This year’s AIDS Walk gathered 25,000 participants to San Francisco for a six-mile hike to raise funds for AIDS/HIV. As a result, the city’s AIDS Foundation tallied 59 community-driven organizations that would be given funds from the $3 million plus that was raised. The sum of all raised funds was $229,000 and they range in varied sizes – the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $7,000. However, several of the grants were usually $2,500, $5,000 or $4,000 and were given to nonprofit groups that carry out AIDS/HIV-associated work in the Bay Area and within San Francisco. Two programs of...

This year’s AIDS Walk gathered 25,000 participants to San Francisco for a six-mile hike to raise funds for AIDS/HIV. As a result, the city’s AIDS Foundation tallied 59 community-driven organizations that would be given funds from the $3 million plus that was raised. The sum of all raised funds was $229,000 and they range in varied sizes – the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $7,000. However, several of the grants were usually $2,500, $5,000 or $4,000 and were given to nonprofit groups that carry out AIDS/HIV-associated work in the Bay Area and within San Francisco. Two programs of...

Rarely does one see young people going through health screenings, which are expensive and time consuming. Although it may seem like a waste of time, such tests can actually be helpful. This also applies to cholesterol screening. According to a research released in an issue of the Annals of Family Medicine, despite having less than half of them are screened for high cholesterol. Coronary artery disease, better known as coronary heart disease, is an upsurge of plaque, fatty material and calcium in one’s arteries. It stops the regular flow of oxygen and blood to the heart, leaving the person...

The Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden in Kansas is part of a research plan at the university that aims to grow and harvest native plant life in search of medicinal compounds suitable for remedies, food, cosmetics, etc. Senior scientist Kelly Kindscher of the Kansas Biological Survey said that the world is in dire need of herbal antioxidants, preservatives or food. “If we can find some antioxidants from native plants, we can develop them into a commercial product that would be great for the Kansas economy,” he added. The Plant Research Garden is part of a program that is sponsored by...

Researchers from Austria tested 100 people suffering from tinnitus and 100 who were not suffering from it, and then compared this with mobile phone usage. They found out that the disease was about 70% likely to be in people who used their cell phone for about 10 minutes each day. The study was published in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine journal. However, according to the British Tinnitus Association, such a claim remains unproven. Despite drugs, intense noise and head trauma being common factors that trigger the risk of the ear disease, in several cases, the causes are...

A new research concluded that patients suffering from depression might likely be prone to develop dementia when they are older. The study, which was released in the Neurology journal last July 6th, 2010, examined 949 patients in the Framingham Heart Study for about eight and a half years. There were also some who were studied for almost two decades. In that span of time, over 164 patients, around 17% of the people studied, developed dementia. However, among those participants who were depressed at the start of the study, the rate of developing the illness was higher at about 22%. Setting...

Tokyo’s Eisai Co Ltd, with its United States subsidiary Eisai Inc and Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc, recently announced its disclosure of the test results from the Behavioral Modification and Lorcaserin for Overweight and Obesity Management, or BLOOM, trial. Lorcaserin is a new drug for treating weight management and obesity. Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc subsidiary Arena Pharmaceuticals GmbH provided Eisai Inc the exclusive rights to promote and sell the drug in America. According to the data presented, the drug caused subjects to lose weight better and improve weight loss management as opposed...

Even with the advancement of medical technology, there remain a growing number of people who become skeptical of its capabilities and turn to natural remedies, homeopathic medicines and over-the-counter medications. Considering the tight economy the world is facing, it is no wonder that people are going for the cheapest way to get treated. Flexcin is one of those natural medicines that people prefer to take. In Denver, it doubled its sales since the beginning of 2010. Some believe that people are self-diagnosing instead of going to the doctor for a checkup. According to Cari Friesleben, a...

Experts have already cautioned parents of the risk of using domestic spoons in giving their kids medicines as it could result to overdose. The experts examined 49 tablespoons and 71 teaspoons gathered from 25 homes in Attica, Greece. The study showed that the capacity of the teaspoons were from 2.5mL to 7.3mL, with an average volume of 4.4mL. The tablespoons used had a capacity of 6.7mL to 13.4mL, with an average volume of 10.4mL and median 10.3mL. According to Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences Director Professor Matthew E. Falagas, there was a huge difference between the spoons’...

It was almost 50 years ago when antibiotics started to change the world of modern medicine. This almost forgotten drug was once described as close to being a cure-all. Doctors were prescribing their patients with the drug to remedy various medical problems. It was not until the discovery of chloramphenicol that they ceased prescribing it, as it contained very dangerous side effects. Now, there is effort seen in reviving the use of the medicine, as well as other related drugs, despite their dangers. This is due to scientists’ speculations that they might be the ones that suppress lethal...