Public Health

Is A Harmful Chemical Lurking In Mustard?

Based on a recent and fascinating scientific report from Switzerland, you might start to hear demands to eliminate mild mustard from our diet. The Swiss Federal Food Safety and VeterinaryOffice (FSVO) recently reported that mild mustard contains the chemic ...

Article - Steve Hentges - Aug 21 2016 - 8:39am

Untested Stem-Cell Treatments: How To Protect Consumers

Stem-cell research holds promise for the treatment of a broad range of diseases and conditions, from spinal cord injury to autism. But more work is needed to turn this research into safe and effective therapies. ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 9 2016 - 5:21am

Should Drug Addicts Get Hepatitis C Cure?

New, highly curative hepatitis C therapy is both safe and effective as a treatment option for people who inject drugs,  the major population affected by the virus, according to a paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 10 2016 - 5:52am

20 Percent Are Discharged From Hospital With Unstable Vital Signs

 By assessing electronic medical records (EMR) of 32,835 unique individuals from six Dallas-Fort Worth area hospitals, and noting abnormalities in temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation within 24 hours of discharg ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2016 - 6:42am

Of Badgers, Cattle, And Bovine TB

In recent years in Britain, we have heard much about bovine tuberculosis, which affects a wide variety of mammalian species, including mustelids, including the European badger Meles meles. There has been much argument over whether badgers should be culled ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Aug 21 2016 - 12:32am

Fatal Type Of Stroke Incidence Lower-- Thanks For Not Smoking

A new study correlates Finland's national tobacco policies- less smoking, more snus, for those addicted to nicotine- seem to be radically reducing the incidence of subarachnoid hemorrhage, the most fatal form of stroke. Previously it was thought that ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2016 - 7:30am

A Primary Care Physician Doesn't Reduce Emergency Room Visits

In Canada, health care is paid for by taxpayers, but it doesn't reduce expensive emergency room visits by people with disabilities- a key argument the Obama administration claimed in passing the Affordable Care Act. But it's a small study publis ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2016 - 8:00am

Helicopter Parenting Has A New Worry: Trampoline Parks

Indoor trampoline park injuries are an "emerging public health concern," warn doctors in Injury Prevention- because over 6 months, 40 children needed medical treatment at just one trauma center following a visit to one of these venues. Yes, they ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2016 - 9:59am

On Sexuality, You Weren't Born That Way, Says Paper

A new paper by Lawrence S. Mayer, M.B., M.S., Ph.D. and Paul R. McHugh, M.D., both of Johns Hopkins University, uses more than 200 peer-reviewed studies across a variety of scientific fields including epidemiology, genetics, endocrinology, psychiatry, neur ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2016 - 6:11am

Your Microbiome Did Not Cause Your Weight Problem

If you read media headlines or watch television programs like "The Dr. Oz Show" you might be convinced that an out-of-whack balance of microbes causes obesity, and that stool implants or fancy yogurt will cure it. No, you got obese because you e ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2016 - 6:15am