Mushroom Coffee: Are There Health Benefits?
Mushrooms have long been put on lists of supposed “superfoods.” Thought by some to be affect everything from immunity to cancer , various mushrooms have long been used in traditional…
Acid Reflux Drugs May Heighten the Risk of Migraine Attacks and Severe Headaches
Research has shown that people who live with migraine are also more likely to have gastrointestinal problems.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629e448d5b8-7e79-46bd-9313-bdb36ee4eff9 Conversely, those who have issues like acid reflux and GERD , diarrhea ,…
Hospital Deaths and Complication Rates Are Lower With Female Doctors
Hospital patients may have better survival odds and a lower likelihood of serious complications that require repeat admissions when they’re treated by female physicians, a new study suggests. For the…
Fecal Transplant Shows Promise for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease
People with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who can’t achieve remission with targeted drugs might one day be able to get their symptoms under control by adding so-called microbiota therapeutics like…
Rat Urine Is Spreading a Life-Threatening Bacterial Illness in Humans and Dogs
A half dozen people in New York City have recently become ill with an infection commonly transmitted via rat urine. The uptick in cases has led city officials to issue…
How to Lower Your Risk for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Listen to the article here: Imagine not being able to make out the details of a friend’s face, missing important information when you read a bill, or being surprised at…
What Is Cirrhosis? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Chronic liver disease can lead to cirrhosis, a condition in which the healthy tissue in the liver is replaced by nonliving scar tissue. Over time, the scar tissue inhibits the…
Taylor Swift’s First Single from ‘TTPD’ Begs the Question: Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Functioning Alcoholic’?
Taylor Swift’s fans have suspected the singer’s references to drinking habits in the first single from her new album, The Tortured Poets Department , are personal. The lyrics to the…
What Is Myelofibrosis? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Myelofibrosis is a rare type of blood cancer that causes scarring of the bone marrow — the soft, spongy tissue in the center of most of your bones.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629bcc88a20-4c47-4251-a784-168cf75d0934 “The cancer’s…
Antibiotics Don’t Help a Cough, Even When It’s Caused by a Bacterial Infection
Taking antibiotics for acute bronchitis didn’t improve the severity of cough or how long it lasted, even if the cough was caused by a bacterial rather than a viral infection,…
