The Placebo Effect and Its Health Benefits
A just released survey of 679 internists and rheumatologists, chosen at random from a national list, reports that more than half of responding physicians used fake medicines - placebos - to treat patients with tough to treat conditions relying on the placebo effect to make them feel better.
These physicians are drawing on information that for a given medical condition, it's not unusual for one-third of patients to feel better after being treated with a placebo.
If you believe you will get...
New Study: Nearly 40% of Parents Can't Accurately Pinpoint Their Children's Weight
Childhood obesity is rising fast in many countries, and the results from a new study may point to one of the reasons. Data from an Australian study found that just over 40% of parents of both underweight and overweight children didn't see a problem with their children's weight. The trend is startling, and makes it easy to see why eating habits and exercise patterns are not changing. A significant number of parents don't even see the problem that's in front of them.
Dr Pene Schmidt, a doctoral...
Microwave Cooking: What You Need to Know to Keep From Getting Very, Very Sick
Its been estimated that 90% of our kitchens
as well as some unknown number of dorm rooms and break rooms across the land contain a microwave cooking oven.
These marvels of modern ingenuity have made it possible to prepare all kinds of foods everything from popcorn and side dishes to full blown meals in much less time (and with much less mess) than the dinosaur of the cooking world
the conventional oven.
But just last week, the US government issued a new warning about frozen chicken...
New Study: Fans Reduce Sudden Infant Death Risk By 72%
SIDS, or Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is one of the most horrible and heartbreaking losses a family can endure. Striking an otherwise healthy baby of between 1 month and one year old, SIDS is the diagnosis given when a child of this age dies suddenly and an exact cause can't be found even after a full medical and legal investigation. And while amazing strides have been made in cutting the risk of SIDS, about 2,500 infants continue to die suddenly in the United States each year.
For these...
Stay Young With Andorras Secrets For a Longer Life
Is it any wonder that the natives of Andorra have the longest life expectancy in the world? Clean air. Take your breath away mountain views. Well off, with nearly non-existent levels of crime (one prison with 50 inmates for the whole country), over 700 years of peace and a temperate climate of cold snowy winters and warm, dry summers; this tiny nation may indeed hold the secret to stay young, live longer and better.
At just 2.5 times the size of Washington, D.C., the country sits tucked...
An Exercise Plan For Older People Thats Proving Promising
So much of the time we hear about exciting research
valuable scientific finds
and then nothing more. Does anyone take what is learned in the lab and try and apply it to the real world to get results for real people?
Researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health, collaborating with those at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health (HSC) have done just that. The teams have recently completed evaluating data from the Active for Lifeฎ...
How a Parasite Might Hold Clues For New Arthritis Treatment
All right, this is just plain
distressing. If youre at all squeamish about parasites, read on at your own risk. Researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde will try to understand why auto immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis are so rare in countries where parasitic worm infections are common and whether this may lead to new effective arthritis treatments.
Yes, thats right. Parasitic worms living inside the bodies of populations from tropical...
Acupuncture Vs. Drugs For Hot Flashes
Hot flashes are a miserable trial of menopause; not to mention an added burden to an estimated 65% of women being treated for breast cancer. No matter what brings them on, any woman who has ever had one feels the flushing, burning heat as never before. Recent research by a team at Henry Ford Hospital looked at the effectiveness of antidepressant Effexor (a common treatment option for breast cancer patients) and a staple of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture for handling these terribly...
Acid Reflux Medication Can Increase Your Risk of Osteoporosis
Choosing the right acid reflux medication for your needs isnt always easy. After all, there are many causes and symptoms to consider. Furthermore, you need to find the right one that works for you. And that process just got more challenging as researchers have found that some heartburn drugs put users at a greater risk of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is a condition where the bones begin to lose their density (bone mineral density or BMD), placing the sufferer at increased risk of a fracture or...
Worried About Dining Out? What to Eat if You Have Acid Reflux
Knowing what to eat if you have acid reflux at restaurants can be a very challenging experience. However, as long as you are dedicated to watching what you eat, you will most certainly be able to get through this challenge and enjoy eating out with your family and friends. The hard part can be accepting that you are suffering from acid reflux as an ongoing condition and you will need to practice a bit of discipline if you want to avoid unpleasant symptoms. This discipline will involve changes...
A Brief Overview Of Colitis
Colitis, more formally known as Ulcerative Colitis, is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It can be difficult to diagnose because of the similarity of symptoms to other intestinal disorders and IBDs such as Crohn's disease. The main difference is that Crohn's disease causes inflammation deeper within the intestinal wall and usually occurs in the small intestine, although it can occur anyway along the digestive tract from mouth to anus, whereas Colitis causes inflammation and ulcers in the...
A Brief Overview Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a condition effecting up to 20% of the population and the numbers are rising. There are more women sufferers than men and the age that it commonly starts is at around twenty. It is classed as a functional disorder as it alters the way the body works and therefore is not diagnosable using traditional means such as examination or blood test.
It is not a commonly understood condition, with the medical community unable to clarify the exact cause. IBS appears...
Why Should You Chose An All Inclusive Vacation?
An all inclusive vacation not only saves you time; but also gives you every sort of comfort you could think of. This type of vacation package includes everything from itinerary planning to hotel bookings; site seeing packages and adventure sports trips. All inclusive vacations are enjoyed by everyone as they are so easy to book, saving you time by arranging all the different aspects of the trip in one easy step. These packages are designed for those people seeking comfort and ease from their...
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