FRIDAY, March 29 — The first in a new class of type 2 diabetes drugs was approved Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Invokana (canagliflozin) tablets are to be taken, in tandem with a healthy diet and exercise, to improve blood sugar… Continue reading →

WEDNESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) — Some people call it “brain doping” or “meducation.” Others label the problem “neuroenhancement.” Whatever the term, the American Academy of Neurology has published a position paper criticizing the practice of prescribing “study drugs” to … Continue reading →

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care providers and patients of a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots of Omontys Injection by Affymax, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited, of Deerfield, Ill. The … Continue reading →

The authors base their findings on an analysis of the anonymised search logs of millions of US web users, who agreed to install a browser add-on and share their online searches with Microsoft throughout 2010. The researchers developed automated tools … Continue reading →

– To get a good night’s sleep, it’s important to develop healthy sleep habits and stick to them each night.
The National Sleep Foundation recommends these healthy sleep habits to help you wake up rested each morning:

Establish a regular bedtime… Continue reading →

– Headaches can cause big pain in little kids, and parents want to do whatever they can to ease their children’s suffering.
The Nemours Foundation lists these tips to ease headache pain in children:

Have your child rest in a cool, dark room,… Continue reading →

FRIDAY, Feb. 22 — Playing soccer can help reduce high blood pressure in adults, according to a small study.
British researchers looked at 22 men, aged 31 to 54, with mild to moderate hypertension who began playing two one-hour sessions of… Continue reading →