Month: June 2014

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he will introduce legislation this week that would offer military veterans the option of private medical care, rather than endure long waits at facilities under the troubled Veterans Affairs Department. "We are going to introduce legislation either tomorrow or Tuesday which addresses the short-term need to make sure that any veteran who is on a long waiting line will be able to get the care that he or she needs, either at a private facility or a community health center or Department of Defense base," Sanders, chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, said on CBS's "Face the Nation" program. Eric Shinseki resigned on Friday as Veterans Affairs secretary, under fire for scheduling abuses to cover up long wait times for healthcare at VA facilities. In Phoenix, doctors have said some 40 veterans died while awaiting healthcare.

CHICAGO (AP) — A cheap, decades-old chemotherapy drug extended life by more than a year when added to standard hormone therapy for men whose prostate cancer has widely spread, doctors reported Sunday.

By Taylor Kubota for Men's Journal Whether it's becoming a Sudoku champion or remembering the name of someone you just met, everyone probably wishes they could muster up a little extra brain power. There are no quick fixes when it comes to improving or the preventing decline of cognitive functions like memory, info processing or critical thinking but there are some very basic steps you can take to keep your brain as healthy as possible. "A lot of things that should be recommend for reducing dementia are actually just common sense and work for general health too," says Dr. Joe

There's no doubt we can all make an effort to increase our standing or walking outside of the hours we're expected to sit.

On Sunday, June 1, if you happen to stop by your local yoga studio, you might help raise money to support an important cause: eradicating blindness and low-vision among children living in poverty around the world. The date marks the very first Annual Yoga For Sight Day, a campaign spearheaded by the Seva Foundation, a non-profit health organization that works to treat blindness in the developing world. "Seva" means selfless service in Sanskrit. "People don't realize the magnitude of blindness in developing countries," said Seva's Executive Director Jack Blanks. …