Facebook to Ask Users to Share Organ Donor Status
–Concept developed by two long-time friends, Facebook’s COO and a Johns Hopkins transplant surgeon
Don’t Ignore Stroke Signs When They Hit
A few weeks before Halloween 2011, Houston radio personality Colonel St. James got the scare of his life when he suffered a stroke, his second. Lucky for him, it wasn’t a severe episode and he sought care at an Advanced Primary Stroke Center — Ben Taub General Hospital.
Sitting at Work All Day Increases Diabetes Risk in Women: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Offers Tips to Reduce Your Risk
CHICAGO – A new study finds women who spend four to seven hours a day sitting are more likely to show early signs of type 2 diabetes, but researchers have found no such link in men.
Treating Childhood Obesity: A Family Affair
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – May 1, 2012 – With nearly one-third of American children being overweight or obese, doctors agree that there is an acute need for more effective treatments.