According to Innovation.org, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has a new report out on diabetes, which states:
“A record 235 new medicines to treat diabetes, one of the fastest-growing diseases in America, are being developed by America’s pharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies.”
Wow. Do we really need that many new medicines? What about [...]

I personally wasn’t able to attend the annual meeting of the American Association of diabetes Educators this summer.  But I’ve been there a few times. It’s quite the experience for a patient to witness thousands of experts in life-with-diabetes running around between lectures, demos, and expo booths. What are they all buzzing about? Today, a [...]

The Fibromyalgia disease, formerly known as Fibrositis is a condition that affects joints, muscles and tendons and it is most common with women. People with this disease often suffer from stiffness of the aforementioned body parts and this becomes painful as the disease progresses. The major symptoms of this disease include fatigue, insomnia, depression, bowel [...]

Once you finally finish high school, you hit a point where you must begin adulthood. At least to some degree. After all, now it is time to move out of your folks’ house and head off to a university. This typically means four years of growing up. Suddenly you are afflicted with bills like dorm [...]

It’s a great source of interest to anyone who has recently been laid off, or expects to be soon one day – will the new health-care reform help you, or work against you? The mandatory COBRA health insurance program – will there be any changes? How much will it cost and how long can you [...]

Those who have been newly diagnosed as having lung cancer will want facts about it as quickly as possible. The facts about lung cancer, concerning its prevention are of little consequence to them now. What are the chances of survival? What are the treatments? How effective are they? These are the questions they will put [...]

It’s a good feeling stocking your bathroom medicine cabinet up for everything you need for an everyday medical need – for insect bites, dandruff, indigestion or anything else. They do have lots of specialized over-the-counter stuff for every one of these things, and you could be tempted to buy them up. We all stock up [...]

Yellow diarrhea involves passing loose stool three or more times per day which is yellow in color. This condition maybe chronic and the person suffering from it will pass a watery pale yellow diarrhea for longer than four weeks. The causes of this condition are many some of them being a low bile production, bacterial [...]

As you get older, it can be a challenge to maintain perfect health. In fact, you may have heard people say that their body is beginning to creak. As people use their limbs, joints and muscles, there is definitely some wear and tear over the years. This is why it certainly pays to stay in [...]

Just 50 years ago, anxiety and insomnia weren’t in the commonplace category of problems for the average person. Sadly, today, these two conditions afflict tens of millions of Americans. So what’s changed? Along with the benefits of advances in science, medicine and technology, we’ve also gained a host of health conditions which are, in part, [...]