October 27, 2015 A tongue patch for weight loss? Unable to stick to a diet on her own, Erica Renteria consulted cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nicolas Chugay about his unique offering. The tongue patch. As weight loss surgeries go, this is a small procedure. She admits "it's uncomfortable."
October 27, 2015 N.Y. Company Recalls Cantaloupe Products Over Listeria Worries A New York-based company is recalling about 4,800 packages of fresh fruit cantaloupe and mixed fruit containing cantaloupe because of potential contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said
October 27, 2015 HIV Numbers Hit New High as AIDS Drugs Save Lives More people than ever are living with the AIDS virus but this is largely due to better access to drugs that keep HIV patients alive and well for many years
October 27, 2015 Information Overload Is Causing Illness and Costing Money, Experts Warn The culture of modern business needs to change, with workers drowning under a deluge of emails and information, experts warned Monday
October 27, 2015 Rare Condition That Led to Leg Amputation Now Causing Stump to Grow A woman who had one of her 70-pound legs amputated claims the stump is growing. Mandy Sellars, 36, is suspected to suffer from a rare condition called Proteus syndrome, which caused her to be born with abnormally large legs and feet
October 27, 2015 7 things that scare your doctor with ObamaCare on the horizon As the Affordable Care Act is in full swing, there’s a lot of apprehension and perhaps, sometimes, enthusiasm about what is truly in store for the medical profession.  Here are many things that keep many doctors awake at night:
October 27, 2015 Chronic Disease to Cost $47 Trillion by 2030, WEF Says The global economic impact of the five leading chronic diseases—cancer, diabetes, mental illness, heart disease, and respiratory disease, could reach $47 trillion over the next 20 years, according to a study by the World Economic ForumÂ
October 27, 2015 'Five' Does Breast Cancer Justice The reason I exist today is that I am not willing to go down until we turn cancer into a chronic disease. A disease we can live with and not die from. What about the cure? I frankly don't care about the cure. It may come some day, but not today. We need to put the cure on the back burner for now—and realize that all we really have right now is early detectionÂ
October 27, 2015 Brain Analysis Can Help Predict Psychosis Computer analysis of brain scans could help predict how serious or long term a psychotic patient's illness may become and help doctors make more accurate decisions about how best to treat them
October 27, 2015 Heart attacks more common in the morning Heart attacks are five to six times more likely to occur in the early morning hours between 1 and 5 a.m., and studies have shown that morning heart attacks tend to be more severe than those that happen later in the day