airport Scanners?

Experts analyze the potential cancer risk of whole-body airport scanners.

18 March 2011 0 Comments

Gene Therapy May Improve Parkinson’s Symptoms

An experimental gene therapy injected into the brains of patients with Parkinson’s disease improved tremor, stiffness, and other movement symptoms and was safe with few side effects over six months of follow-up, a study shows.

18 March 2011 0 Comments

In Search of the Ideal Body Shape

A study shows that many people in search of the ideal body shape are drawn to magazines that feature models with ideal body types.

17 March 2011 0 Comments

FDA Panel Backs Device to Treat Brain Tumors

An expert panel has advised the FDA to approve a new kind of device to treat recurrent glioblastoma, an aggressive and highly fatal kind of brain tumor.

17 March 2011 0 Comments

Low Risk of Jaw Problems With Oral Osteoporosis Drugs

Osteoporosis drugs and serious jaw problems have been linked in past studies, but new research presented at the International Association for Dental Research in San Diego finds a low risk with oral osteoporosis drugs, known as bisphosphonates.

17 March 2011 0 Comments

Bulking Agent May Help Fecal Incontinence

Patients with fecal incontinence treated with injections of a bulking agent may have a reduction in symptoms, a study shows.

17 March 2011 0 Comments

HIV Care System Is Getting Swamped

Better HIV testing is finding more people with HIV, and better treatment means patients live longer. But this rising tide of HIV patients is swamping the U.S. HIV care system, an IOM report finds.

17 March 2011 0 Comments

Failing Hearts Healed With Stem Cells

Decade-old heart-attack scars heal after being injected with stem cells from patients’ own bone marrow.