Tamiflu Fraud
12/26/2009The editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal, talking about Tamiflu, just said, “Governments around the world have spent billions of...
Read MoreCAT Scans Cause Cancer
12/22/2009A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine concluded that 29,000 new cancers would result from CT scans performed...
Read MoreSoy and Breast Cancer News
12/15/2009A recent study found that a MODERATE intake of soy reduces breast tumors & breast cancer recurrence. Understand the difference...
Read MoreMood, Food, and Low-carb Diets
12/8/2009A just published study found that dieters following high-fat diets such as the Atkins and South Beach were considerably more...
Read MoreAdditives in the H1N1 Vaccine?
12/3/2009Americans fear adjuvanted vaccines and would be reluctant to get an H1N1 vaccine due to talk of adding squalene as...
Read MoreHow Healthy is Fruit Juice?
12/1/2009Studies have found that drinking 12 or more ounces of fruit juice daily leads to obesity, risk of diabetes and...
Read MoreGardasil Linked to Lou Gehrig’s Disease
11/27/2009Experts are concerned about possible links between the Gardasil vaccine and an aggressive form of Lou Gehrig's disease (also known...
Read MorePlacebo Really Does Kill Pain
11/24/2009For the first time, scientists observed that the placebo effect actually causes changes in the pain-signaling mechanism in the body.
Read MoreWhy Men Should Avoid BPA
11/21/2009According to a study just published in the journal Human Reproduction, BPA, at least at high doses, causes erectile dysfunction...
Read MoreCandy Leads to Life of Crime
11/19/2009A new study says that eating candy early in life may influence behavioral issues later in life.
Read MoreNasal Irrigation Can Cause Sinus Infection
11/17/2009Researchers from Georgetown University found that people who used nasal irrigation every day significantly up their risk of having recurrent...
Read MoreStress Makes the Belly Ache
11/14/2009A recent study found that those who helped clean up after the events of 9/11 had double the incidence of...
Read MoreDiabetes Rates Keep Escalating
11/12/2009At least 26 million Americans now are diabetic and 37 million will be by 2015. This represents a more than...
Read MoreThe Sunny Side of Grumpy
11/10/2009A study out of the University of New South Wales found that subjects who felt miserable paid more attention to...
Read MoreSleep States
11/7/2009According to a poll of more than 400,000 people just completed by the Centers for Disease Control, the percentage of...
Read MoreLiving Near Green Good for Health
11/5/2009Researchers have found that people who live closest to green areas have a lower incidence of 15 different diseases. The...
Read MoreSpanking Lowers IQ
10/31/2009A study out of the University of New Hampshire found that those children who received spankings between the ages of...
Read MoreHigh Heels Cause Pain Years Later
10/29/2009A study found that when older women suffered pain in the back of their feet and in their ankles, there...
Read MoreEconomic Downturn Good for Health
10/27/2009According to a new study out of the Institute for Social Research, the Great Depression ushered in a considerable leap...
Read MoreWhen Patients Ignore Symptoms
10/24/2009Recent evidence indicates that merely providing health information and medical advice doesn’t guarantee that patients will heed it.
Read MorePrenatal Diet Sets Food Preferences
10/22/2009Several studies show that food preferences may be set even before you’re born, as early as 13 weeks after gestation....
Read MoreNon-Drinkers Virtuous, but Depressed
10/20/2009A recent study of alcohol consumption found that that those who didn’t drink at all had an elevated incidence of...
Read MoreAnother Reason Not to Buy a Convertible
10/17/2009A study, funded by Worcestershire Royal Hospital in the UK, found that the typical noise generated by a moving convertible...
Read MoreTen Sickening Foods
10/15/2009The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has just released a report listing the 10 foods most likely...
Read MoreDoctors Have Problems, Too
10/10/2009A new study shows that the most distressed and tired physicians made the most mistakes (39 percent of doctors in...
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