A study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that one in nine people with diabetes saw their blood sugar levels drop down to normal or “pre-diabetes” levels after participating in an intensive, year-long diet and exercise program, Reuters reports.
Although complete remission of Type 2 diabetes is rare, researchers say the results show promise for using lifestyle changes to get people off medication and reduce their risk ...
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A unit of Endo Health Solutions, one of the four companies facing 29,000 lawsuits over vaginal mesh implants, has agreed to pay $54.5 million to settle some of those cases.
According to Bloomberg, the vaginal mesh cases have been consolidated before U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin in Charleston, West Virginia.
The mesh implants are supposed to treat urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse – a condition in which weakened muscles are no ...
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Different types of surgery are available to treat the type of cancer known as mesothelioma, according to the American Cancer Society. But radiation therapy is frequently used as well.
Radiation therapy involves using high energy rays, such as x-rays, to kill cancer cells or shrink tumors.
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the mesothelium, which is the protective lining that covers many of the body’s internal organs. In the vast majority of cases, ...
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A dialysis center that was shut down in Bessemer, Alabama, following the infection-related deaths of two patients has a prior history of health violations, according to a report on Al.com.
In a report about a year ago, the Alabama health department cited the clinic over multiple infection-control deficiencies. In one of those cases, a patient was hospitalized.
The clinic’s owner, German company Fresenius, has previously been accused of subjecting patients to continue reading...
In an opinion piece for Forbes, writer Mindy Lubber addresses potential water shortages from the method of natural gas extraction known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”
Fracking involves pumping millions of gallons of chemically treated water underground, to break up underlying rock formations and release trapped deposits of natural gas. It’s used in a number of regions throughout the country, including along the Marcellus Shale — a gas-rich underground rock ...
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A U.S. Senate committee has approved a bill designed to impose tighter restrictions on compounding pharmacies, such as the one blamed for a deadly meningitis outbreak. The legislation is now headed for the full Senate.
But according to a story in the Washington Post, consumer health and public advocacy groups are criticizing the proposed legislation for not going far enough.
Compounding pharmacies are specialty pharmacies that prepare medications from ingredients provided ...
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