General Health Articles:
General Health Articles features articles and news on alcohol treatment and rehabilitation, allergies, clinical trials, quitting smoking and sexual health.
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Oct 19th, 2009
President Obama plans to change medical marijuana policy – the Federal government will no longer prosecute medical marijuana users or their suppliers – as long as they remain in compliance with the law.
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Oct 16th, 2009
The placebo effect is a measurable, observable, or felt improvement in health or behavior not attributable to a medication or invasive treatment that has been administered. Placebo is Latin for “I shall please” and describes a pharmacologically inert substance, such as saline or a sugar pill, that produces an effect that is similar to that which would be expected of an active substance.
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Oct 13th, 2009
If you needed heart surgery or a knee replacement, or if you had a stroke, do you know which hospitals could provide the best care? HealthGrades has just released The Twelfth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America Study, which rates US hospitals on procedures and diagnoses, mortality and complication rates, and lets consumers see the ratings for 5,000 hospitals online.
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Sep 28th, 2009
Long Beach is debating a very thin line of regulating and even prosecuting dispensaries and other businesses that provide medical marijuana. There is a clear signal being sent as City Council committee Monday recommended denying requests from 28 dispensaries for exemptions from a moratorium.
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Sep 26th, 2009
A new patient registry will improve surgical wait times by providing more timely and accurate information to district health authorities and doctors.
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Sep 26th, 2009
The Trauma Communication System now protects more than half of Alabama through regional systems in the Birmingham, North Alabama and Gulf regions of the state, which will decrease the likelihood of death in trauma cases.
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Sep 23rd, 2009
Private cord blood banking is not cost-effective because it costs an additional $1,374,246 per life-year gained.
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Sep 21st, 2009
For most Kansans, a stay in the hospital results in improved health, but that doesn't always happen because of the growing trend of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
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Sep 18th, 2009
While scientists have known for several years that our body's internal clock helps regulate many biological processes, researchers have found that the reverse is also true: Many common biological processes – including insulin metabolism – regulate the clock.
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Sep 17th, 2009
With the flick of a laser beam, scientists can now sculpt cells into new shapes. The power to manipulate cells at will comes courtesy of a new genetically encoded switch that lets researchers use light to control a cell’s shape and movement.
