Are You Addicted to Work?

Do you get stressed if you can't work? Do you work so much that your health, hobbies, family and family fall by the wayside? A new assessment may classify you a workaholic.

A group of researchers from the United Kingdom and Norway have developed a scale for work addiction that is designed to help clinicians and people in general determine whether they have an unhealthy relationship with working.

Balance your work and play time.

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Red Flag Warning: Supplements for Cancer Prevention

Half of all Americans take at least one dietary supplement with the belief that it enhances health and may prevent disease. Yet when it comes to cancer prevention, high-dose supplements may cause more harm than good, according to a recent analysis.

"Hispanic Paradox" Extends to Lung Cancer

Hispanic cancer patients tend to outlive white or black patients with the same disease. This phenomenon is known as "The Hispanic Paradox."

FDA Improves Drug Safety

Through recent program enhancements, the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has strengthened monitoring of currently available drugs and communications about drug safety issues to the public.

Safer Congenital Heart Surgery for Kids

A newly developed monitoring test may provide surgeons with real time data about a child's brain health during heart surgery to repair congenital defects.

Risk High During Temporary Anticoagulant Halts

Patients with certain types of atrial fibrillation, a common heart arrhythmia, are at a high risk of stroke and blood clots if they temporarily stop their blood thinning medication before surgery or permanently because of side effects.

Nils Cordes, M.D.

Professor Cordes studied Medicine at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. After training in radiation oncology, he decided to get into science fulltime with a focus on tumor...

E. David Crawford, M.D.

Dr. David Crawford is a Professor of Surgery, Urology, and Radiation Oncology and Head of the Section of Urologic Oncology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He is...

What's a Migraine?

You're having trouble speaking, weird colors are blinking, your head throbs with every tiny noise, and any bright light sends a searing pain straight into your brain. All of a sudden, you start throwing up. Am I having a stroke? Is this what meningitis feels like?

With these symptoms, you might be forgiven for thinking you're about to die, but for thousands of people who have chronic migraines, this is just another day.

Migraines are somewhat misunderstood because they can be so different from person to person, making diagnosis hard and treatment difficult. But with a...

Better Flu Vaccine on the Way

Each year's flu vaccine is a different gamble: a combination of the three influenza strains that scientists believe are most likely to circulate that year. But the odds could improve.

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