The wearable health tracker industry has grown tremendously in the last couple of years as evidenced by the number of different products available to measure a range of personal health information. The market has...
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis examining the effects of massage therapy in the cancer population in Pain Medicine highlighted the benefits for this group. Overall massage therapy was found to be relatively safe...
A single study may offer hope for better mastectomy recovery outcomes. This single study at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, summarized their findings as: “Women who had acupuncture treatments after breast cancer surgery at Northwestern...
In the past, introducing solid food was recommended only after 6 months of age, however, new research from the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) presented at the 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting,...
In a study published online in BMC Cancer, Canadian and Australian teams both report finding meta-analyses, dose-response relationships, to alcohol consumption and increased risk for prostate cancer. Groups were compared to ‘Abstainers’ and divided,...
Placebo medicine is often used as a 'control' in research. However, it's long been known that placebos may effectively reduce all kinds of symptoms, effecting a curative outcome. A study published online in Pain on...
A phishing e-mail is an attempt by a hacker to entice a person to divulge personal information to gain access to a banking, e-mail, or other protected account. Hackers are becoming very sophisticated in...
A 2012 study on low back and neck pain with 34,000 adults shows that more than half of US adults rely on integrative medicine to relieve this type of pain. Investigator, Tainya C. Clark, PhD...
The American Society for Microbiology published a 2016 study showing an alarming difference in mouth and gut bacterial flora when comparing subjects with and without migraines. It's estimated that approximately 12 percent of the...