MEDICINE

U.S. health officials have approved vaccines from four drugmakers to help prevent the H1N1swine flu, ensuring there will be enough to inoculate Americans who want the protection, U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told lawmakers on Tuesday.

The U.S. health insurance program for the elderly, disabled and poor is seeking to pay one lump sum for all costs related to kidney dialysis, including prescription drugs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Tuesday.

As debate rages on how to reform the U.S. healthcare system, many of the one in six Americans now without medical insurance are hoping that reform brings at least one thing -- affordable coverage.

Support is lacking, particularly in the U.S. Senate, for a government-run health plan that would compete in the private marketplace, the chief executive of health insurer Aetna Inc said on Tuesday.

Teenager Jordan Robinson has faced excruciating pain since a backyard prank went wrong but treatment with virtual reality has given him some relief.

Most U.S. doctors favor having both public and private options in a reformed healthcare system, a survey published on Monday said.

Gabapentin, a drug used to treat seizures, improves the quality of sleep in menopausal women bothered by hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report in the Journal of Women's Health.

Biogen Idec Inc said on Tuesday it would be premature to conclude that the risk of developing a potentially deadly brain infection increases the longer patients take its multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri.

Old people who are physically active are apt to live longer than their couch-potato peers, and are more likely to maintain their independence, new research from Israel shows.

Ninety percent of American adults have at least one risk factor for heart disease, researchers reported on Monday.

Depression can affect the likelihood of surviving cancer, but there is no clear association yet with how quickly the cancer progresses, according to a report published on Monday.

Do you suffer from the symptoms of menopause? In addition to herbal and pharmaceutical remedies, there are massage methodologies which can help. This article deals with shiatsu's beneficial effect on women in menopause.

It seems that whatever ease and calm efforts we try to make our lives less stressful, it turns out we can't control what's going on around us. And this, as it always had done, makes us more tiring and

Shiatsu massage also known as acupressure, is a point-pressure massage using the fingers. It is designed to help regulate the flow of energy within the body. During a shiatsu massage, thumb, fingers, palms or feet to the body apply pressure.

Anxiety is a type of stress related disorder that commonly affects a tremendous amount of people.The practice of shiatsu is very beneficial in relievinganxiety. Let's take a closer look at the steps that are taken to get rid of anxiety by way of shiatsu.

Shiatsu is an oriental (eastern) therapy of physical and energy rebalance. Usually it is defined as an oriental massage but it is much more than that. It acts through pressure with thumbs, fingers and

Shiatsu is a massage technique that uses the power of touch and applying pressure. This type of therapy comes from ancient Japanese culture however was adapted into Chinese medicine practices and uses the principles of the meridian healing system.

Buying a massage chair is a very good idea for people who lead hectic lives and need to relax and rejuvenate themselves after tiring days at work. A massage chair can alleviate both physical and

Shiatsu is an internationally known and used effective method of naturally healing. Basic shiatsu was founded in Japan in the early 1900's by Tokujiro Namikoshi, and the name comes from the words shi which means the thumbs and fingers and atsu meaning pressure.

The term shiatsu means finger pressure and is the name of an ancient and widely practiced form of Oriental massage. It dates back thousands of years to the massage systems developed in ancient

We know that the shiatsu massage came from the Japanese culture and originated from the Chinese culture and Taoism.