Public Health

Seat Belts Save Lives But Can They Hurt Unborn Babies?

Some pregnant women do not wear seat belts due to fear that the belt itself could injure the baby in a car crash.  Urban myth or legitimate concern? It is well established that seat belts save lives but if some pregnant women do not wear seat belts out of ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2009 - 10:44am

Vaccine Wars: The Phantom Menace

It's been 9 months since I read Autism's False Prophets and participated in a discussion over at Science Blogs Book Club. The good news is that there is increased awareness of the overwhelming scientific evidence refuting a link between vaccines ...

Article - John Dennehy - Mar 31 2010 - 4:26pm

In Spain, Spanish Prostitutes Are Least Likely To Use Condoms

The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among female sex workers (SWs). The o ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2009 - 1:15pm

European environment becoming "more permissive" for type 1 diabetes

A study published in the Lancet suggests that the number of children under 15 years of age with type 1 diabetes will rise to 160,000 in Europe by 2020, a relative increase of 70 percent from 2005. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - May 29 2009 - 10:42am

Vaccines in the developing world

Sometimes vaccines can eradicate widespread disease, like MMR, diphtheria, polio, smallpox. Sometimes they can mired in controversy, like the fight over whether they cause autism. In this case, it's the former. ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jun 4 2009 - 3:41pm

Confused About Sugar And Calories? You're Not Alone

Do you think high fructose corn syrup makes you fatter than sugar?   You're not alone.   In the culture wars, they like lines blurry and corporations who got rid of corn syrup have been using that as a marketing claim.     Three top researchers say th ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 8 2009 - 9:13pm

Deepak Chopra Defends Oprah, Commits Endless Logical Fallacies

I regularly read the  Huffington Post, for the good reason that it often sports intelligent articles written from a progressive standpoint, and because I believe in open access and open contribution to the socio-political discourse (otherwise, I wouldn’t ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jun 11 2009 - 11:39am

Boosting Baby Immune Systems Without Vaccines

Newborn babies have immature immune systems, making them highly vulnerable to severe infections and unable to mount an effective immune response to most vaccines, thereby frustrating efforts to protect them. The World Health Organization estimates that mor ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2009 - 11:42pm

Hysteria Or Legitimate Concern- Farmed Fish May Carry Mad Cow Disease?

University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.  A legitimate worry about the nation's food supply or a case of an anti-farmed fis ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2009 - 8:52am

Attention Sports/Fitness Enthusiasts: Do you know how much protein you really need?

As some of you already know, I've been sharpening my sports nutrition skills.  With that, I figured I would share with you guys some tips that I think would help you guys out.   This first one is protein needs.  As rowers and/or cyclists we would con ...

Blog Post - t G - Jun 17 2009 - 11:39am