Disease

Does the media have it right, did a new study show that drinking 2 or more artificially sweetened beverages a day result in a greater risk of stroke? I don’t think so, but here is the information, you decide.

I’ve written in the past about anecdotal and case reports from “alternative or complementary” medicine arguing that these reports do not rise to what we would consider scientific trials.

Today is World Cancer Day which means we internationally encourage raising awareness about cancer while promoting and supporting efforts in prevention, early detection and advancement in treatments.

Aortic stenosis refers to a narrowing of the valve leading from the heart to the aorta supplying oxygen and blood to the body.

I had the right to remain silent, but I cannot.

While wandering the web I came across this comment:

Of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who still ride in this world, pestilence seems to be our greatest slayer.

Imagine a world where no matter where you turn, albeit your phone, the television, social media or a billboard, you are confronted with happy, healthy and even marginally optimistic images or messages?

For the second week in a row, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “telecommuted” to the Supreme Court, and of course, the blogosphere was atwitter with the political portents.

You may be seeing a bunch of headlines from CNN’s “US cancer death rate hits 25 years of decline, study says” to the Wall Street Journal