Author Archives: Health

MRI brain scans better ID people likely to develop Alzheimer’s

Common clinical tests are no match for MRI brain exams when it comes to predicting which patients will develop Alzheimer’s disease. That’s among the findings of a study that will be presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, running from November 25 to 30 in Chicago. According to researchers, common… Read More »

Civil rights attorney launches suit charging company with withholding new HIV drug

Benjamin Crump (Scott Olson/Getty Images) A new federal lawsuit has been filed against Gilead Sciences alleging that the pharmaceutical giant of putting profits over people. According to the Jacksonville Free Press, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump believes the company is intentionally withholding a safer HIV drug from hundreds of thousands of patients — particularly those in… Read More »

Italy’s secret fitness weapon

Emilia Romanga, Italy’s ‘wellness valley’ lets you get fit while on holiday By Matt Hambly Posted on November 15, 2018 The saying goes: a summer body is built in the winter. If, however, a season of BBQs and beers has left your body’s balance sheet needing hours on the treadmill to break even, it might… Read More »

Kitty Litter Concerns

Last year, we decided that our outdoor cat needed to come indoors for good, and I was concerned. She had spent the previous six years of her life doing all her business in the nearby fields and woods, and I couldn’t imagine that she’d ever use a litter box.  It seemed laughable to hope that… Read More »