Public Health

PETA Reinvents Science And Medicine, Declares That Milk Causes Autism

Not horrified by PETA's graphic images of food processing or titillated by their penchant for exploiting naked women enough to stop eating meat? The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have opened a new front in their culture war; they have de ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 29 2014 - 9:18am

Hookah Bars Contain Elevated Levels Of CO And Air Pollution

Waterpipes- hookahs- create hazardous concentrations of indoor air pollution and poses increased risk from diminished air quality for both employees and patrons of waterpipe bars, according to a new paper from Johns Hopkins, which did an analysis of air q ...

Article - News Staff - May 31 2014 - 12:16pm

There Is No Obesity Paradox When It Comes To Strokes

Obesity often is associated with increased health related complications and death but some studies have found an 'obesity paradox'- people who are obese but otherwise healthy. Concern has been that may cause some to question striving for a normal ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2014 - 3:01pm

USC Study Says Juice And Soda Companies Are Lying About Fructose Levels

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California say that though fructose is naturally found in numerous fruits and other products, it is not only harmful, the public is being lied to about it on labels. High fructose co ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2014 - 2:44pm

E-cigarettes: Systematic Review Finds 85 Percent Use Them For Smoking Cessation

E-cigarettes are a potential smoking cessation aid and they may also be able to lower the risk of nicotine dependency in high-risk groups. A systematic literature search for data on e-cigarettes' mechanism of action, their emissions, how they are see ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2014 - 10:25am

A Single Pollen Protein Is Responsible For Allergies

Diagnoses of allergies in humans and animals have risen as understanding and awareness have become more common. An allergic reaction may cause unpleasant symptoms like hay fever, food intolerance or skin rashes. In more severe cases, allergic reactions ma ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2014 - 10:26am

New Data Suggests Relationship Between Diet And Arthritis

Two studies presented today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2014) have found a relationship between the dietary intake of monounsaturated fatty acids and cholesterol with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and o ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2014 - 10:57am

A Key Step Toward A Safer Strep Vaccine

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified the genes encoding a molecule that famously defines Group A Streptococcus (strep), a pathogenic bacterial species respon ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 11:02am

Retinoic Acid Vitamin A Derivative Might Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Complications

Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic and with it comes the potential for complications like Type 2 Diabetes. Researchers at the University of Montreal and CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) recently demonstrated the potential of retinoic acid (RA), a deriva ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 3:02pm

For People With High Blood Pressure, Good Enough Is Good Enough

For decades, the conventional medical wisdom has been the lower the better for blood pressure, with 120/80 being the goal and even lower if possible. But does that approach result in reduced risk for dangerous heart events for the approximately one in thr ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 7:59pm