Public Health

How To Become A Charlatan In 9 Easy Steps

In these austere and difficult times, it must be my duty, I think, to alert my fellow citizens to a possible source of additional income which almost anyone can plug into: become a charlatan, and chances are that your economic hardship is a memory from th ...

Article - Edzard Ernst - Aug 6 2016 - 7:57am

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