NPR |
Is There A Way To Keep Using Opiod Painkillers And Reduce Risk?
NPR Jon McHann, 56, got started on prescription opioids the way a lot of adults in the U.S. did: he was in pain following an accident. In his case, it was a fall. "I hit my tailbone just right, and created a severe bulging disc" that required surgery ... |
TODAYonline |
The case for preventing diabetes over cure
TODAYonline As we mark World Diabetes Day on Tuesday (Nov 14), it is timely to review the fight against diabetes, especially in Singapore. “If you look at yourself, and at the person sitting to your left, person sitting to your right, most probably at least one of ... World Diabetes Day 2017: Why Foods With Low Glycemic Index Are Good For Diabetics Merck and International Diabetes Federation Partner to Help Address Global Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic Scientists may have discovered way to reverse type 2 diabetes |
International Business Times UK |
Black Death plague scare in Africa – Things you need to know about the devastating pandemic
International Business Times UK Malawi has become the tenth country in Africa to be put on high alert over fears that the plague could spread there from Madagascar. By Divya Kishore. Updated November 13, 2017 08:40 GMT. Black death plague madagascar Council workers spray ... Madagascar plague expert fears Black Death that has killed 140 people in Madagascar become untreatable and ... |
HealthDay |
Binge-Watchers, Beware: Long TV Time Poses Clot Risk
HealthDay SUNDAY, Nov. 12, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- If you love to while away a weekend watching a season's worth of episodes from a favorite TV series, you may inadvertently put yourself at risk for developing a dangerous blood clot. When researchers compared ... Risks for blood clot in a vein may rise with increased TV viewing Watching TV for too long may double blood clot risk Prolonged TV viewing may increase risks for blood clot in vein: study |
CNN |
Sex rarely causes hearts to stop, research says
CNN (CNN) It's a familiar scene in TV melodramas: Mid-intercourse, an older man collapses, clutching his heart. Yet sex and sudden cardiac arrest rarely happen together, according to preliminary research presented Sunday at the American Heart Association's ... Sex unlikely to cause cardiac arrest, study finds Does Sex Really Trigger Cardiac Arrest? Sex: Odds Are It Won't Kill You |