Cannabis promising treatment for post-traumatic stress, evidences is lacking
By Katherine Shagoury As growing numbers of people are using cannabis to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), though prescriptions are not backed up by adequate evidence, according to a new...
Read MoreEarly life environment associated with higher risk of hypertension in children
By Katherine Shagoury Where a mother lives and the temperature outside while she is pregnant, among other environmental factors, can impact whether her child is prehypertensive or hypertensive during childhood,...
Read MoreSeptember is Self-Care Awareness Month
By Katherine Shagoury September is Self-Care Awareness Month and is a great time to recognize the important conversations about self-care that practitioners and patients should be having. In July, a...
Read MorePoor diet caused blindness in young “fussy eater”
By Katherine Shagoury A poor diet caused a young patient’s blindness, according to a new case report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. According to the authors, nutritional optic...
Read MoreSilence as a therapeutic intervention
By Nancy Gahles The accumulation of thoughts, worries, to-do lists, expectations, achievements, and goal setting accrue to an overburden on the brain. Too much noise creates stress and affects our...
Read MoreStudy shows physicians struggle helping cancer survivors live healthy lives
By Katherine Shagoury Some physicians who care for patients with cancer do not often promote healthy lifestyle changes to cancer survivors, according to a new study published in the journal...
Read MoreGene therapy may reduce obesity, reverse type 2 diabetes
By Katherine Shagoury Researchers developed a gene therapy that specifically reduces fat tissue and reverses obesity-related metabolic disease in obese mice, according to a new study published in Genome Research....
Read MorePlant-based diet associated with lower total and cardiac mortality
By Katherine Shagoury Higher plant protein consumption was found to be correlated to lower total and cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related mortality, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine....
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