Health News of the day

People who had experienced intense or prolonged exposure to the World Trade Center attack have reported new diagnoses of asthma or post-traumatic stress 5-6 years after the attack.- ScienceDaily

Positive expectations help patients who had experienced whiplash recover three times quicker than otherwise- EurekAlert!

Twenty minutes per day of guided workplace meditation and yoga combined with six weekly group sessions can lower feelings of stress by more than 10 percent and improve sleep quality in sedentary office employees- ScienceDaily

Is smoking marijuana is less harmful to health than smoking tobacco? NO!- ScienceDaily

A compound initially isolated from a soft coral collected at Green Island off Taiwan, could lead scientists to develop a new set of treatments for neuropathic pain- ScienceDaily

Social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease- ScienceDaily

A forearm crutch which incorporates sensor technology to monitor whether it is being used correctly has been developed by engineers.- ScienceDaily