Cancer Rates to Double and Triple Worldwide
12/26/2008The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has predicted that worldwide, cancer rates will likely more...
Read MorePrescription Drug Information Inadequate
12/23/2008While pharmacies must, by law, provide accurate labels that describe how to take a given medication, they are not required...
Read MoreOff-Label Concerns
12/19/2008About seventy-five percent of the time, there's a complete lack of clinical evidence supporting the efficacy or safety of the...
Read MoreBaby Fat is Not Harmless
12/16/2008Multiple studies now show that baby fat in kids presages obesity in adulthood, plus it brings with it a slew...
Read MoreFrozen Embryos Outperform “Fresh”
12/10/2008According to a new study, frozen embryos have a better chance of yielding healthy babies than do fresh fertilized eggs.
Read MoreUS Citizens Flock to Foreign Countries for Medical Care
12/6/2008In the last year, about 750,000 patients sought cheaper, friendlier, safer medical treatment via 'medical tourism', outside the borders of...
Read MoreRoot Canal Pushed in Spite of Toxicity
12/4/2008A new study just published in The Journal of Endodontics has found that root canals require less follow-up care than...
Read MoreEU Regulations and Alternative Health
12/1/2008The 27-nation European Union has enacted laws aimed to progressively curtail the availability of herbal and traditional medicinal products.
Read MoreBacteria Abound on Hands
11/28/2008The average hand hosts 150 different species of bacteria, and women's hands teem with more varieties of bacteria than do...
Read MoreAfter Testing Positive for the BRCA Cancer Gene, What?
11/25/2008A recent PBS documentary profiles women who have tested positive for the BRCA gene mutation, which according to "reputable" medical...
Read MoreDo Vitamins C and E Aid Cardiac Health?
11/21/2008A new study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that vitamins C and...
Read MoreOverweight People Enjoy Food Less
11/21/2008Because obese people, or those with the gene variant, get more excited thinking about food but less pleasure from actually...
Read MoreWomen Benefit from Testosterone
11/18/2008A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that by taking testosterone supplements, older women can restore...
Read MoreGoogle Tracks Flu (And You)?
11/15/2008Earlier this week, Google launched its new "flu trends" service, which reports the spread of any flu outbreak in real-time...
Read MoreSkewed Scientific Studies Reign
11/13/2008According to an article in PLoS Medicine, scientific journals are not the most reliable source for finding out about the...
Read MoreMore Kids Getting Kidney Stones
11/11/2008Enough children get kidney stones these days that hospitals such as Johns Hopkins are establishing dedicated pediatric kidney stone clinics.
Read MoreMRSA Now Resists Last-Chance Antibiotic
11/8/2008Recently a new strain of MRSA has demonstrated resistance to the antibiotic Zyvox, which was considered to be the one...
Read MoreHeavy Metals and Pesticides in Wine
11/4/2008According to a study out of Kingston University in London, many wines contain heavy metals up to 200 times the...
Read MoreMeat, Dairy, and Prostate Cancer
11/1/2008New research out of the University of Oxford in England has confirmed a strong link between eating meat and dairy...
Read MoreUS Lags Far Behind Other Nations In Infant Mortality
10/30/2008According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the United States ranks 29th in the world...
Read MoreMagnets for Depression Gain FDA Approval
10/28/2008Recent research at the University of South Carolina has confirmed that magnetic therapy relieves depression.
Read MorePectin Protects Against Cancer
10/22/2008A research team at the Institute of Food Research in Norwich, England, discovered that a substance in apple pectin binds...
Read MoreFDA Hanky-Panky
10/17/2008The FDA recently decided to respond to the avalanche of criticism coming its way of late by hiring a public...
Read MoreFlu Shot Mania
10/15/2008An article in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reports that children immunized against the flu stood an equal...
Read MoreOvereating Makes Brain Go Bonkers
10/10/2008Researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that when you take in too many calories, your brain sends immune cells...
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