Public Health

History Of Dermatology, Vitiligo And Leprosy

Hypomelanosis conditions are known since ancient times. The most ancient names to describe these pictures were "Shwetakustha" and "Suitra". ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - Apr 24 2010 - 8:57am

Be Happy And You May Avoid Heart Disease

People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy, according to a purely observational study  that needs to be confirmed with clinical research. Over a period of ten years, r ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2010 - 7:28pm

Socioeconomic Status May Lower Life Expectancy?

People who live in areas with lower household incomes are much more likely to die because of their personal and household characteristics and their community surroundings, according to research conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University and published in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 19 2010 - 2:06pm

Smoking and Alzheimer's Disease: Tobacco Companies Research Bias Revealed

Good to see that even if journalists can't be bothered to investigate the links between tobacco companies and so-called scientific research, then at least some scientists are doing so. This study, published in January in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Dis ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Feb 20 2010 - 2:54am

NHS Should Cease Funding Homeopathic Medicine- Cross-Party Group

NHS Should Cease Funding Homeopathic Medicine- Cross-Party Group On 2nd Feb 2010 I asked Is Homeopathy Good For The British Economy? In a reductio ad absurdum I concluded that if homeopathy works, and is cheaper than other therapies, then the UK could sav ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 22 2010 - 11:18am

Physician Quotes

"The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated." Plato. ...

Blog Post - Camillo Di Cicco - Sep 27 2017 - 6:27am

AVICENNA (980-1037)

Abu Ali al-Hussein Ibn Sina famous with the name of Avicenna, was born in Persia in the  980 at Qishlak Afshona, near Bukhara, Uzbekistan. By the age of eighteen years, possessor of an  immensest philosophical-scientific culture, undertakes the doctor pro ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - Dec 1 2012 - 8:14am

The British Chiropractic Association v Simon Singh: The Law Lords Decision Could Be a Headache for BCA

It's about 5.30 pm in England and the Court of Appeal in the case of the British Chiropractic Association v Simon Singh has closed for the day. No official news as yet but the Singh supporters from Twitter seem to have smiles on their faces. No doubt ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Feb 23 2010 - 1:08pm

Study Links Changes In Absolute Humidity To Influenza Outbreaks

A new study published this week in PLoS Biology suggests that seasonal changes in absolute humidity are the apparent underlying cause of wintertime influenza outbreaks. The study also found that the onset of outbreaks might be encouraged by anomalously dry ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2010 - 12:59pm

Depression Raises Cortisol Levels, Triggers Obesity In Girls

Depression raises stress hormone levels in adolescent boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, according to research in a recent issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health. Authors of the study suggest that early treatment of depression could h ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2010 - 7:18pm