James LoPresti
James LoPresti received his journalism degree from the University of South Florida, and has eight years of experience working in print media with the Tampa Tribune.
Athletic Trainer Job Description
Athletic trainers are medical professionals who specialize in preventing and addressing injuries suffered by physically active people. Injuries are an unfortunate, but inevitable, part...
Link Between Blood Tests & Head Trauma to Detect Concussion Symptoms
Concussions are common. They occur when the brain collides with the inside of the skull, and they’re quite possibly the most common sports injury in...
World Health Day 2016: Diabetes
Someone’s birthday is coming up. Forty-eight years ago, diplomats from the United Nations got together and founded a global health organization. They called it the...
Obama Administration Announces Plan to Address Opioid and Heroin Abuse Epidemic
In response to a fast-growing epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse, President Obama announced new initiatives designed to enable doctors to more easily...
NIH Study Develops Ways to Improve Quality of Life Measure for...
A new $1.6 million study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will look to improve the quality of life for the deaf...
Harvard Researchers Use Apple’s ResearchKit to Create Health App for Former...
While the love of football is undiminished in the United States, an increasing chorus of health professionals and others are expressing concern for the...
First Ever 3D Printed Drug Available in U.S. Market
More than five million people in the United States have been diagnosed with epilepsy or other seizure disorders, according to the Centers for Disease...
97% of U.S. Adults Live Unhealthy Lifestyles
There are four basic health characteristics for adults in the United States – exercise, diet, smoking versus non-smoking, and body fat percentages. Good marks...
Apple’s New CareKit Will Allow for the Creation of Personal Health...
A new Apple tool dubbed CareKit slated to launch in April will enable developers and healthcare professionals to create new interactive healthcare-related apps, according...
Raise Your Glass and Toast This: Beer Hops may be Key...
Aside from providing beer with its bitter flavor, compounds in hops that have anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties may be the key to developing new...