Researchers in England have warned that pill organizers meant to help the elderly take their medication are actually doing more harm than good. Their study found patients actually became sicker when they started taking the medication every day at the right time. Doctors think those patients may have been missing doses before and did not experience side effects.
More Americans are living with congenital heart defects than ever before. A new study has estimated that 1.4 million adults are surviving with the birth defect, 63% more than in the year 2000, thanks to medical advances.
Cooking at home could help prevent type 2 diabetes. Harvard researchers found people who made their own dinners five to seven days a week had a 15% lower risk of developing the disease compared to those who dined out.
Sources
1- University of East Anglia
2- Circulation
3- PLOS Medicine
