Kick insomnia
Getting too little sleep? Over time, sleep deprivation will take a toll on your immune system and make you more vulnerable to colds and flu. People who get less than six hours of sleep a night have a 50 percent higher risk of viral infections, according to researchers. Too little sleep reduces white blood cell [...]
Treating Diabetes, Depression Together May Make Sense
Patients with depression and type 2 diabetes showed more improvement when they received simultaneous treatment for both conditions, researchers report. Their 12-week study of 180 patients found that nearly 61 percent of those who received integrated care combined with a brief program to help them adhere to their medication regimens achieved improved blood sugar test [...]
Hall Center welcomes health law expert Nicolas Terry as co-director, new faculty member
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law has announced the appointment of Nicolas Terry, leading authority in the intersection of medicine, law and information technology, as the Hall Render Professor of Law and co-director of the Hall Center for Law and Health. Before joining the law school at Indiana University-Purdue University [...]
Nuns should go on the pill for anti-cancer protection
Lifelong nuns, like all women who never have children, are at an increased risk of dying from breast, ovarian and uterine cancers, compared with mothers. Writing in The Lancet yesterday Roger Short from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Kara Britt of Monash University, Melbourne, call for nuns to be given the contraceptive pill to [...]