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The Medical Minute: Avoid overexertion injuries from 'spring fever'

Even the most die-hard couch potato can come down with a case of spring fever as the days get longer and the weather warms. You know the symptoms.

Health created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Healing hormone provides hope for brain injury

If Don Stein were the kind of man who listened to what others said, he would have shut down his lab years ago. The Emory neuroscientist spent more than two decades investigating progesterone as a treatment ...

Medical research created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

How healthy are you for your age?

On May 22, JoVE will publish details of a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age. The method is demonstrated by the laboratory of Dr. Gil Atzmon at New York's Albert Einste ...

Medical research created May 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Robotic transplant an option for obese kidney patients

Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital ...

Surgery created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ASPS supports new legislation to ensure women are aware of all breast cancer treatment options

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) today announced its strong support of the "Breast Cancer Patient Education Act" (S. 931). This bipartisan legislation is being introduced today, coinciding ...

Cancer created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Regulator keeps vaccines at right temperature

Rice University students have created a way to help health care workers track vaccines and keep them at a safe temperature.

Medications created May 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New stats: Plastic surgery trend has women armed for spring and summer

New statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that arm lifts in women have skyrocketed more than 4,000 percent in just over the last decade. It is a trend fueled, in part, ...

Surgery created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

National survey highlights perceived importance of dietary protein to prevent weight gain

Atkins Diet, Zone Diet, South Beach Diet, etc., etc., etc. Chances are you have known someone who has tried a high protein diet. In fact, according to the International Food Information Council Foundation, 50% of consumers ...

Health created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0