Roche breast cancer drug 'unprecedented' in extending lives | Fox News

Roche breast cancer drug 'unprecedented' in extending lives | Fox News: A new breast cancer drug from Roche has shown "unprecedented" benefits in extending lives in a clinical trial and experts urged its widespread use for women with an aggressive form of the disease.

Patients with a type of breast cancer known as HER2 positive, which makes up about a quarter of all breast cancers, who were given Perjeta on top of older medicine Herceptin and chemotherapy lived 15.7 months longer than those on Herceptin and chemotherapy alone.

6 foods that help fight the flu | Fox News

6 foods that help fight the flu | Fox News: Getting your flu shot isn't the only way you can help prevent the flu. What you eat can also help lower your odds of coming down with a nasty bug, says Rachel Berman, R.D., health content manager for About.com. Check out her favorite flu-preventing foods:

60-second fix for a stiff neck | Fox News

60-second fix for a stiff neck | Fox News: A knot in any muscle is a nuisance, but it's especially frustrating when the offender is lodged in your neck or upper back. (Turning your head should not induce searing pain...) And while getting a massage can work out the kink, chances are you don't have time on your way to work to swing by the spa.

The Science of Happiness | Deseret News

The Science of Happiness | Deseret News: Ten things that supremely happy people do:

Happy people surround themselves with other happy people. Joy is contagious. People are four times more likely to be happy in the future with happy people around them.

Happy people try to be happy. When happy people don’t feel happy, they cultivate a happy thought and smile about it.

Exoskeleton offers paralyzed vets options to walk

Exoskeleton offers paralyzed vets options to walk | Fox News: “A new generation of bionics is restoring touch and natural movement to those who have lost a limb, transforming the lives of more than 2,000 injured veterans since 2000,” Dippolito said.

The system used by Linfoot, manufactured by Ekso Bionics of California, was developed in part with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA.

Alzheimer's Is Type 3 Diabetes | Big Think | Devil in the Data

Alzheimer's Is Type 3 Diabetes | Big Think | Devil in the Data: The idea that Alzheimer's is a form of diabetic disease has been gaining currency in medical circles for almost ten years. The accumulated evidence is now so strong that many specialists are now comfortable referring to Alzheimer's as type 3 diabetes.

This shouldn't come as a surprise. Insulin doesn't merely signal the body's somatic cells to take up glucose; it also governs the brain's uptake of glucose. And glucose is what powers the brain. It's the brain's primary energy molecule.

Walk 30 minutes each day to prevent obesity, diabetes and lower risk of cancer, expert reveals | Mail Online

Walk 30 minutes each day to prevent obesity, diabetes and lower risk of cancer, expert reveals | Mail Online: Walking for half an hour a day is equivalent to taking a 'magic pill' that combats ageing and prevents premature death, an expert has said.

Dr James Brown surprised an audience at the British Science Festival by presenting the myriad benefits of a pill that could maintain healthy living and improve quality of life.

The wonder-drug was able to prevent obesity and diabetes, lower the risk of some cancers, relieve depression and anxiety, increase mobility, and reduce the chances of hip fracture by 40 per cent.

It also improved the ability to think and reason, slowed the progression of Alzheimer's disease, cut arthritic pain by 50 per cent, boosted energy levels, reduced fatigue and led to a 23 per cent lower risk of dying.

Statins And Diabetes: A Clearer Picture Emerges

Statins And Diabetes: A Clearer Picture Emerges: In recent years, the medical community has become increasingly aware that taking statins can result in slightly higher glucose levels, and this can lead to a diagnosis of diabetes in a small but statistically significant number of people. But it has been unclear whether the diagnosis of diabetes in people taking statins also places them at increased risk for the microvascular complications linked to diabetes. Now, an observational study published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology finds that among people newly diagnosed with diabetes, statin users are less likely than nonusers to develop most of these complications. (The beneficial effects of statins in reducing macrovascular complications — cardiovascular disease — in diabetics and others is well established in people at high risk for these events.)

Drug Testing & Safety: What’s the Connection? -- Occupational Health & Safety

Drug Testing & Safety: What’s the Connection? -- Occupational Health & Safety: The U.S. Department of Labor has reported that drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace causes 65 percent of on-the-job accidents and that 38 percent to 50 percent of all workers' compensation claims are related to the abuse of alcohol or drugs in workplace. Drug testing programs provide a powerful deterrent to drug use on the job. Employers who are drug testing are committed to reducing occupational injuries and illnesses and to sending a clear signal they care about their employees.

What Are the Costs Associated with Marijuana Legalization? -- Occupational Health & Safety

What Are the Costs Associated with Marijuana Legalization? -- Occupational Health & Safety: It has been said that by regulating marijuana like alcohol, teen use will decrease; but taking into account that in 2009 more than 70 percent of teens 18 years and under had experienced drinking alcohol, it does not seem possible that treating marijuana as alcohol will result in less use by teens (NIH, 2009). When adolescents use marijuana regularly, they can experience a lasting 6-8 point I.Q. reduction that, for most people, drops them significantly for potentially completing their education and gaining substantial future employment (Meier, et al., 2012).