© gruntzooki Shingles is a condition that can cause debilitating chronic pain. Shingles (herpes zoster) is an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that is caused by the same virus that causes...

My favorite - ChefMD - has a new book. And it's really exciting, from the title alone: ChefMD's Big Book of Culinary Medicine, in a way that only Dr. John La Puma can be bring us. Said John La...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has a got a service that offers free temporary housing for cancer patients that need to travel away from home to get their cancer treatments. The said service is Hope...

Hot Medical News - edited by Brian M. Carty, MD, MSPH - is your one-stop source of medical news, medical issues and medical advice. © Waldo Jaquith It has a lot of interesting medical issues being...

Over at Veggie Chic, Julie is running a contest that will run until next Thursday. Up for grabs is a copy of the book Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to An Earth-Friendly Life by Sophie Uliano. Hop...

A new medical adhesive - a fibrin sealant - called Artiss for use in attaching skin grafts onto burn patients, has just been approved by the US FDA. Fibrin sealants are tissue adhesives that contain...

Today is St. Patrick's Day. According to Wikipedia: Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially St. Paddy's Day or Paddy's Day, is an...

March is National Nutrition Month and various organizations and offices have different ways of celebrating/watching this event. Like some of the following: Moffitt Cancer Center Dietitians Celebration...

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has launched an online video community called SharingHope.tv. A lot like YouTube, but the essence is that, it is a venue where cancer patients, survivors and their...

The FDA has just approved a new orphan drug for the treatment of rare inflammatory syndromes. The said dug - Arcalyst - is the first treatment for an extremely rare condition known as...

I got he following from Marijke of the pain management blog, Help My Hurt: Hey folks, one of my clients is starting up a new health site that is quite different from any other model and it's now...

Hey, if you are a long time botox customer or if you thinking of submitting yourself to botox, hear ye: the US FDA recently notified the public that Botox and Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A)...

This is a tragic, sad news that was all over last Tuesday (January 22): Heath Ledger, 28, Found Dead at NYC. From The Washington Post: Heath Ledger, the talented 28-year-old actor who gravitated...

On February 1, 2008 is the 5th Annual National Wear Red Day. The National Wear Red Day is a day when Americans nationwide will wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness....

The Fentanyl Skin Patch is a transdermal system, an adhesive patch that delivers a potent pain medicine through the skin. Containing the opioid fentanyl (a potent narcotic) was approved by the FDA in...

Both products of AstraZeneca - Prilosec and Nexium - are members of a class of drugs known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and are indicated for the treatment of severe gastroesophageal reflux...

What: Cephalon's Blogger Briefing on Sleep Apnea When: Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 1:30PM EST Where: online, register here I got the above info from Dmitriy Kruglyak of the Trusted MD Network:...

Dennis Quaid used to be married to Meg Ryan right? They looked good together. But then who can rally blame Meg Ryan if she wasn't able to resist the charm of Gladiator-hunk Russell Crowe? Actually...

In a previous post, I wrote about the Great American Smokeout Video Contest by the American Cancer Society, in lieu of their anti-smoking campaign. Recently, I received an update from Paul McGee...

November is not just Diabetes Awareness Month, but also Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Pancreatic cancer or cancer of the pancreas doesn't normally show signs or symptoms until it is too late...