Regular use of commonly prescribed painkillers can increase the risk of a heart attack as early as in the first week of use and especially within the first month of taking high doses, suggests a study. The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to treat pain and inflammation can increase the risk of a heart attack from about 20 to Read More

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tom Price, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), speaks during a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 4, 2017. A reporter in West Virginia was arrested at the state capitol after repeatedly trying to ask President Donald Trump’s health secretary Read More

Talk about health problems and we immediately divert our attention to diseases like cancer and diabetes, but there are several other ailments that are alarmingly on the rise in the recent times mainly due to our unhealthy lifestyle habits. Yes, our sedentary lifestyle is the reason behind various health issues that we get to hear about today, affecting millions everyday. Read More

Wouldn’t it be nice to have cost-effective small business health plans and coverage you can offer your employees? Whether you have two employees or 20, employer-sponsored health insurance is one of the benefits workers value the most. Small business health benefits not only help secure the health of your employees, but also their families. However, over 70 percent of small Read More

Several Republican leaders have formed a political barricade around the health-care bill that narrowly passed the House last week, defending how the legislation would change insurance coverage for people with preexisting illness or injury. But while House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Trump administration officials on Sunday rallied around the House legislation after intense criticism from Democrats, who say Read More

We all know how it feels when our stomach isn’t doing great. Indigestion is a common problem, and it makes us feel full even when we haven’t eaten anything. Needless to say that it takes a toll on our body. Indigestion is caused when the acid in your stomach flows back to your esophagus. It is also caused when your Read More

We are not oblivious to the fact how depression is fast becoming a common lifestyle problem with many of us suffering from symptoms like anxiety, stress and insomnia. These may seem like mere day to day problems, but they can turn into a matter of concern in the long run. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), depression is the Read More

                                          A recent case, reported in the Medico-Legal Journal, brings to light a tragic incident where a 23-year old man with a hairline ankle fracture lost his life after his mother gave him a leg massage. It raises a big Read More

The MPs said in their report that more than half of all mental ill health starts before the age of 15. Photograph: Alamy Cash-strapped schools are cutting mental health services such as counsellors and pastoral provision as they try to cover funding gaps, two influential groups of MPs have said.   The health and education select committees joined forces for Read More

A new study suggests that marker in urine can reveal a lot about the health of patients with chronic kidney disease. A team of experts from the University of Utah has found that low ammonium excretion in the urine of such patients may put them at higher risk of disease progression and even. The experts studied 1,044 individuals with Chronic Read More