Does Medical Imaging Fry Patients?
9/8/2009According to a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, tests such as CT scans and nuclear...
Read MoreVitamin D Shortage Affects Kids
9/1/2009A new study has found that a startling number of kids are deficient in vitamin D.
Read MoreNatural Health Remedies — Jon Barron’s Blog
8/25/2009A new study just published in Pediatrics found that the short children were just as well-adjusted, happy, and popular as...
Read MoreTV and Hypertension in Kids
8/22/2009A new study has shown that TV viewing, but not computer use, is associated with high blood pressure.
Read MoreGetting Fat from Exercise
8/18/2009An article in Time magazine says that exercise excites the appetite, which in turn leads to eating, which in turn...
Read MoreAntidepressants Up, Therapy Down
8/13/2009Here's some depressing news: Antidepressant use in the US has nearly doubled since 1996, according to a study out of...
Read MoreFighting Over Sludge in Presidential Garden
8/11/2009When Michele Obama planted her organic garden, some considered it an act of subterfuge as unpatriotic as supporting Honda instead...
Read MoreStudy Says Organic No Better
8/1/2009Studies have found that conventionally grown foods contain 300 percent higher concentrations of pesticide residues than organic foods.
Read MoreAspartame Officially Nasty
7/21/2009Ajinomoto Sweeteners, sued the English supermarket chain Asda, on the grounds that their calling aspartame "nasty" might contribute to the...
Read MoreFatty Diet and Pancreatic Cancer
7/9/2009A new study has found a dramatic rise in the likelihood of getting pancreatic cancer among those who indulge in...
Read MoreSwine Flu Soirees
7/4/2009Swine flu parties are the newest craze sweeping the world, because mom's are hoping that exposing their children will build...
Read MoreColon Cancer Rate Rises in Young
6/30/2009A new study shows that young people under the age of 50 have experienced rising rates of colon cancer in...
Read MoreDepression Gene Has Mental Breakdown
6/27/2009While researchers found a strong link between the number of stressful life events subjects endured and risk of depression, they...
Read MoreGum Disease, The Forest Not The Trees
6/22/2009We’ve all heard the expression, “You can’t see the forest for the trees.” Its meaning is simple: if you look...
Read MoreGonorrhea Goes Drug Resistant
6/19/2009Antibiotics are hitting the wall as the magic healing modality for gonorrhea, as increasing numbers of cases turn up drug...
Read MoreMedia Trashes Alternative Treatments in Spite of Facts
6/13/2009Despite the popularity of alternative medicine, the press persists in trying to persuade readers to avoid health alternatives at all...
Read MoreGreen Tea Blocks AIDS
6/9/2009Researchers have found that an antioxidant (EGCG, Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea neutralizes a protein in sperm that can carry...
Read MorePeople Ignore Cancer Advice
6/4/2009A recent study in Great Britain found that a huge segment of the population simply ignores cancer-prevention advice, finding it...
Read MoreMediterranean Diet Prevents Macular Degeneration
6/2/2009The growing list of benefits conferred by increasing your intake of Omega-3 fatty acids as epitomized by the Mediterranean diet...
Read MoreBrain Functions Even After Death
5/28/2009With regards to near death experiences, Is consciousness a function of the seemingly inert brain, or does it reside somewhere...
Read MoreGinger Helps Chemotherapy Patients
5/19/2009A new study of 644 subjects has "discovered" that ginger eases nausea--specifically, the nausea associated with chemotherapy.
Read MorePsychiatric Prescriptions through the Roof
5/12/2009Since 1996, adult prescriptions for mental illness have risen by 73 percent, and prescriptions for children went up by 50...
Read MoreCockroaches Cause Asthma in Kids
5/7/2009A new study out of the Boston University School of Medicine has confirmed that cockroaches are the leading cause of...
Read MoreAre You Addicted to Technology?
5/5/2009The American Psychiatric Association has been exploring the idea of including a category for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) in the...
Read MoreNaltrexone May Cure Itchy Finger
4/30/2009A study out of the University of Minnesota Medical School administered the drug Naltrexone to 25 kleptomaniacs between the ages...
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