Results from a small study of postmenopausal women suggest that obesity might relate to a reduced volume of gray matter in the brain. However, whether the results have relevance in a womans daytoday life is unclear.
“A subset of women from the Pittsburgh Healthy Women Study (HWS) who had been followed for an average of 15 [...]

The pdfstack.com is a simple search engine that is employed as a special tool in the search of e-books. The pdf search engine with a massive database of over 70 million files is growing by the day as nearly one fourth of a million files being added on a daily basis. The files are sourced [...]

A new study by researchers in the US suggests there may be a link between the use of stimulant drugs for attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sudden cardiac death in healthy children, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), who funded the study with the National Institute of Mental Health, said because of its [...]

Asthma is a disease affecting the airways that carry air to and from your lungs. People who suffer from this chronic condition (long-lasting or recurrent) are said to be asthmatic.
doctor examining a lung x-ray
The inside walls of an asthmatic’s airways are swollen or inflamed. This swelling or inflammation makes the airways extremely sensitive to irritations [...]

Consuming too many calories.
People are eating much more than they used to. This used to be the case just in developed nations - however, the trend has spread worldwide. Despite billions of dollars being spent on public awareness campaigns that attempt to encourage people to eat healthily, the majority of us continue to overeat. In [...]

Anxiety is a general term for several disorders that cause nervousness, fear, apprehension, and worrying. These disorders affect how we feel and behave, and they can manifest real physical symptoms. Mild anxiety is vague and unsettling, while severe anxiety can be extremely debilitating, having a serious impact on daily life.
People often experience a general state [...]

To support doctors who are confronted with challenging issues in medical practice, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria have developed a DVD that provides doctors with tips on managing difficult situations while maintaining their legal and ethical obligations.
The DVD Face to Face: Challenging Cases in Medical [...]

Sanofi-aventis Chief Executive Officer Christopher A Viehbacher told the opening session of the Pacific Health Summit in Seattle, Washington that he wanted to back WHO Director General’s call for common action.
“Exceptional times require exceptional responses. We need to act responsibly and we all have to play our part,” said Viehbacher.
“That is the reason why we [...]

The most popular type of gastric bypass surgery appears to nearly double the chance that a patient will develop kidney stones, despite earlier assumptions that it would not, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study. The overall risk, however, remains fairly small at about 8 percent.
As rates of morbid obesity have climbed in recent [...]

The American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists (ASHP) and the ASHP Foundation today announced the Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative (PPMI), the next major step in the evolution of pharmacy practice in hospitals and health systems.
The PPMI will build on the landmark work of the Hilton Head conference, held by ASHP in 1985. The Hilton [...]