National Women’s Health Week Urges Women to Take Charge of Their Health
Women are often the primary caretakers of their family's health, but when it comes to their own needs, they often relegate themselves to the bottom of …
Not all fat created equal: Joslin researchers find certain body fat reduces insulin resistance
BOSTON -- May 6, 2008 -- It has long been known that type 2 diabetes is linked to obesity, particularly fat inside the belly. Now, researchers at the J…
Women and heart attack: Study finds failure to recognize symptoms, failure to treat appropriately
Chest pain still tops symptom list for both sexes, but women more likely to have atypical symptoms and 'invisible' blockages -- which may explain treat…
Florida Exam Clarification
On May 5 MASSAGE Magazine reported that Florida will adopt the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Exam (MBLEx) on Aug. 1, and will use it exclusively as of M…
Pain prevalent among Americanssurvey
The results of a telephone survey indicate that at any given time about 27 percent of people in the US are experiencing pain, according to a report published the Lancet medical journal. The results, based on a survey of 3,982 Americans, also suggest that pain is more common and more severe
New Book Helps Older Adults Manage Chronic Pain
IASP Press announces the release of a new book Pain Management for Older Adults: A Self-Help Guide to help older people understand and proactively address their
Food crisis unlikely to cause famine soonU.N.
Global food shortages and higher prices are more likely to cause malnutrition than outright famine, at least in the near term, the coordinator of a new United Nations task force said on Wednesday. John Holmes, who also serves as the U.N.'s top humanitarian aid official, said it was too early to estimate
CGRP receptor antagonist effective for acute migraine
MK-0974, a novel oral antagonist to calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor, is effective for the acute treatment of migraine, according to a report in the April 15th issue of Neurology. "MK-0974 utilizes a new mechanism to provide pain relief that is unique from currently available anti-migraine therapies," Dr. Tony W. Ho from
Low-dose pot eases pain while keeping mind clear
Giving carefully calibrated doses of smoked marijuana to people with neuropathic pain, which can be difficult-to-treat and extremely painful, can ease their pain without clouding their minds, California researchers report. Neuropathic pain can result from spinal cord injury, diabetes-related nerve damage, multiple sclerosis, or other types of nerve injury, and is
Girls in sports at record levels, but is it enough?
Girls are participating in organized sports in record numbers -from youth sports, to interscholastic sports and even extreme sports like skateboarding, up through Olympic competition -according to a new report from the University of Minnesota's Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sports. "That's good news," Nicole LaVoi, associate