Tulane general internist Jeffrey Wiese reminds us that summer heat can strike with little warning. Children, the elderly, overweight persons and people on certain medications need to take extra precautions because they are especially vulnerable to the effects of heat.
Keep your family safe this summer by following these tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Working on a story about the summer heat rolling in? University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) experts share some very important pointers about staying healthy this season.
The National Institutes of Health estimates that eight out of ten people will suffer from back pain, making it one of the most common medical problems today. The good news is that you can treat it, minimize it, and even prevent it by following some back-friendly guidelines.
In the 21 worst-affected countries, close to 5% of death and disease is caused by indoor air pollution, according to new estimates published by WHO.
Astronomers have discovered a new planet circling a dim red star around 20 light years away from our solar system which could be a “super earth” supporting life.
How your food is cooked may be as important to your health as the food itself. Researchers now know more about a new class of toxins that might soon become as important a risk factor for heart disease and metabolic disorders as trans fats.
Many women in the menopausal transition experience hot flashes: unpredictable, sometimes disruptive, periods of intense heat in the upper torso, neck and face. Although generations of physicians have prescribed hormones to reduce these symptoms, very little research has focused on the underlying causes of hot flashes.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest HIV/AIDS healthcare, prevention and education provider, which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, chastised US drug giant, Abbott Laboratories for its ?quid pro quo? offer earlier today to the Government of Thailand to lower its price for Abbott?s key AIDS drug, Aluvia (a heat-stable tablet version of Kaletra) to approximately USD$1000 per patient per year?an offer contingent upon Abbott?s demand that Thailand immediately halt issuing compulsory licenses for the generic manufacture of this lifesaving drug.
A survey of restaurant and food establishment personnel reveals that for food-allergic consumers, dining out may be a greater risk than they realize.