Clinical Research

What Munchies? Marijuana Users Are Likely To Be Thinner

A running meme throughout most of my life- and I came of age in the late 1960s and '70s, when pot was all the rage- is that people get stoned, then they get hungry. Any number of media portrayals showed it, and still do now. No surprise, marijuana is ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 19 2016 - 1:42pm

How Butter Got A Bad Rap From The Federal Government, Thanks To A Scholar Promoting The Mediterranean Diet

A research team has unearthed more evidence that casts doubt on the traditional "heart healthy" practice of replacing butter and other saturated fats with corn oil and other vegetable oils high in linoleic acid- in unpublished raw data whose co- ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2016 - 10:50am

Is Naturopathic Medicine Safe And Effective? Leading Naturopathic Researchers Cannot Even Say

Evidence-based medicine is a sensitive topic for naturopaths. They love to claim that naturopathic medicine is safe and effective. ...

Article - Britt Marie Hermes - Nov 2 2016 - 9:18pm

Over 7 Million Bacterial Genes In The Pig Gut

Pigs are a main livestock species for food production worldwide and is also widely used as an animal model in biomedical research. Today we know that the many types of bacteria that inhabit the gut are important for health and disease. Knowledge of the ge ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2016 - 9:31am

Cardiac Arrest Is The Default For Many Unknown Deaths- But It Is Overused

Cardiac arrest, essentially a heart attack, appears on a lot of coroner reports but it frequently misclassified and exaggerated. A new analysis finds that 40 percent of deaths attributed to cardiac arrest are not sudden or unexpected, and nearly half of th ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2018 - 7:39am

Genetic Heart Mutations Ruled Out As Cause Of Most SIDS Cases

Because Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), in infants less than a year old, are tragedies without known explanation, scholars have searched for causes beyond stuffed animals in cribs or blaming parents. SIDS represents up to 80 percent of all sudden unex ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2018 - 9:40pm

Ichthyosis: Progress Addressing This Severe Skin Disease Affecting Dogs And Humans

Skin, with its densely packed layers of cells and lipids, keeps foreign substances from leaking in and water from leaking out. It's a reverse raincoat for our organs.  In ichthyosis and other skin diseases, this barrier breaks down, and problems aris ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 9 2018 - 3:21pm

Individual Research Results Should Be Shared With Participants More Often- NAS

Genetic testing has been overcome by companies selling hype. Even 23andMe, arguably the most prominent, was chastised by FDA for promising peace of mind when they couldn't do anything of the kind. What about actual research involving the testing of hu ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 11 2018 - 2:36pm

Uterus Transplant From A Deceased Donor Leads To First Baby

Infertility affects about 10 percent of couples and among them are one in 500 women with congenital defects in their uterus or a medical issue that caused damage. In the past, that meant adoption but recently uterus transplants became possible. In 2013, Sw ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2018 - 10:11pm

The See-Saw Of Whether Or Not, And For Who, Statins Reduce Risk Of Major Cardiovascular Events Continues

Statins are cholesterol lowering drugs that are widely prescribed to patients at increased risk of heart attacks or strokes. Though evidence from randomized trials has shown that statin therapy reduces absolute risk among a wide range of individuals there ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2019 - 6:44pm