PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Cancer, diabetes and heart disease are three health conditions that are too common, and often deadly. Sentara Healthcare recently hosted a conference in November entitled “Nutrition as Medicine.” World-renowned doctors and researchers came together to present information and mounting evidence to indicate food can serve as a prescription — of sorts — for many illnesses. Dr.… Read More »
When it comes to talking about anger, the conversation usually turns to how and why we should free ourselves of the emotion. As the thinking usually goes, anger is bad for our health and fosters negativity. But the emotion has potential to do more than just turn you into a bright red rage monster. Sometimes… Read More »
Five Supreme Court justices rejected an appeals case from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to withhold Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood. As a result, two lower court rulings stay in place that block the states from stripping funds from the women’s reproductive health organization. Justice Clarence Thomas, one of the three dissenting judges, accused… Read More »
(Reuters) – An Olympus Corp subsidiary pleaded guilty on Monday and agreed to pay $ 85 million to resolve charges that it failed to file reports with U.S. regulators regarding infections connected to its duodenoscopes while continuing to sell the medical devices used to view the gastrointestinal tract. Olympus Medical Systems Corp and Hisao Yabe,… Read More »
HPV and HIV are both viruses that cause sexually transmitted infections. The viruses cause different conditions, though people with HIV are more susceptible to HPV than others. People with untreated HIV are more likely to have active HPV infections and may experience worse symptoms of HPV. HPV prevention is especially important for people with HIV.… Read More »