2009 October

Mayo Clinic scientists have stumbled on a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). They were testing the effects of inflammation on amyloid plaques that build up in the brain and prompt AD symptoms.

We may talk a good game about the red, white and blue, but when it comes to eating right, we Americans aren’t showing our true colors.

Do your legs want to dance at exactly the time you want to settle down? Those who cope with restless leg syndrome know what I’m talking about.

It’s still controversial. And the jury’s still out. So we won’t soon have an answer to the question of a possible cancer link to cell phone use.

The 12th annual HQA study assessed about 40 million Medicare hospitalization records, tracking mortality trends and complication rates from 2006 through 2008.