Mail-Order Tests Check Cells for Signs of Early Aging
Companies say the length of telomeres on people ’ s chromosomes can signal disease risk and a need to take corrective measures. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - October 24, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
Can't Hear in Noisy Places? It's a Real Medical Condition
New studies of causes and treatments for deterioration in your brain ’ s ability to decode words in loud situations, also known as hidden hearing loss. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - September 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
Stem-Cell Treatments Become More Available, Face More Scrutiny
FDA will hold a hearing next month to consider greater oversight as more clinics open in the U.S. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - August 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
New Weight-Loss Tactics for the Moderately Obese
Recently approved techniques aim to fill a large gap in treatment options between lifestyle interventions and bariatric surgery. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - July 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
Why Some Hospitals Are Banning Flowers and Balloons
Flowers, balloons and other traditional get-well gifts are no longer welcome in many hospitals that are increasingly focused on reducing the risk of infection and allergic reactions. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - June 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
A Better Prostate-Cancer Test?
Several new prostate-cancer tests aim to reduce needless biopsies and unnecessary treatments by sorting out harmless from aggressive tumors (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
Doctors Hear Patients' Calls for New Approaches to Hypothyroidism
A vocal group of patients treated for thyroid conditions have banded together online to share their frustrations and promote alternative therapies, unhappy with the results from the most common treatment. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - April 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
Is Your Medicine Right for Your Metabolism?
A drug that brings relief for some patients might cause harmful side effects in others. More genetic tests aim to help predict how people might respond to many common medications. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - March 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
A Support Group of Women
Women speak about their atypical femur fractures after taking bisphosphonates (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
More Support for Osteoporosis Drugs
The benefits of bisphosphonates far outweigh the risks for many patients, according to new research and experts; use of the drugs has fallen amid concerns of side effects in recent years (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
Infertility Treatments, in Your Home
More would-be parents are trying over-the-counter products to help them conceive—in some cases before, during and after seeking medical treatment for infertility. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - January 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
The Risks of Long-Term Regular Drinking
Chronic heavy drinking—more than 14 drinks a week for men or 7 for women—can damage the brain and compromise memory, learning and how we regulate emotion and stress. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - December 22, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
How to Read Your Baby's Smile
Infants’ earliest grins are probably a primitive impulse, but they soon become a form of communication, offering parents a window into development in the first year. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - November 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
Why You Can't Get That Song Out of Your Head
Scientists call those intrusive mental song fragments ‘earworms’ and believe there is much they can teach us about the mysteries of memory and the brain we can’t control. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - October 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
A Blood Test for Early Cancer Detection Sparks Debate
A new “liquid biopsy” detects bits of DNA common in several cancers, though critics question its value. (Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal)
Source: WSJ.com: Health Journal - September 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: FREE Source Type: blogs
