Niacin won’t help – may harm heart new patients study warns
Combining the vitamin niacin with a cholesterol-lowering statin drug appears to offer patients no benefit and may also increase side effects, a new study indicates. It’s a disappointing result from the largest-ever study of niacin for heart patients, which involved…
CoQ10 helps heal neurodegenerative disease: Study
(NaturalNews) Most of us know the value of CoQ10 for heart health. Now a recent case report has demonstrated that CoQ10 may be of value for reversing even extreme neurodegenerative diseases. This case report involved a 75-year-old with what is…
South Africa: ‘Over 25% of schoolgirls HIV positive’
BBC World News At least 28% of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive compared with 4% of boys because “sugar daddies” are exploiting them, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said. He said 94,000 schoolgirls also fell pregnant in 2011, and…
“CTS, only one surgeon in South Florida to perform Endoscopic Cubital Tunnel
Release Procedure” Miami – What is Cubital Tunnel Syndrome? Cubital Tunnel Syndrome is a condition brought on by increased pressure on the ulnar nerve at the elbow. There is a bump (made of bone) on the inner portion of the…
Gender gaps in health
From Cayman Islands Ministry of Community Affairs, Gender and Housing From birth to death, human beings experience a wide range of emotional, psychological and physical experiences that shape our lives and inevitably can affect the state of our health and…
World Kidney Day Open House at HSA Dialysis Unit – Thursday March 14
The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority invites everyone to the join in celebrating World Kidney Day 2013 tomorrow Thursday March 14th. Stop by to take a tour of the dialysis unit at the George Town Hospital and learn more about…
What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You: 9 Signs You Shouldn’t Ignore
Megan, selected from Experience Life The body is a magnificent machine. When things go awry, it generally doesn’t just shut down without warning, like an incandescent light bulb popping its filament. Instead it sends us little signals (think of them…
Steroid back injections do more harm than good
By Nick Tate, Newsmax For many patients with back pain, epidural steroid injections do more harm than good, according to a new study by researchers with Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. The research, published in the medical journal Spine, found patients…
Sleeping pills can be deadly
Care2 Healthy Living. By Dr. Michael Murray When you can’t sleep, the temptation to pop a sleeping pill is strong. But did you know you could be risking your life? There’s a large body of research indicating that sleeping pills…
No new cases of dengue under investigation
Published by the Public Health Department Dengue Update as of 09 March 2013 · Total cases investigated for dengue in 2012 were 94, with 37 being positive for dengue, four inconclusive and 53 negative. To date there have been 45…
