Lymphedema Treatment: Is This At-Home Test the Answer to Your Snoring Problem?

Daily Dose

Should You Try a Home Sleep Test for Apnea?

Health After 50—

Have you ever suspected you had sleep apnea, but didn't want to go through the ordeal of getting tested overnight in a sleep clinic or hospital lab? If so, a simplified sleep testing device that can be used at home may be as effective as laboratory-based testing.

Plan to Replace Obamacare Proposed

NPR—Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives presented a long-awaited bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, finally giving Americans an idea of where health care in the United States may be headed.

Scientists Find Possible Biomarker for Autism

MNT—A recent study showed a potential link between cerebrospinal fluid levels and autism risk—possibly the first marker for the condition. If this discovery is proven through addition research, it may allow for earlier autism diagnoses.

Study: Medical 'Breakthroughs' Proven About Half the Time

NPR—

Breaking health news reported online and in newspapers later proves to be true in only about half of all cases. Information is later refuted in the other half, but those results usually don't make the front page.

Why Exercise in Middle Age Is Important

Berkeley Wellness—

People in their fifties should step up their exercise efforts to counter the physical declines that often start during that midlife decade, suggests a recent study in the Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences.