Posted in Health on Feb 5th, 2012
Sleep apnea, the disorder marked by abnormal pauses in breathing during sleep, is already known to boost the risk of stroke. Now, a new study links sleep apnea to so-called silent strokes, in which there is tissue death in the brain without symptoms.
Posted in Health on Jan 13th, 2012
Toni Braxton was transported to an L.A. hospital this week after experiencing some painful “flare ups” stemming from her Lupus condition … but the singer tells us she’ll be “totally fine.”
Posted in Health on Jan 7th, 2012
Venus Williams is swearing off steak.
But Prince Fielder going vegetarian this is not.
Venus was diagnosed with Sjogren’s syndrome (pronounced show-grins) this past summer, an incurable immune system disorder that caused her to pull out of the U.S. Open in August.
Posted in Health on Nov 10th, 2011
Women alcoholics suffer damage to the part of their brain that controls moods, impulses and sleep three times faster than their male counterparts, a Swedish study showed Wednesday.
Posted in Health on Oct 15th, 2011
Daily vitamin E supplements may raise a man’s risk of prostate cancer.
Posted in Health on Sep 23rd, 2011
Wanda Sykes being outrageous – that’s expected. But for the actress-comedian to be serious? That’s rare. Even when the issue is personal.
Posted in Health on Jul 27th, 2011
According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescription drug overdose deaths in Florida are up a staggering 265% since 2003.
Posted in Health on Jul 14th, 2011
- Giving antiretroviral drugs to heterosexuals at high risk of HIV infection can significantly reduce the chance they will develop the AIDS-causing virus, two new studies suggest.
Posted in Health on Jul 12th, 2011
For the first time, international researchers have identified a strain of gonorrhea that is resistant to treatment with antibiotics, scientists announced at a sex disease research conference Monday.
Posted in Health on Jun 27th, 2011
An estimated 350 million people worldwide have diabetes, according to new research published in the Lancet. It describes the disease as a “rising global hazard” and says global diabetes rates have doubled from 1980 to 2008.
Posted in Health on Jun 5th, 2011
CNN:
30 years of the AIDS epidemic:
On June 5, 1981, the virus that would become known as HIV was mentioned for the first time in a medical publication. As we approach that anniversary, CNNHealth takes a look at 30 years of the epidemic that changed the world, through the eyes of people who [...]
Posted in Health on May 26th, 2011
For men with advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer who have also failed chemotherapy, the new drug Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) along with the steroid prednisone appears to boost survival, researchers report.
Posted in Health on May 12th, 2011
People living with HIV are less likely to pass on the virus to their sexual partners when they immediately receive medication.
Posted in Health on Apr 20th, 2011
When Catherine Zeta-Jones received a recent diagnosis of bipolar II disorder, a mental illness marked by prolonged periods of depression alternating with episodes of mild mania, she didn’t hesitate to step forward with the news.
Posted in Health on Apr 13th, 2011
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Just three months after Michael Douglas told “Today’s” Matt Lauer, “I’ve got (cancer) beat,” his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, has checked herself into a mental health facility.
