Public Health

In Trial, E-Cigarettes Work Better For Smoking Cessation Than Big Pharma Products

In a multi-center trial of almost 900 smokers(1), e-cigarettes were shown to be twice as effective as pharmaceutical "gold standard" approaches like gums, lozenges, and patches. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 31 2019 - 12:15pm

Exercise Is The Best Preventive Medicine, But Does Extreme Exercise Harm Health In Men? No

Exercise is good for you but some people worry there can be too much of a good thing, especially for middle-aged athletes. Extreme running and high-endurance exercise were a concern to some doctors but a study using coronary calcium scanning, an imaging t ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2019 - 1:38pm

Celery Juice Joins Acai, Quinoa, And Curry In Being Goop Endorsed "Miracle Foods" That Do Nothing

I got a butter shaper for Christmas. I asked for one because I make lot of butter in a mason jar and then just throw it in tupperware but my friends sometimes want butter and it feels a little dismissive to just hand them tupperware. Imagine my disappointm ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 6 2019 - 12:07pm

Lawyers Don't Always Win Against Doctors And Hospitals- Like In Facial Trauma Lawsuits

Mention to doctors who run their own practice or a hospital administrator that malpractice and American tort culture are probably the biggest reason for high health care costs, they will likely correct you and say that it is instead defensive medicine- run ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 11 2019 - 10:56am

Statisticians Link Glyphosate To Greater Chance Of NHL Cancer In Meta-Analysis

Exposure to glyphosate — at 45 years of age the world’s most widely used, broad-spectrum herbicide and the primary ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup — increases the risk of some cancers by more than 40 percent, according to a meta-analysis published in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2019 - 3:00pm

Kratom Rising: Calls To US Poison Control Centers Increase

The natural opioid kratom, the leaves of a tropical tree in Southeast Asia (Mitragyna speciosa) is a great analgesic because it's an opioid.  It has become popular because supplements are exempt from government oversight unless companies are causing p ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2019 - 1:19pm

For the Sake of Your Heart; Drop and Give Me 41!

An interesting study examining the relationship between push-up capacity and incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was recently published in JAMA Network Open. ...

Blog Post - Scott Beers - Feb 22 2019 - 11:12am

Medical Societies Have Alarming Government Influence And Are Often Biased Toward Themselves

It won't be a surprise if you believe that most surgeons promote surgery- for you. For themselves, they're a little more cautious. It's no different than a real estate person who tells you to list your house at a lower cost than they would l ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2019 - 12:12pm

Survey Claims Vaping Has Already Caused Heart Disease, But There's A Big Catch

Survey results presented at the American College of Cardiology 2019 Annual Scientific Session led to a declaration that went well beyond the evidence- they said electronic cigarettes can lead to a dramatic increase in the odds of having a heart attack, cor ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 22 2019 - 1:26am

FDA Investigating Reported Seizures In E-Cigarette Users

When the Obama administration's Food and Drug Administration gave way to the Trump era, there were a number of positive changes in how the federal government treated smoking cessation tools that were not controlled by large corporations. They rolled b ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2019 - 5:50pm