She’s the face of this year’s VHI Women’s Mini Marathon, now Doireann Garrihy is ready to share her top tips to get you ready to run 10km. Yes, you…it can be done! In fact Doireann says there are just three steps you need to follow to get you moving. “My advice for someone starting out… Read More »
But the weeks leading up to the big game have brought on many recalls by the Food and Drug Administration. Here are the products to keep off your plate: Chicken nuggets Tyson Foods recalled 36,420 pounds of chicken nuggets. Not because the chicken is rubbery, but because rubber may actually be in them. Federal officials… Read More »
Scientists have long known what causes sickle-cell disease and its devastating effects: a single mutation in one errant gene. But for decades, there has been only modest progress against an inherited condition that mainly afflicts people of African descent. With advances in gene therapy, that is quickly changing — so much so that scientists have… Read More »
One of the most frequently made New Year’s resolutions is to lose weight and with these simple tricks, it is possible to achieve that goal without starving yourself In most cases, fighting against excess weight remains a vicious circle. As I always say, the first and most important reason for failing to lose weight is… Read More »
They are patients with diseases that mystify doctors, people whose symptoms are dismissed as psychosomatic, who have been given misdiagnosis upon misdiagnosis. They have confounded experts and have exhausted every hope save one. And so they wind up in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, a federally funded project that now includes 12 clinical centers, including one… Read More »