Health magazine: news updates - Page 43

Epilepsy

US Approves First Marijuana-Derived Drug

Jun 29, 2018 • 5 comments

US regulators on Monday approved the first marijuana-derived drug ever to hit the US market, Epidiolex, which will be used to treat two rare and severe forms of childhood epilepsy. Epidiolex uses...

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Women's health

US Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion centers in free speech case

Jun 29, 2018

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a law requiring anti-abortion centers in California to inform pregnant clients that they could obtain the procedure elsewhere was...

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Diabetes (Type 1)
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetic neuropathy

Lab Rat Studies Show Promise for Insulin Pill

Jun 27, 2018 • 1 comment

Studies carried out on lab rats have shown promise for a new kind of insulin pill that may be able to help millions of people with diabetes avoid daily injections, researchers said Monday. Much...

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In US, Cigarette Smoking Reaches New Low: Study

Jun 21, 2018 • 1 comment

Just 13.9 percent of the US population smokes cigarettes, according to a US government report Tuesday which said the American smoking rate has reached "the lowest level ever recorded." The...

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In US, Obesity, Smoking More Common in Rural Areas: Study

Jun 20, 2018

People who live in rural areas of the United States are far more likely than city dwellers to smoke, be overweight, and face a host of related health concerns, researchers said Tuesday. Many chronic...

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Stress Test: Saliva Swab Detects Workplace Burnout

Jun 19, 2018

A simple saliva test can show within hours whether someone on the job is overly stressed and at risk of burnout, researchers said Friday. Measuring levels of the anti-stress hormone cortisol at...

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Canadian Team Reports Success in Transplanting Hepatitis C Organs

Jun 19, 2018

A long-running shortage in donor organs has pushed doctors to find ways to use those with hepatitis C, an infection that is increasingly common in the United States due to the opioid crisis,...

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Trump, America's Oldest First-Time President, Turns 72

Jun 15, 2018

President Donald Trump turned 72 on Thursday, having returned to the fray of Washington politics after his grueling trip to Singapore for the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump in...

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US Economics Adviser Kudlow Leaves Hospital After Heart Attack

Jun 15, 2018

President Donald Trump's chief economics adviser Larry Kudlow was discharged from the hospital Wednesday and is doing"very well," two days after suffering a heart attack Presidential spokeswoman...

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Men’s health

Argentina Abortion Debate Goes Into second Day

Jun 15, 2018

Debate on a bill to legalize abortion in conservative Argentina dragged into a second day Thursday without a vote as thousands of pro- and anti-abortion supporters demonstrated outside...

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Agoraphobia
Alexithymia
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioural disorders / Mental illness
Beta-thalassemia
Bipolar disorder
Borderline personality disorder
Cardiac conduction defect syndrome
Childhood disintegrative disorder
Claustrophobia
Coffin-Lowry syndrome
Cyclothymia
Delirious flushes
Depersonalization disorder
Dissociative identity disorder
Dysmorphic disorder
Dysthymia
Frontotemporal dementia
Frontotemporal dementia with tau inclusions
Generalized anxiety disorder
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Hyperactivity
Hypomania
Identity Crisis
Impostor syndrome
Learning disabilities (Dys)
Lubie
Melancholy
Mitral valve disorder
Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder
Neurosis
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Panic attack
Paranoia
Pathological demand avoidance syndrome
Phobias
Post traumatic stress disorder
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures
Psychosis
Psychotic disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Seasonal affective disorder
Secondary Trauma
Social anxiety disorder
Stress
Tics
Trichotillomania
xyz_Chronic anxiety

One In Three Americans Take Meds With Depressive Side Effects: Study

Jun 14, 2018 • 1 Like • 1 comment

One third of Americans are taking prescription and over-the-counter drugs, such as birth control pills, antacids and common heart medications, that may raise the risk of depression, researchers...

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Autoimmune hepatitis
Benign liver tumors
Cirrhosis
Hepatic failure
Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis and liver diseases
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis H
Hepatitis of the child
Hepatorenal syndrome
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and NASH
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

NASH: the first World Awareness Day for Fatty-Liver Disease

Jun 14, 2018 • 2 comments

Starting today, June 12 officially is International non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (steatohepatitis) day*, which is a great opportunity to raise awareness about this disease thanks to the NASH...

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