The government has issued a statement that all of the old fashioned asthma inhalers that are made up of environment harming chemicals will no longer be sold to people by the end of the year. They are urging patients to switch out their inhalers before this time in order to get a head start.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the United States largest private supporter in biomedical research. This week they revealed a five year initiative - $600 million – medical research fund that is full of 56 scientists that have been handpicked from all around the country.
The Chevy Chase-based nonprofit, which conducts biomedical research in collaboration with nearly 70 universities, medical centers and other research institutions, hopes to discover long-term medical advances in genetics and biology through the fund.
Blood donations are something that everyone is encouraged to do because there is usually a shortage. However, new research shows that 16-17 year olds may need to refrain from donating because they can suffer from complications that include bruising and fainting.
Dr. Anne F. Eder from the American Red Cross in Washington lead the new study and discovered that many of the younger donators around the age of 16 and 17 suffered from lightheadedness, bruising, and loss of consciousness in over 10.7% of the donors in this age group. Only 8.3% of the 18-19 year old donators had these symptoms and 2.8% from donators 20 and up.
Those who have been diagnosed with coronary artery disease are at a high risk for heart attacks. Yet, just because of this risk does not mean that there isn’t a way for them to prevent it from happening. In order to do that you need to make drastic life changing choices.
Healthy lifestyle choices to help prevent heart attack include:
Alzheimer’s disease is a disorder of the brain. It was named after Alois Alzheimer a German physician after he was able to discover what it is and what it can do to people back in 1906. Since then scientists have been able to discover more about the effects that Alzheimer’s disease has on people.
Summer is right around the corner and women are gearing up for some fun in the sun. They are buying their new bikinis, putting on some sun tan lotion, and beautifying themselves with the latest lip gloss.
Whatever you girls do it is important that you stay away from the cheap stuff. Studies show that the cheaper brand of lip gloss might be fun – but they do not have any SPF. This means that wearing them could actually increase your risk for skin cancer.