Dr. Perry Hookman

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, "prepared foods may contain an average of 8% more c...

Sharing a hospital room increases your risk of picking up an infection during your stay, a new study shows." The work, by researchers f...

About 2 million older adults undergo abdominal surgeries in the U.S. every year, a number that's expected to grow as the proportion of o...

Episodes of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are difficult to treat for several reasons. Foremost, data are lacking to suppor...

For patients with both coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes, outcomes are similar regardless of whether revascularization or medical ...

Cancer incidence and mortality continue to decline, with the most dramatic decreases in lung, prostate, and colorectal cancers among men, an...

Americans living longer than ever. And every year that gets tacked on to the average life expectancy costs an extra trillion dollars in expe...

Women who use the antidepressants sertraline (Zoloft) or citalopram (Celexa) early in pregnancy face increased risk for septal heart defects...

Millions of people may suffer from inner-ear disorders that affect their balance but not be aware that they have a problem, a new study has ...

Natural does not equal safe, and any herb strong enough to have a potential benefit is strong enough to have potential to cause harm." ...

About 2 million older adults undergo abdominal surgeries in the U.S. every year, a number that's expected to grow as the proportion of o...

Almost one percent of American children had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a large CDC surveillance study whose lead author called the...

Concerned about recent overdoses of radiation in CT perfusion scans, an FDA official urged imaging practitioners to go "back to basics...

Americans are living a record 77 years and 11 months on average...according to two studies that led researchers to suggest raising the retir...

For many people, generic drugs work very well. But if you are concerned about switching from a brand name to a generic, or among different g...

H.G.H. is among the drugs prescribed some doctors to athletes. The United States, however, determined that potential harm from H.G.H. is so ...

While environmental factors and stress can play roles in stuttering, new research provides further evidence of a strong genetic component....

"Utah hospitals continue to mistakenly leave equipment such as sponges inside patients -- many of them women undergoing obstetrical or ...

10 Tips on Dietary Fiber 1. Keep in mind that a high-fiber diet may tend to improve: • Chronic constipation • Coronary heart disease • Hemor...

1.Despite widespread belief, constipation is not necessarily a part of growing older. 2.Bowel habits are similar in both younger and older h...