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In medical laboratories, garlic is coming up roses
Garlic, the “stinking rose” beloved by gourmets and health gurus for nearly 4,000 years now, is finally getting respect from the mainstream medical establishment. First mentioned in 1550 B.C. in an Egyptian medical papyrus, then given a whiff of credibility in 1858, when Louis Pasteur discovered that its juice kills bacteria, garlic is now one…
Fear of aids is no reason to avoid dentist
At 2:30 on a Monday afternoon in the summer of 1989, James Sharpe, a convenience store owner from Northampton, settled back in the dentist’s chair to have three teeth extracted. AIDS was, presumably, the last thing on his mind, and he certainly had no risk factors for the disease.His dentist, Dr. Anthony E. Breglio, was…
The agony of the feet
Catherine Wright, 61, a retired telephone operator from Quincy who cheerfully admits she wore “fancy high heels” for years, sat propped up, admiring her podiatrist’s handiwork. On her right foot, where a mish-mash of hammertoes and a nasty bunion had been, Wright had a long incision and a string of neat, black stitches from her…
Fine-tuning the Pap Smear with Technology
The humble Pap test, a screening test so good that American women now die of cervical cancer at only one-fifth the rate of 50 years ago, is one of the best tools in modern medicine. Unlike mammograms, which detect breast cancers at an early stage, Pap tests spot abnormalities in cervical cells even before they become cancer. In fact,…
High-fat diet helping many with Epilepsy
Jason Simon, now 15 and an 8th grader in Sandwich, was only 9 on the day when, as he recalls, he “woke up one morning with a bunch of men standing around to take me to the hospital.” He had no idea what was going on, but his family was terrified. During the night, his…
Drink up – or not?
Studies in women are at odds on alcohol’s risks and benefits Last May, a huge Harvard study of more than 85,000 women showed that moderate drinking — about one drink a day — lowers the overall risk of death, without apparently raising the odds of dying from breast cancer. Six weeks later, another big study…
Drink up – or not? Studies in women are at odds on alcohol’s risks and benefits
Last May, a huge Harvard study of more than 85,000 women showed that moderate drinking — about one drink a day — lowers the overall risk of death, without apparently raising the odds of dying from breast cancer. Six weeks later, another big study — of more than 16,000 women — came to a more…
Exercise Appears to Boost Immune System – to a point
You head out the door, virtue personified, for the first run, or at least brisk walk, of the year. You know — who doesn’t by now? — that regular exercise is great for your heart, your muscles, your mental health. You may even think — as exercisers usually do — that working out is a…
For Some, Pregnancy Option Remains After Breast Cancer
It was early fall, 1993 — decision time for Ann Wheeler of Brookline. She was 42, a self-described “late bloomer,” and she had finally resolved that with or without her boyfriend’s assistance, she was going to get pregnant by spring and have the baby she’d dreamed of for years. Then her mother died. Two weeks…
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