Category Archives: Gentle Care

Massage therapy may be better than medication or exercise for easing low back pain in the short term, a new government-funded study suggests. Seattle researchers recruited 401 patients, mostly middle-aged, female and white, all of whom had chronic low back … Continue reading →

Only 40 percent of patients with atrial fibrillation, a known risk factor for stroke, who did suffer a stroke were taking the anti-clotting drug warfarin, a new study found. Among those taking warfarin, 75 percent weren’t getting the dose needed … Continue reading →

Following the lead of the Cleveland Clinic and a growing number of other hospitals, Pennsylvania’s Geisinger Health System will turn away job applicants who smoke starting next month.“This is quite a trend. Hospital systems throughout the country are doing this … Continue reading →

The first human trials of the latest design of an artificial pancreas for people with type 1 diabetes found the device worked without causing low blood sugar hypoglycemia.Ideally, this type of automated device would finally free people with type 1 … Continue reading →

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 700,000 people die annually of cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease involves the heart and vessels and is the number one killer in the U.S. accounting for nearly 30-percent of all deaths. … Continue reading →