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Uterine Fibroids: Recovery Time
Uterine fibroids present a medical issue that no woman wants to face. Uterine fibroids symptoms can be quite annoying and result in a disrupted quality of life; however, the treatment options and recovery time from uterine fibroids is not bad. There are a ...
Apple’s New App Makes Health Technological
Apple technology is moving into the health system, and U.S. hospitals are welcoming it with open arms.Apple Inc.’s HealthKit service is making its name in major hospitals, allowing doctors to monitor patients from a distance and at a lower cost. The re...
Pharmaceutical Companies Price Discriminate H.I.V. Drugs
Harvard researchers published a new study which found that many drugs used to treat H.I.V. are being set at unfairly high prices. The study examined health care plans in 12 states and found that the drugs were being priced using a system of “adverse tierin...
Taboo Medicine: Ayahuasca
The connection between the mind and body is as unbreakable as it is complex. Human beings are unique organisms, leaving health professionals with the never-ending task of uncovering different remedies for disease. Despite all that remains undiscovered, pol...
Uterine Fibroid Treatment Risks
Over 50 percent of all hysterectomies, or the removal of the uterus, are caused by uterine fibroids. Uterine fibroids are a benign tumor found on the inside of a woman's uterus. For the most part, fibroids cause little to no serious medical effec...
Dirt from New England Holds Key to Fighting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
When most people think of New England, they think of clam chowder and pilgrims. They don’t usually think about the soil and the possibility that it holds the key to fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The newest antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30...
Morcellator Cancer Lawsuit Spreads
An increasing number of lawsuits are being filed against the manufactures of a device used in a surgical technique known as power morcellation - a procedure to perform hysterectomies on women. The technique allows for an easier removal of a woman's uterus ...
To Eat Meat, or Not to Eat Meat
It is no secret that "vegetarianism" and "veganism" have been on the rise in recent years. According to a New York Magazine article, "perhaps inspired by Jay Z and Beyoncé's 22-day vegan diet or the recent outing of Al Gore as a 'newly turned vegan,' news ...
Fibroid Surgery Cancer and Tumors
“Tumor” is a word that a patient never wants to hear come from their doctor's mouth. But what is a fibroid tumor? The idea may sound a bit frightening. But fear not, because a fibroid tumor is much less terrifying than one would think. In fact, the tumor i...