by PHC Team | Mar 4, 2013 | Healthcare News
The relationship between smoking and breast cancer has not been firmly established in the past. A new study released in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute is showing that women who begin smoking at an early age in life have a higher relationship of acquiring...
by PHC Team | Mar 4, 2013 | Healthcare News
One of the hardest things physicians often have to do is to convince patients that they need to be screened for colorectal cancer. Perhaps it is because it seems like a taboo subject or because of the embarrassment of taking about the procedures but colorectal cancer...
by PHC Team | Mar 1, 2013 | Healthcare News
New Information released at the American Heart Association International Conference showed that one out of three stroke survivors in the United States has undiagnosed pre-diabetes. “Black stroke survivors are more than twice as likely as whites to have undiagnosed...
by PHC Team | Feb 26, 2013 | Healthcare News
The American Academy of Pediatric Medicine has released new guidelines for the treatment of Acute Otis Media (ear aches). The switch is prescribing fewer antibiotics for treatment. Acute Otis media would be diagnosed in patients with moderate to severe bulging of the...
by PHC Team | Feb 25, 2013 | Healthcare News
A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that the Mediterranean Diet could actually help prevent cardiovascular disease and lower the risk of heart attack and stroke. 7447 participants were enrolled in the study and 57% were women. The...
