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Sugar sponges sop up and release glucose as needed American Chemical Society | June 3, 2017
A new diabetes treatment could reduce the stress of strictly monitoring blood-glucose levels.

FasTouch gives surgeons a new tool for attaching mesh to tissue, leading to fewer complications, less pain and faster recovery from hernia procedures

Suffer From Headaches, Blurred Vision and Tingling In Ear? W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | May 29, 2017
Tight neckties increase the risk of glaucoma

Women and their families have unique, individual needs and preferences for health care and insurance. Repealing the ACA is the best first step to offering women (and men) the freedom to find and afford what they want in a robust, competitive market

A paper-based test strip could help people with heart failure tell if their condition is worsening

The impact of the rise in new drug rejections American Chemical Society | May 21, 2017
Manufacturing issues can delay drug approvals and complicate relationships between drug firms and their contract suppliers

Israeli researchers restore the memory performance of lab mice to a juvenile stage. Clinical trials on humans are next.

A Damning Verdict; We Are a Nation of Wimps W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | May 15, 2017
The only hope is to arm our children with backbone and teach them about self-discipline, responsibility and holistic medicine

Can Six Million Readers Help Answer This Question? W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | May 8, 2017
Do you know anyone who has used Medi-C Plus, or other brands containing high doses of vitamin C (4,000 to 6,000 milligrams) for several years, then developed Alzheimer’s Disease?

Our Sick Health Care System Ray DiLorenzo | May 6, 2017
Single payor health care is coming, like it or not. Your hernia operation will have to wait a few months

California-based company is in pre-market trials for MobiusHD, an implantable device that tricks the body into modulating blood pressure on its own

WE’VE BECOME A NATION OF WIMPS W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | May 1, 2017
North Americans have become a nation of pill worshippers


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Longer-lasting pain relief with Metal-organic frameworks American Chemical Society | April 27, 2017
The common pain medicine, ibuprofen, could last even longer with a new way to package the drug molecule

Making artificial blood for transfusions American Chemical Society | April 25, 2017
Blood for transfusions is often in short supply, so scientists are developing a substitute

Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Use and Public Attitudes, 1997, 2006 and 2016

I Hated Picking Peaches W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | April 24, 2017
We all live in an increasingly toxic world

Ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25, ISRAEL21c reports on a new approach that could lead to a non-refrigerated vaccine against parasitic diseases

Can Six Million Readers Answer This Question? W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | April 17, 2017
So what can stop or reverse atherosclerosis? Alzheimer’s disease


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Listeria Pathogen Can Be Fatal Jack Dini | April 10, 2017
Meat contaminated with Listeria will not show signs of spoilage, such as sliminess or odor. You can't smell a food and tell it it is safe

Strokes; Not Just For the Elderly W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | April 10, 2017
Regardless of how you take C and lysine, research shows that there’s less chance of a blood clot or arterial rupture resulting in a crippling stroke or death

Informed Consent: Are You Really Informed? W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | April 3, 2017
Sometimes it’s better to live with the devil you know than the one you don’t know

Are Your Eyes Mismatched? News on the Net | March 27, 2017
People with aniseikonia may complain of headaches, double vision, eyestrain, fatigue, poor depth perception, reading difficulties, distorted vision, sensitivity to light, nervousness or an inability to appreciate 3-D images

Sea urchin spines could fix bones American Chemical Society | March 25, 2017
Scientists have developed a bone grafting material made out of sea urchin spines

Fighting MRSA with new membrane-busting compound American Chemical Society | March 25, 2017
A class of compounds called LANA safely treated MRSA (purple) skin infections in mice

There’s More to Constipation than Grunting. W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | March 13, 2017
There’s an added advantage of decreasing the risk of coronary attack and other cardiovascular troubles, a win win situation easily achieved with zero side-effects.

Can we reverse aging by tweaking our biological machinery? American Chemical Society | March 9, 2017
Why do we age at all? For most of human history, people died of violence, starvation and infectious diseases

Electrochemical sensors like this one could soon make detecting harmful bacteria in foods faster and more accurate

How rare sugars might help control blood glucose American Chemical Society | March 8, 2017
Scientists investigate whether low-calorie rare sugars such as allulose could sweeten treats and help regulate blood-glucose levels

Pulling the curtain back on the high cost of drugs American Chemical Society | March 8, 2017
Costly drugs: Drug industry needs to communicate its pricing rationale more clearly

Fidgeting, And Magic Underwear W. Gifford-Jones, MD and Diana Gifford-Jones | March 6, 2017
It’s taken thousands of years to evolve the human body. But less than 100 years to develop the lethal rust of obesity, diabetes and heart attack, due to devices to reduce exertion

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