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Medical Daily is pleased to announce it will soon be part of Newsweek. There, you will find the same stories on the latest news about health, fitness, nutrition, and relationships to enhance your life. A long list of benefits is associated with maintaining a nutritious, well-balanced diet, including added energy, weight control and a lower risk of diabetes. While many of us are aware we should eat more greens and less processed food, the health

The word “cancer,” which covers 200 different types of disease, can sound like a death sentence. Although there is no magic cure for all, an early cancer diagnosis can save lives and improve survival rates. Now, a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new surgical “pen” that can detect malignant tissue in just seconds, helping surgeons remove all of it the first time and reducing the chances that

Medical Daily is pleased to announce it will soon be part of Newsweek. There, you will find the same stories on the latest news about health, fitness, nutrition, and relationships to enhance your life. As if you needed another reason to care about air pollution, new research finds that the tiny particles in city smog don’t just damage your heart and lungs, they also may increase the risk of kidney disease and even contribute to

It’s that time of year, again. The sun is setting early while the moon and stars appear longer in the crisp, dark sky. We’re entering the sad, annual season where leaving the office always means stepping out into a nighttime chill. This Sunday, Nov. 6, is Daylight Savings, and, at 2 a.m., all clocks across the country will go back one hour. Dry skin is synonymous with cold, dark winter days. That nip in the

You’ve heard the old advice that skipping meals is a sure-fire way to ruin a weight loss plan, but a new study presented this week at the annual Obesity Society Meeting in New Orleans suggests that perhaps we’ve overlooked the benefits of selective fasting. According to the research, eating during a smaller window of time each day and skipping your evening meal could have a positive health effect. The study concluded that overweight individuals who

Most of us have used aspirin at some point in our lives, but have you ever stopped to think of how the little white pill is so effective at reducing pain? Luckily the team at How Stuff Works recently put together a YouTube video to help explain the science behind this widely popular drug. Although aspirin is a fairly new medical marvel, the drug itself is derived from the willow plant, which has been used

The most commonly prescribed antidepressants, known as SSRIs, often help to relieve the symptoms of major depression. There’s just one major caveat: The drugs often take several weeks, or even months, before patients get relief. A recent study now suggests that the cause for this delay may be partly due to signaling problems between important nerve cell membranes, called G proteins. SSRIs work by making sure the serotonin hormone is transported back to neurons, where

Celiac disease is the reason why so many people can’t eat bread. The disease is really an autoimmune disorder, meaning every time a patient consumes gluten ? a common protein found in wheat, rye, and barley ? their immune system attacks the lining of the small intestine; painful digestive problems ensue. But across the country, roughly 3 million Americans claim to have a similar insensitivity without a proper diagnosis. So, a team of researchers from

Anxiety disorders plague more than one in four adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18, and many of them are treated with antidepressants and other medications to try and help them live a relatively healthy childhood. But a team of researchers from the University of Cincinnati set out to explore other treatment options that focus more on the mind and less on pharmaceutical solutions. Their study, published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The Florida health department said on Wednesday it was investigating another two cases of Zika not related to travel to a place where the virus is being transmitted, raising the possibility of local Zika transmission in the continental United States. The Florida health department said it has identified an additional case of Zika in Miami-Dade County, where it was already investigating a possible case of Zika not related to travel, and another