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Depression has been one of the toughest and most intractable problems the medical community has faced, and that’s saying something, given some of the diseases we face.   At least most other diseases have a clearly identifiable cause, however.  Even if knowing that hasn’t helped where finding a cure is concerned, at least it provides Read the full article…

Coffee appears to be a wonder drug.  In recent months, there has been a broad range of papers published on research hinting that coffee may help fight a variety of diseases, which is great news, considering that every day, the world consumes more than five billion cups of the stuff.  Now, a new research paper Read the full article…

Sitting is the new smoking!  You’ve probably read that phrase in dozens of papers, reports and articles over the last few years.  In fact, it gets repeated with such frequency that it has almost become an article of faith in the medical community, but is it true?   Not according to an international research team Read the full article…

It’s widely accepted that Biotech is “The Next Big Thing.” A frontier of almost unlimited possibility that begins to blur the line between us and machines.   To be sure, the advances in Biotech that we’ve seen so far have been both helpful and exciting, but they’ve barely scratched the surface of what’s ultimately possible. Read the full article…

In January of this year, the Red Cross faced a crisis it’s becoming all too familiar with.  With their resources stretched thin on account of storms battering the eastern seaboard, the organization sent out an urgent call for blood donations.   While all blood is welcomed and appreciated, the agency is especially interested in acquiring Read the full article…

There’s copious amounts of evidence that fad diets don’t work.  If they did, we wouldn’t have the obesity epidemic we do today.  Of course, that doesn’t keep people from trying the latest diet of the moment.  In fact, recent estimates indicate that some 45 million Americans “go on a diet” each year.   It’s big Read the full article…

It’s no secret that we’ve got a serious (and growing) opioid crisis in this country, but when you spend some time digging into the numbers, it’s both shocking and disheartening. According to statistics collected by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), here are the contours of the problem we face:   An average of Read the full article…

While it’s true that acne isn’t a life-threatening condition, and a cure hasn’t exactly been a high priority of the medical establishment, it’s a condition that most of us will suffer, or have suffered at some point in our lives.  It’s most common in teens, but can sometimes persist into adulthood, and in serious cases, Read the full article…

Researchers at UCLA have made a major breakthrough that has profound implications for anyone suffering from an autoimmune deficiency disorder. They discovered a way to create synthetic T-cells which are pivotal to the body’s autoimmune response system.   The quest to create artificial T-Cells has been a long one, and fraught with a great many Read the full article…

An interesting bit of research out of Ohio State University that seeks to solve one of the most intractable problems in modern medicine. Needles. Nobody likes them, but they’re an essential part of what healthcare practitioners do.   It’s amazing how big an impact getting stuck by a needle can have. If you work in Read the full article…