Cholesterol Levels Linked to Alzheimer’s Brain Plaques

New research suggests that keeping bad LDL cholesterol in check and increasing good HDL cholesterol is not only good for your heart, but also your brain.

Brain plaques

FDA Recommends Doctors Limit High-dose Acetaminophen Rx

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended that doctors stop prescribing and dispensing prescription drugs that contain more that 325 mg of acetaminophen per tablet or capsule to reduce the risk of severe liver injury.

Fda recommends limiting acetaminophen

U.S. Cancer Deaths Down 20 Percent Over Last Two Decades

According to a new American Cancer Society (ACS) report, fewer people are dying from cancer.

Cancer

U.S. News Best Diets of 2014

U.S. News & World Report recently evaluated 32 of the most popular diets and, with input from a panel of health experts, identified the best.

Best diets

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to Develop “Body-on-a-Chip”

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center are embarking on a project to print small human organs. The “body-on-a-chip” project will use 3-D printing—or bioprinting—technology to create mini human-organ systems to test the body’s response to drugs.

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