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Questions about a potential AIDS cure and progress in the battle against childhood obesity were among the topics that made health news in the past few days. Read about them and more in our Weekly Dose!

If you are unable to determine what triggers your asthma symptoms, allergy tests might help. Contact your doctor to schedule an allergy testing- both skin tests and blood tests will work. Once testing is complete, your doctor will look at the results, as well as your history of allergic reactions in order to make a

As everyone has been making summer plans to head out on vacation and kicking back a bit over the long 4th of July week-end, we’ve condensed the Dose for the end of June and first week of July into a special two week edition to launch your Monday and new work week!

As everyone has been busy making summer plans to head out on vacation and kicking back a bit over the long 4th of July week-end, we’ve condensed the Dose for the end of June and first week of July into a special two week edition to launch your Monday and new work week!   Weekly

Shortness of breathe, excessive coughing, wheezing, and tightness, pain, or pressure in the chest; about 26 million Americans diagnosed with asthma experience these symptoms every day.   The cause for asthma is not certain, but most researchers believe asthma has a genetic origin, which means asthma is typically a disease people are born with. The

While Washington DC grabbed a couple of headlines this week with the confirming of a new Secretary for Health and Human Services, NYS had its own share of health news including the announcement of a partnership with GW Pharmaceuticals to conduct a clinical trial for medical marijuana for children with epilepsy and efforts by NY’s Senator Schumer to address the state’s primary care physician shortage.

Read these stories and more (including one on how to prevent hamstring injuries) in your Weekly Dose of Health News!

This week’s Dose presents links to a trove of assorted articles from recent legislative developments on medical marijuana, to a report on the state senate’s hearings on heroin and opioid addiction and the increasing availability of Narcan, to discussions of Medicaid premiums, to the breaking news on the resignation of Veterans Affairs Chief, Eric Shinseki.

This week’s Dose contains links to many interesting articles including a couple highlighting the differences in gender when examining factors involved in development of heart disease and potential outcome in clinical trials. And then there is the disappointing news on the “benefits of wine,” in your diet! Cheers?!

Here is your “Weekly Dose” for the first week in May, peppered with informative articles and links to sites with important information on the Medicaid Waiver DSRIP, the Drug Utilization Review Board Meeting Summary and upcoming Assembly hearings on the opioid crisis.

This week’s Dose reports on a variety of issues from an upcoming discussion of the state’s health exchange, managed care and the state’s “Prevention Agenda,” to stories on the worldwide diabetes epidemic, a measles vaccine reminder and the lag in implementing Connecticut’s Medical Marijuana program