Alzheimer's
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Genetic Score May Help Predict Alzheimer’s
Researchers say they've developed a genotype-related test that can predict the onset of dementia in older people.
- Why There Hasn’t Been a New Alzheimer’s Drug for 10 Years
- Researchers Say They May Have a New Way to Attack Alzheimer’s
- Alzheimer’s Documentary: Epidemic Could Bankrupt Medicare and Medicaid
- Latest on Alzheimer’s Research: Probiotics, Plaque Busters
Brain
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Helping Children Recover From Traumatic Brain Injuries
Researchers say a biomarker may be able to identify which children will have more trouble recovering from a serious brain injury.
- High School Football Players Don’t Have Increased Risk of Degenerative Brain Disease
- Escape: Give Your Post-Election Brain a Rest
- Using Your Brain for Knee Injury Rehabilitation
- Imaging Traumatic Brain Injuries in Living Patients
- Changing the Way Football Is Played
Cancer
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Cutting Breast Cancer Treatment Costs by Reducing Radiation
Researchers say doctors can still provide high-quality for many women with breast cancer without using radiation, reducing healthcare costs by tens of millions of dollars.
- The Dangers of Sunburn, Even for People with Darker Skin
- Cancer Vaccine Unlikely … But Do We Need One?
- New Blood Test May Pinpoint Cancer Tumors
- A High-Tech Blood Test That May Detect Cancer Early
- NASCAR Driver Getting the Word Out on Colorectal Cancer
DNA
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New Blood Test May Pinpoint Cancer Tumors
Researchers say using DNA signatures may provide a diagnostic tool for cancer that isn't invasive.
- Movie ‘Split’ Does Harm to People with Dissociative Identity Disorder, Experts Say
- Premature Births Up. New Research Out on Baby DNA
- Can a Virus Steal Animal DNA?
- What’s Next in the Science of Creating Babies
Environment
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Fearing pollution, north China residents protest plant despite government warning
By Christian Shepherd and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Fearing pollution, hundreds of residents in a northeastern Chinese city on Tuesday protested the building of…
- President Trump’s Policies Could Harm Your Health
- Federal Officials Institute No-Smoking Rules for Public Housing
- Does Roundup Cause Cancer?
Genetics
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Webber & Grinnell Supports CDH Cancer Center Campaign
NORTHAMPTON — Webber & Grinnell Insurance can trace its local origins all the way back to 1849, when the town was minting $5 coins from…
- Your Checkbook and Your Supermarket May Be as Important as Genetics in How Long You Live
Health Care News
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Best Healthcare PR Firms – Do they Recycle Campaign Ideas?
By Weiqing Sun The best health tech and healthcare PR firms will get your story told in the biggest media outlets, but how do they…
- Healthcare PR Firms – Why Experience Matters More than Personality
- Best Healthcare PR Firms – The ROI Review
- New Mobile Tool Reveals Cost for Healthcare PR
- Case Study – Advertising vs PR Cost Comparison
- Top 10 Healthcare PR Firms – Identifying the Best
Health Care PR
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Best Healthcare PR Firms Listed in New Mobile App
By Marta Majstorovic Many business owners struggle to find the right PR firm for their company. They don’t have time to spend hours on the…
- Best Healthcare PR Firms – Do they Recycle Campaign Ideas?
- Healthcare PR Firms – Why Experience Matters More than Personality
- Top Tech & Healthcare PR Firms in NYC – An Analysis
- Best Healthcare PR Firms – The ROI Review
- Best PR People in Healthcare
Heart
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The Tribal Diet That Could Eliminate Heart Disease
Researchers discovered the Tsimane people of the Amazon have almost no risk of serious heart disease due to diet and physical activity level.
- Most People Don’t Need to Take Omega-3 Supplements
- Erectile Dysfunction Drugs May Benefit Men Who’ve Had a Heart Attack
- HRT Lowers Risk of Death, Protects Heart
- How Poor Diet Raises Your Risk of Dying from Heart Disease
- Why Heart Disease is on the Rise in America
Kidney
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Gilead challenges GSK with strong HIV drug data
Gilead Sciences has thrown down a challenge to GlaxoSmithKline with good clinical trial results for an experimental HIV drug that works in the same way…
- Kidney Donations Should Be Accepted From Older Patients
- Patients Willing to Accept Donated Kidneys Infected with Hepatitis C
- Odd Medical Remedies: Roller Coasters, Singing, Steam
Liver
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Webber & Grinnell Supports CDH Cancer Center Campaign
NORTHAMPTON — Webber & Grinnell Insurance can trace its local origins all the way back to 1849, when the town was minting $5 coins from…
- Gilead challenges GSK with strong HIV drug data
- Top Tech & Healthcare PR Firms in NYC – An Analysis
- Holy Holidays! Are Pumpkin Spice Lattes Really Bad for You?
- Diabetes Without Needles: Relief May Be on the Way
- Finance Monthly Selects Macias PR as the Best PR Firm in the USA
Medicaid
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How Deep Do the Medicaid Cuts Go in Republican Health Plan?
Critics say the GOP healthcare plan would decimate Medicaid programs and hurt seniors, low- or no-income families, and children.
- Alzheimer’s Documentary: Epidemic Could Bankrupt Medicare and Medicaid
Medicine
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Gilead challenges GSK with strong HIV drug data
Gilead Sciences has thrown down a challenge to GlaxoSmithKline with good clinical trial results for an experimental HIV drug that works in the same way…
- Actelion, being bought by J&J, says full year core net income rose 27 percent
- We need transparent trials to keep confidence in medicine
- Regenerative Medicine Has a Bright Future
- 32 Heart Surgeries … and She’s Only 19
- Regenerative Medicine: Re-growing Teeth and Healing Wounds Without Scars
Obamacare
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Who Are They? 14 Million More People Won’t Have Health Insurance Next Year
Experts estimate millions would become uninsured under Republican plan to replace Obamacare. Many of them will be older adults and families with low incomes.
- What Would Happen If GOP Health Plan Is Approved?
- Cancer Patients Anxiously Await Decision on Obamacare
- Obamacare Portraits: Three People Who Use the ACA and What They Think of It
- Obamacare Being Dismantled: Now What?
- Obamacare: What to Expect in 2017
Parkinson
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Diabetes Drug May Be Effective in Treating Parkinson’s
Human trials are expected to begin next year on a drug researchers hope will be the first to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
- Study Links Gut Bacteria to Parkinson’s Disease
Skin
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The Dangers of Sunburn, Even for People with Darker Skin
Researchers say people with darker complexions have more protection from the sun, but they can still get sunburned and are more likely to die from…
- Hologic to buy Cynosure to expand into medical aesthetics
- The Skinny on Coconut Oil: It May Be Fattening
- What Should Doctors Say to Teenage Girls About Pregnancy?
- Kids Lose Weight During the School Year, Gain It During the Summer
- Patch for Treating Peanut Allergies Shows Promise
