health

Drive Away Cancer takes cause to the streets

One man, trying to cheer up his friend suffering from cancer had an idea and it’s gone national. David Stursma with Moss Motors tells Maggie and Michael about a program called Drive Away Cancer.

2013/04/29

Jon Benson on Business Rockstars

Today on Business Rockstars, Ken Rutkowski talks with Jon Benson, who after a near-fatal heart attack, changed his life. Using clever eating and training strategies, he transformed from an obese man with heart disease to a lean healthy human. Now the CEO of Jon Benson Fitness, Fitology, and 3X Formulas, he teaches others how improve their health – and their life.

2013/04/26

Colic may be linked with migraines, research says

CHICAGO (AP) — The distressing nonstop crying in babies with colic is often blamed on tummy trouble, but a new study says the problem could be linked with migraine headaches in at least some infants.

2013/04/16

Implanted ‘bracelet’ helps treat chronic heartburn

(AP) – A tiny magnetic bracelet implanted at the base of the throat is helping some people with chronic heartburn who can’t get enough relief from medicines. It’s a novel way to treat severe acid reflux.

2013/04/11

Radio columnist Gary Lycan dies at age 68

Orange Country Register radio columnist Gary Lycan has died. He was 68. For most of his time at the Register, he was an editor, and the paper says the radio column was “launched almost by accident.”

2013/04/10

Medication nation: Study shows antibiotic overuse

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study finds.

2013/04/10

Doctors use brain scans to ‘see’ and measure pain

(AP) – In a provocative new study, scientists reported that they were able to “see” pain on brain scans and, for the first time, measure its intensity and tell whether a drug was relieving it. The research is in its early stages, but it opens the door to a host of possibilities.

2013/04/10

Study: Dementia tops cancer, heart disease in cost

(AP) — A new study finds that Alzheimer’s is the most expensive malady in the U.S., costing families and society $157 billion to $215 billion a year.

2013/04/03

Money 101 show highlights: affordable care, preventative medicine

Money 101 host Bob McCormick talks with Dr. David Baron — the Exec. Director of the UCLA Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and the founder of Primary Caring of Malibu. They discuss allergies, the Affordable Care Act, and preventative medicine.

2013/04/02

Jessica Iclisoy on Business Rockstars

Today on Business Rockstars, Ken Rutkowski talks with mompreneur Jessica Iclisoy, whose company, California Baby is the nation’s leading natural skin care line for babies and kids. In April, she will receive the Leadership Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners.

2013/04/02

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