Healthcare News
About Half of Cancers Could be Prevented if Risk Factors were Modified
Deaths from Cancer have Dropped According to the National Cancer Institute, in spite of the fact that deaths from cancer have dropped in the United States since the early 90s, projected rates for new cancer cases and deaths for 2018 are 1,735,350 new cases and 609,640 cancer deaths. The estimated national costs for cancer care…
Read MoreNormal People can Enjoy Eating Salt
Should salt be avoided to prevent cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and strokes? The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that people consume not more than two grams (1 teaspoon) a day of salt to prevent cardiovascular disease, but so far no country has managed to achieve this level. Some people who suffer from high blood…
Read MoreLosing Weight can Send Type 2 Diabetics into Remission
For years, doctors have been telling patients to keep their weight down for all kinds of health reasons including the risk for type 2 diabetes. Finally, there is a study that showed that weight loss could actually send type 2 diabetes into remission and insulin levels back to normal. The study by researchers at…
Read MoreLove for the Sea and Stroke Recovery
His strong love for the sea helped him recover enough from a stroke to go back to racing. Bill Mautner was only 37 years old, married and a father of one with another child on the way, when he fell victim to a stroke from a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM). He was placed in a…
Read MoreStay Healthy by Avoiding Prolonged Leisure Sitting
Prolonged Leisure Sitting Linked to Higher Risk of Death A study from the American Cancer Society published June 26, 2018, in the American Journal of Epidemiology found that too much sedentary prolonged leisure sitting was linked to a higher risk of death from all causes including coronary heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, suicide,…
Read MoreThree Year old Girl Saved her Father who was Having a Stroke
This is such an amazing story that is really like a miracle. On July 4, 2018, little three-year old Mollie was home with her father, Trevor McCabe. Without any warning her 27-year-old father suffered a stroke and fell to the floor. The child who does not yet know how to read, used FaceTime and somehow…
Read MoreBreakthrough to a Future Cure for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
The Deadly Disease that Begins with Mild Symptoms A disease that starts off with rather mild symptoms that could be typical for several diseases turns out to be very deadly. In the beginning there may be mild muscle twitches, cramps and perhaps some weakness. There may also be difficulty with something simple like trying to…
Read MoreRemarkable Account of Stroke Rehabilitation Gives Hope to all Stroke Victims and their Loved Ones
Moving Story for National Stroke Awareness Month May is National Stroke Awareness Month and the American Heart Association has published a remarkable story that should give hope to all stroke victims and their loved ones. Basically, Dave Levy was only 30 years and a young doctor flying with his wife Allison from Chicago to a…
Read MoreDegenerative Disc Disease and Spinal Osteoarthritis are Already Present at Age 40
One Third of People Ages 40-59 had Degenerative Disc Disease and more than Half had Spinal Osteoarthritis A study published in the Spine Journal by the Hebrew Senior Life Institute for Aging Research and Boston Medical Center reveals that a third of people ages 40-59 were found to have moderate to severe imaging evidence of…
Read MoreBreakthrough in the Search for a Cure for Cancer
New Molecule Keeps Cancer Cells from Growing and Re-programs them to be Normal Non-cancerous Cells An amazing breakthrough in the race to find a cure for cancer has been made by researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. The researchers headed by Prof. Varda Shoshan-Barmatz of the Department of Life Sciences and…
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