WVU Researchers Using Service Dogs to Help Vets

Canines lend a paw to veterans Service animals have been successfully used for all types of tasks, and now researchers at West Virginia University are turning to man’s best friend in an attempt to help the skyrocketing number of veterans who are coping with PTSD...

The Importance of a Healthy Brain

CDC reaching out to promote brain health awareness Keeping your brain healthy is one of the most important things you can do. Diseases like Alzheimers and dementia are on the rise, to the point where the CDC actually commissioned “The Healthy Brain...

New Study Proves Value of Hospice Care

Higher quality of life means happy patients A study headed by Baohui Zhang, M.S., formerly of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, revealed several specific factors that affect people’s quality of life during end of life care.   This quote, from a Medical News...

Exercise Your Mind

Playing games enhances mental health While many seem to take for granted that they may lose their mental acuity as they age, the reality is that the degree to which our minds fade is, in a large part, influenced by our own behavior. Even medical conditions like...