Public Health

Gavage Testing In Animals Is Not An Accurate Way To Measure Toxicology

If you have read about feminized frogs due to pesticides, or other scary claims by environmentalists, you may wonder why the EPA does not use those studies when registering chemicals. The reason is because they often have no parallel to the real world. Ch ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2014 - 7:23pm

Study Implicates Smog In Autism And Schizophrenia

A recent paper found that exposure to air pollution early in life produces harmful changes in the brains of mice, including an enlargement of part of the brain that is seen in humans who have autism and schizophrenia, and that led them to conclude that smo ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2014 - 7:00am

How To Make A High-fat Western Diet Worse: Add Sugar

A new study in mice shows that even short-term consumption of a Western diet rich in saturated fats and fructose is more damaging for healthy liver development than following a high fat diet alone, which provides new insight into the effects of adding fruc ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2014 - 6:05pm

How Hygienic Is Your Anesthesiologist?

In a recent study, researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center used video observation to assess  anesthesia provider hand hygiene compliance. They observed an average of 149 hand hygiene opportunities per hour of anesthesia time. Hand hygiene compli ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2014 - 12:05pm

Environmentalists Almost Killed My Friend

I am fortunate enough to own a small cottage on Fire Island. The island is a barrier beach, located about five miles off the south shore of Long Island. It is a wonderful, unique place. There are no roads or cars. And no stress, which is especially astound ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Aug 15 2015 - 10:59pm

Sunscreen Users Motivated By Emotion, Not Data

There's a reason scare journalism is so popular- people respond to it. If you ask most people why they should use sunscreen, they will tell you it prevents skin cancer, though humanity survived forever without it. And they can't tell you what di ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 6:31pm

Fondue Linked To Campylobacter Infections In Switzerland

In Switzerland, 7,000 to 8,000 persons each year fall ill with a campylobacter infection, making it the most frequent bacterial disease transmitted through food. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2014 - 9:30pm

Metabolism And Explaining Healthy Obesity

25 percent of people who look obese are metabolically healthy and don't have a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, even though obesity is a major risk factor for diabetes. A study finds a possible explanation, revealing that high levels of a mol ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2014 - 6:00am

Production-Line Hypothesis Ruled Out As Cause Of Miscarriages, Birth Defects

46 years ago, an idea was introduced that the first eggs produced in a female's fetal stage tend to have better connections or "crossovers" between chromosomes and that, as the woman ages and ovulates eggs produced later, her eggs will have ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2014 - 12:05pm

Bone Marrow Fat Helps The Body Stay Healthy

You know why soup tastes good- and your dogs love it too. It's bone marrow fat. Now it may be healthier to eat delicious. A study has found that the fat tissue in bone marrow is a significant source of the hormone adiponectin, which helps maintain in ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2014 - 12:59pm