The consumption of coffee in moderation is thought to have many health benefits. At the Mayo Clinic, researchers recently announced a new study that shows coffee consumption might protect people against a rare form of liver disease known as PSC – primary sclerosing cholangitis. The study’s author Craig Lamery, a gastroenterologist at the Mayo Clinic, said PSC could cause many problems in your body including cirrhosis, biliary cancer and liver failure. Dr. Lammert said he was confident that the... 

A new report released by Medical News Today says that one out of every five handbags has more bacteria than a toilet. The new study was carried out by a company from Britain known as Initial Washroom Hygiene and suggested that the handbag bacteria that was found are significant enough to cause a threat to the health of a human. The technical manager for Initial Hygiene said that handbags are in regular contact each day with our hands and a number of different surfaces. Therefore, the risk of creating... 

According to a new Mayo Clinic study, children who avoid situations or objects that frighten them are more likely to develop anxiety issues in the future. Study author Stephen Whiteside, a pediatric psychologist with the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center, said, “We found that avoidance predicted future anxiety. Kids who tended to avoid at ‘time one’ also tended to have worse anxiety one year later.” The findings were published in the journal Behavior Therapy. Two short surveys developed... 

Advice recently issued to doctors says pricey robotic surgery shouldn’t be the first choice for most women who need a hysterectomy. The robotic method allows doctors to use a computer to control robotic arms that hold the surgical tools, theoretically making it easier to move in tight quarters. However, a major study found that robotic surgery adds around $2,000 to the cost of a hysterectomy without improving outcomes. Dr. James Breeden, president of the American College of Obstetricians and... 

Humanitarian Organization Save the Children released on Monday its annual report on the state of mothers across the globe. The report states that even though great progress has been made in reducing the maternal and newborn deaths, each year nearly three million babies die between the first day of birth and the 30th day. A large number of those three million only live for hours after being born. Carolyn Miles the President and CEO of the group Save the Children said there is a widespread belief that... 

With more and more foods containing added caffeine as an additional energy boost, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it was time to conduct an investigation to determine their safety. The new investigation into added caffeine and how it affects children, adolescents and adults is due to the release of a new gum that is caffeinated introduced by Wrigley this week. The gum, Alert Energy Gum, promises to give the chewer the “right energy, right now.” The FDA is already conducting investigations... 

Having prescription glasses that are up to date with your current vision allows you to see the world the way it is intended. When you are in need of updating your prescription glasses or if you simply want to purchase new frames and an entirely new pair, you can do so right from the comfort of your own home by ordering them online. Shopping for prescription eye glasses online can be done by comparing providers and the types of frames you are interested in before making your decision. How to Order... 

A new study ranks poultry and meat, based upon outbreaks of illnesses that are foodborne. In the U.S., the average person consumes about 130 pounds of poultry, beef and pork each year. That amount of meat consumption provides for ample opportunity to contract a foodborne illness during the course of one year. Fortunately, outbreaks of illness linked to poultry and meat have fallen over the past 12 years since regulatory oversight has become much stricter and litigation has made meat producers clean... 

Two drugs striving to become the first non-hormonal hot-flash treatment to win approval were roundly rejected by a panel of outside advisers to the Food and Drug Administration called the advisory committee for reproductive health drugs. The committee voted 10 to 4 against Noven Pharmaceuticals’ low-dose formulation of the antidepressant paroxetine. It also voted 12 to 2 against approving extended-release gabapentin, developed by Depomed. The F.D.A. is not required to follow the recommendations... 

Since 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved just one new antibiotic. That means time is starting to run about for the development of 10 new antibiotics before 2020, which was a goal established by the Infectious Diseases Society of America in their 10 x ’20 Initiative. According to a report by IDSA recently published, there is a great need for the development of new antibiotics in order to combat bacteria that is becoming drug-resistant. The same report said that only seven new...