Medicine

Sleep 'cleans' the brain of toxins

Source: BBC By James Gallagher: Health and science reporter, BBC News The brain uses sleep to wash away the waste toxins built up during a hard day’s thinking, researchers have shown. The US team believe the “waste removal system” is one of the fundamental reasons for sleep. Their study, in […]

Migraines—What Causes Them, and How You Can Best Address Them

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Exceptional Success of an Ahmadi Physician: Tahir Ahmad Khan, BS, DPM, MD (Magna CumLaude), MPH (Magna Cum Laude), PhD (Neuroscience, Magna Cum Laude), CHA (Hons.)

On June 28, 2013 after graduating from Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Residency program, Dr. Tahir Ahmad Khan became the first and only physician and surgeon in the Nation to hold a Bachelors of Science (BS), Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), Doctor of Medicine (MD,Magna Cum Laude), Master in Public Health […]

Heart attacks can happen at any age

Source: CNN Heart attack risk goes up in men older than 45 and women older than 55, but it can happen even earlier. While lifestyle modifications help reduce risk — eating a healthy diet, maintaining good blood pressure and normal weight, not smoking — sometimes it’s not enough. Family history […]

Three wrongs make a right

Source:The Economist: A surprising new way to kill tumours: PANCREATIC cancer is a dreadful disease. Even in rich countries, only about 4% of those diagnosed with it are still alive after five years. In America it is the third-most-common cause of cancer deaths among women, after lung and breast cancer; […]