The Guide To Healthy Living

According to a study conducted recently, the likelihood that women, if diabetic, could develop Atrial Fibrillation (AF), is increased by 26 percent. AF is a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm that could possibly lead to heart failure, stroke and chronic fatigue, as per new findings of a Kaiser Permanente study published in Diabetes Care, October [...]

A study conducted in Vietnam contributes to medical views that parasitic gut worms like the hookworm, could help in the prevention and treatment of asthma and other allergies. Led by Dr Carsten Flohr, a Clinical Scientist from The University of Nottingham, and Dr Luc Nguyen Tuyen from the Khanh Hoa Provincial Health Service in central [...]

Recent research indicates that parents in low-income environment are more prone to depression, especially when there is a lack of social support. Prevalent in rural regions, facilities such as social and health resources are few. Community groups, churches, school or sports-related activities and other such social support mechanisms act as an impediment to negative thinking, [...]

Requirements for drug and alcohol counselors who work at drug and alcohol addiction treatment facilities in Oklahoma might become stricter if a proposal in the state legislature becomes law. According to The Oklahoman, the new rules would place more stringent requirements on the people who are intimately involved in the rehabilitation of patients. Under the [...]

Impaired kidney function is a risk factor for cognitive decline in old age says a new study published in the medical journal Neurology. The study found that poor kidney functions were linked with cognition related to memory functions. Any kind of damage to these functions, episodic memory and other contextual knowledge is the earliest sign [...]

Spring Hill, Tennessee Police Chief John Smith wants his townspeople to know that he hasn’t fallen victim to the perils of prescription drug abuse — despite a recent positive drug test that could have cost him his job. The Tennessean reports that Smith recently failed a randomly-administered drug test after testing positive for codeine. Smith [...]

It has been predicted recently that cases of diabetes type 1 will double in children under the age of 5 and rise up to 70% in children under the age of 15. Doctors fear that despite modern methods of therapy, hypoglycemia remains a huge threat in these young patients. This is due to the fact [...]