Public Health

Can 'Mental Budgets' Help Consumers Control Their Eating Habits?

Over consumption is a serious issue in the United States. National Institutes of Health statistics show that two-thirds of American adults are overweight, with associated direct economic medical costs of $78.5 billion each year. About 70 million Americans ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2009 - 5:41pm

Pharmacognostical studies on Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br.

Pharmacognostical studies on Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br. Anita Kumari and Ashwani Kumar Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae) is a wild shrub, which grows upto a height of 1-3 m and its leaves are 10-13 cm wide by 17-19 cm long. Calotropis procera commo ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 17 2009 - 11:33pm

According to new research conducted by scientists from the University of Maryland and the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France, smokers may face another serious health risk from the habit and the tobacco industry may have another serious PR problem on their ha ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2009 - 5:01pm

20 Reasons To Be Thankful (Medical Advances)

The Wall Street Journal published a list of 20 medical advances for which we should be thankful. WSJ says that amid all the bad news about medicine in the media- H1N1, failed miracle drugs, etc, contentious health-care reform issues- it's easy to over ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 24 2009 - 11:15am

Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years

Introduction “Nature has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years, and an impressive number of modern drugs have been isolated from natural sources, many based on their use in traditional medicine.” These plant-based traditional medicine sy ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 30 2012 - 12:52am

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS WILLD. has medicinal properties

ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS WILLD. Systematic position Kingdom Plantae Division Spermatophyta Class Monocotyledonae Subclass Coronarieae Order Liliales Family Asparagaceae Genus Asparagus Species Asparagus racemosus Willd. English name: Asparagus Indian name: Shat ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 28 2009 - 10:11am

The Lancet: Public Health Benefits of Strategies To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A just-released Study by The Lancet and other notable international organizations says "Climate change already affects human health, and if no action is taken, problems such as malnutrition, deaths and injury due to extreme weather conditions, and ch ...

Blog Post - Mary Vincent - Nov 29 2009 - 1:50pm

'Psychological Contagion of Myth and Suspicion'

A perspective piece by Danielle Ofri of the NYU School of Medicine, in last week's New England Journal of Medicine (subscription required) nails the H1N1 vaccine hysteria: After repeated delays, H1N1 vaccine finally arrived in our clinic earlier this ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Nov 30 2009 - 1:18pm

Vaccine Availability Won't Ease Public's Concern About Inoculation

Just because a vaccine is available doesn't mean people will choose to be inoculated, according to new research published amid widespread public confusion about the merit of H1N1 flu shots. The research, appearing in the December issue of Health Servi ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2009 - 1:43pm

Are You SAD? Updates On Seasonal Affective Disorder

The days are getting shorter, and it's dark out when you leave work. If you look out your window at 5 pm and it's dark- I'm not sure how it is on the West Coast, but here on the East Coast this is the case- it can be rather disheartening. Mo ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Dec 1 2009 - 2:15pm