Screening Tests Screened Out
11/8/2011It's been a bad month for the lucrative health-screening-test industry. Those of us who have been poked, prodded, scraped, and...
Read MoreUniversal Flu Vaccine on the Horizon?
11/5/2011A team of researchers from England and Switzerland have discovered a "super-antibody" called F16 that appears to disable all of...
Read MoreHealth Insurance Premiums on the Rise
11/3/2011According to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average annual premium for family health insurance coverage in...
Read MorePreschoolers and TV
11/1/2011A recent study by psychologists at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville found that even watching just a few minutes...
Read MoreJunk Food May Impair Fertility
10/29/2011A recent study out of the Harvard School of Public Health found that when men eat fatty, unhealthy food, their sperm...
Read MoreMice May Screen You at Airports
10/27/2011In the near future, instead of being subjected to electronic scanners at airports, you may be searched by mice.
Read MoreThe Scoop on Green Tea
10/25/2011Green tea offers health benefits; that much we have known for years. But it seems to be taking a while...
Read MoreTick Parasite in Blood Transfusions
10/22/2011New research has found that there is a tick parasite that has been transmitted through blood transfusions appearing in the...
Read MoreMoods Fluctuate Throughout the Day
10/20/2011A new study tells us that moods may fluctuate according to some universal schedule tied to the hours of the day...
Read MoreLower Testosterone Levels in Dads
10/18/2011Between the ages of 20-29, testosterone levels drop for all men. Men without children have a 12 to 15 percent decrease in...
Read MoreSlightly High Blood Pressure and Stroke
10/15/2011New research has found that even just "a little elevation" in blood pressure -- what previously was considered safe --...
Read MoreAnother Cause of Male Infertility Discovered
10/13/2011A recent study has found that a significant portion of men have sperm that is missing a protective protein. When...
Read MoreProsperous yet Unhappy
10/11/2011A recent study by scientists at facilities around the world found that the countries with the highest income levels also report...
Read MoreThe Hospital Night-Weekend Effect
10/8/2011Research has shown time and again that being admitted to a hospital intensive care unit during weekends and evenings translates to...
Read MoreCorpses on Cigarette Labels?
10/6/2011Pending legislation would force tobacco companies to attach very graphic warning labels, including disturbing images, to cigarette packages.
Read MoreA New Swine Flu Strikes
10/4/2011A new version of the swine flu has been identified in two children in the United States. his H3N2 swine...
Read MoreListeria Tainted Cantaloupes
10/1/2011As of this morning, 16 people around the United States have died from eating listeria infected cantaloupes and 72 have...
Read MoreCan FoodCorps Reduce Obesity?
9/29/2011FoodCorps is an offshoot of Americorps -- the evolution of the old VISTA program -- will train a team of...
Read MoreBurning Off Belly Fat
9/27/2011According to a new study that took place at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, cardiovascular exercise was...
Read MoreThe Bacon-Diabetes Connection
9/24/2011According to a recent study, regular consumption of all forms of red meat will make you a candidate for diabetes. ...
Read MoreWhat Resides on Hospital Workers’ Clothing
9/22/2011A recent study that took place at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, found that lab coats, scrubs, and...
Read MoreTall People at Greater Cancer Risk
9/20/2011A British study found a significant relationship between height and cancer. The study, conducted by Oxford University, found that for every...
Read MoreTaxing Unhealthy Food
9/17/2011Some experts calling on the federal government to start taxing unhealthy foods. Although debatable whether such a tax would actually...
Read MoreDogs Detect Cancer
9/15/2011Research, out of Germany, shows dogs can identify people who have lung tumors better than current medical testing, just by sniffing them.
Read MoreLaughing as Effective as Statins
9/13/2011Whatever you do, laugh. One recent study has found that laughing literally opens the blood vessels. A second study found...
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