The constant pain began soon after she underwent surgery in 2001. The aches radiated through her neck and shoulders and, depending on the day, would throb persistently or burn uncontrollably.
The first doctor she saw diagnosed Pam Zipoy, 62, with fibromyalgia — a condition characterized by chronic pain — but said there was no medication [...]
WASHINGTON — President Bush wants to cut funding for teaching hospitals and freeze medical research in a $3 trillion budget for 2009 that is still likely to generate a record deficit once war costs are tallied up.
The Bush budget to be submitted Monday would cut the budget for the Health and Human Services Department by [...]
WASHINGTON - President Bush took his proposals to slow Medicare and Medicaid spending to a new scale in his proposed 2009 budget even though previous, more modest efforts to trim the entitlement programs went nowhere.
Over the next five years, the president would reduce by $196 billion the two entitlement programs that provide most of the [...]
The Burlington County Health Department is encouraging county employees and residents to participate in National Wear Red Day tomorrow.
The campaign kicks off American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading killer of women, according to the American Heart Association.
�National Wear Red Day is a great opportunity to reach out to women in our community and [...]
Nancy J. Minshew is finally ready to take off the gloves.
After years of sitting back and hoping the science would speak for itself, the director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Excellence in Autism Research has decided it’s time for her to take a [...]
Amelia Erickson is only 1, but she’s already involved in the search for a cure for type 1 diabetes. She drinks a special formula that has added either a plant-based omega-3 fatty acid or a placebo as part of a national study to see if it prevents at-risk [...]
Forgetting where you left your keys isn’t necessarily a sign of Alzheimer’s, a fatal and progressive brain disease.
Forgetting what to do with your keys is.
The medical community still isn’t certain how much mild forgetfulness indicates a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, but what is certain is that more Americans [...]
