medicine

A report this week in The Guardian titled, "Texas Rattlesnake Butchering Festival Continues Despite Objections", would make you think that Texans are nothing but blood-thirsty rednecks with no hearts, souls, or sympathy for those poor little snakie-snakes. Jeesh!

Is your medicine cabinet stocked for cold season? This handy list will help you prepare for the worst!

Dylan Yowell is a 13-year old boy from El Dorado, Arkansas who was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia a year ago. Because of his disease, he has required treatment that includes blood products. He is one of the many reasons that we should all donate blood as often as possible. My brother-in-law would not be here today if people did not donate blood. He was involved in an accident in 2000

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but new research indicates that while it doesn’t rhyme quite as well, an aspirin a day may ward off cancer.

There’s an old joke that says nothing is more frightening than Googling the symptoms of an illness. You may only have a runny nose, but within a few minutes, you could find “proof” you’ve contracted some rare and incurable tropical disease. So what’s the best way to find out more about what ails you?

A popular blood pressure pill Propranolol could possibly be the solution to racism.

Help could be on the way for cancers previously deemed untreatable: an experimental drug targets not only tumors but also how they spread through the body.

In reaction to a threat, our brains set off a chain of biochemical reactions that result in the release of cortisol — the body’s stress hormone — from the adrenal glands. Researchers have now discovered a switch in the brain for regulating this process, which could hold great promise for people suffering from stress-related neurological disorders.