Public Health

Public Health vs. EU's Tobacco Product Directive: The Battle is Joined

While smoking rates are rising in the Third World, and declining in America, one statistic seems immutable: EU residents have the  highest smoking rates and mortality rates in the civilized world. Their solution: ban Swedish snus, the smokeless product whi ...

Blog Post - Gil Ross - Oct 2 2015 - 8:00pm

What Is Fat For?

Working as an occupational medicine physician in 2003, I became interested in metabolic syndrome. I had a number of requests coming from corporate clients to address the rise of obesity and diabetes in the workforce. Human resource directors, wellness team ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Oct 22 2015 - 8:55pm

Menopause Diminishes Impact Of Good Cholesterol

What has previously been known as good cholesterol--high density lipoprotein (HDL)--has now been shown to be not so good in protecting women against atherosclerosis while they are transitioning through menopause, according to a new study from the Universi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 10:00am

Never mind authors' assertion: fracking actually linked to improved birth outcomes!

Another "study" — junk is too kind a term for this laugher — attempts to impugn the revolutionary technology for oil and gas exploration: high-volume hydraulic fracturing, better known as "fracking." The wise men and women of the former ...

Blog Post - Gil Ross - Oct 13 2015 - 3:20pm

How Deadly Is Obesity, Really?

Many of my patients came to their first visit in the clinic and told me they were “a ticking time bomb.” Men, especially, seemed to have a view of themselves as a collection of risks that, left unchecked, would, without fail, cause them to have an early he ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Oct 22 2015 - 9:00pm

Botox May Prevent Irregular Heartbeat After Bypass Surgery

Botulinum toxin, commonly known as Botox, is produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria and was once known for disease but is now known for making Hollywood actresses look plastic. However, it may also prevent irregular heart rhythms when injected into fa ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2015 - 6:44pm

Is there finally a Fukushima radiation victim? Not very likely.

Headlines around the world blared the news, bad news many had anticipated since 2011: Japan confirms that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear plant got cancer from his exposure to radiation. ...

Blog Post - Gil Ross - Oct 21 2015 - 12:06pm

When Common Perceptions Are That Irradiating People Is Healthy- And It's True?

Lives lost without nuclear medicine ...

Article - Robert Hayes - Oct 22 2015 - 10:11am

Paintball Guns Implicated As Dangerous Weapons In New Study

WASHINGTON, DC- Researchers at a Dallas children's hospital aim to show that nonpowder firearms such as airsoft, BB, and paintball guns should not be viewed as toys, but rather powerful weapons causing increasingly severe and sometimes life-threateni ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2015 - 12:39pm

Danes Don't Like Vitamin D Fortified Food- Because It's Less Natural

Vitamin D is important for the absorption and metabolism of calcium, as well as for maintaining healthy bones and muscles.  It's important but different parts of America have varying levels of it, and that is the main source, so we fortify products l ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2015 - 5:33am