Public Health

Prediabetes Linked To 15 Percent Greater Risk Of Cancer

Though nearly every medical body and the United Nations would rather that epidemiologists stop talking about "pre-diabetes", concerns are still there. Governments are worried that working up the public about pre-diabetes will increase patient co ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2014 - 7:00pm

Are E-Cigarettes Less Harmful? Yes And No

Image credit:  Gianluca Rasile via shutterstock http://shutr.bz/1o2xR50 By: Benjamin Plackett, Inside Science (Inside Science)-- From the strip malls of the Midwest to the boutiques of Manhattan’s West Village, e-cigarette stores can be found almost anywh ...

Article - Inside Science - Sep 11 2014 - 8:00am

Health Off The Range: An Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Tale

Mystery virus EV-D68 exploding among vaccinated children; U.S. medical system clueless without a vaccine warns blogger Mike Adams, who calls himself a "Health Ranger" and seems to exist to undermine medicine. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 10 2014 - 8:00am

Epidemics: A Sleaze-Bag Payday?

I've seen some pretty awful tactics used by various self-promoters, quacks, and other invertebrates over the years, but this one may take the organic cake. Internet huckster Mike Adams, who ranks right up there with Crazy Joe Mercola, in terms of spre ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Sep 17 2014 - 1:42pm

25 Percent Of The World's Diabetics Live In China

China has 18 percent of the world's population but 25 percent of its diabetics. When the numbers are a staggering 1.3 billion, such a startling disparity in representation means a major public health crisis. In 1980, less than 1% of Chinese adults ha ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 11:30am

The Endometriosis Burden On Women

Endometriosis often takes a long time to be diagnosed and affects all areas of a woman's life, from sex to emotional wellbeing, from personal relationships to work.  Endometriosis is a chronic, recurring disease that is experienced by approximately 1 ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 3:22pm

High Protein Diets Linked To Lower Blood Pressure

Forget lettuce, adults who consume a high-protein diet are at a lower risk for developing high blood pressure (HBP), according to a paper in the American Journal of Hypertension. One of three U.S. adults has hypertension and 78.6 million are clinically ob ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2014 - 11:00am

Maternal Age Effect: Molecular Mechanisms Of Birth Defects Among Older Women

Researchers have discovered a pathway that may improve understanding of molecular mistakes that cause older women to have babies with Down syndrome. As women age, so do their eggs and during a woman's 30s, the chance that she will conceive a Down syn ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2014 - 7:30am

Ebola Crisis In West Africa: Where Did All The Development Money Go?

Health systems aren't sexy. Credit: Truthout.org, CC BY-NC-SA By Sophie Harman, Queen Mary, University of London ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 11 2014 - 7:01pm

Dendritic Cells Affect Psoriasis

Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease with symptoms which include the formation of red inflamed lesions that appear on the skin, vary from mild to severe. It affects around 125 million people worldwide. A new paper has found different types of dendritic cells ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 14 2014 - 11:00am