Medical Informations

10 Foods Most Likely to Make You Sick Some of the healthiest foods, such as leafy greens, may also be the most likely to cause food-borne illness, according to a new report.

Mind/Body Workout Fights Chemo Fatigue Cancer patients find chemotherapy less physically and emotionally exhausting if they’re in an intense program of cardio, strength, relaxation, and body-awareness training.

Nuts, Vegetables, Fish Cut Alzheimer’s Risk A diet rich in cruciferous and green leafy vegetables, nuts, fish, and tomatoes and low in red meat and high-fat dairy products may protect against Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests.

Prostate Cancer: Who Needs Chemical Castration? Men with locally advanced prostate cancer treated with radiation need 3 years — not 6 months — of difficult hormone therapy, a clinical trial shows.

Group Takes Aim at Prostate Cancer Claims A consumers group complained to regulators and threatened a lawsuit Thursday over what it calls a drug company’s misleading claims that two of its multivitamins reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

New Therapy May Fight Prostate Cancer Mayo Clinic researchers say an experimental treatment may have cured two patients whose prostate cancers were so advanced they had been considered inoperable.

4 Factors That Increase Odds of Heart Failure Smoking, high blood pressure, excess weight, and diabetes are major risk factors for increasing the size of the heart’s left ventricle, a new study shows.

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Diabetes WebMD explores the connection between RA and diabetes. Find out what’s known about how having RA may make you more susceptible to diabetes and what you can do to lower the risk.

Weight Loss Surgery May Defeat Diabetes Weight loss surgery can improve or even resolve type 2 diabetes in the long term, according to two new studies.

Pomegranate Juice May Slow Prostate Cancer Drinking 8 ounces per day of pomegranate juice may slow the progression of prostate cancer that hasn’t spread, a new study shows.