A study was conducted by researchers at the University of Florence in Italy in hopes to discover the effects of eating a Mediterranean diet. Their research taught them that this diet can help to significantly reduce the risk of death from heart disease, cancer, and from developing brain diseases (such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s).  Read more... (255 words, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)

If you think that using botox to try to look young again is not a good enough excuse then you will be happy to know that you can use it for something much more serious. Allergan Inc. have researched into using their signature Botox product to treat people who suffer from serious migraine headaches.  Read more... (128 words, estimated 31 secs reading time)

Addison’s disease is a hormonal disorder that can affect both men and women of any age. The disease is often characterized by weight loss, fatigue, low blood pressure, muscle weakness, and often times a darkening of parts of the skin that are exposed and not exposed.

How does Addison’s disease happen?  Read more... (218 words, estimated 52 secs reading time)

The U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention released a new study that showed the effects of the chickenpox vaccine. According to their study it was able to reduce the disease by 90%. “The U.S. varicella vaccination program has dramatically reduced varicella incidence and related complications, hospitalizations and deaths,” CDC researchers said.  Read more... (192 words, estimated 46 secs reading time)

Doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia discovered the first gene that they believe might be connected to a form of neuroblastoma. Neorublastoma is a type of cancer that many doctors believe is inherited.  Read more... (147 words, estimated 35 secs reading time)