Public Health

Your Friends Still Influence How Much You Drink

The drinking habits of the people in your extended social group play a major role in determining how many adult beverages you consume, says researchers writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The authors suggest this social phenomenon could have implic ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2010 - 5:30pm

Want To Lose Weight? Eat Eggs For Breakfast

Eating eggs for breakfast reduces hunger and decreases calorie consumption at lunch and throughout the day, according to a new study published in Nutrition Research.  University of Connecticut researchers found that men who consumed an egg-based breakfast ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2010 - 10:59am

Children Obese At Just Six Months Old!

Medical researchers at the University of Texas say they can detect obesity in infants just six month old, and a lot of children in the age group are obese and on track to maintain that status later in life. By analyzing the electronic medical records of ba ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2010 - 2:19pm

CT Scans Indentify Smokers At Risk For Emphysema

Using CT scans to measure blood flow in the lungs of people who smoke may offer a way to identify which smokers are most at risk of emphysema before the disease damages and eventually destroys areas of the lungs, according to a new study published in PNAS ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:06pm

CHLORACNE

Chloracne is a skin condition caused by over-exposure to certain toxic chemicals that looks like common forms of acne that affect teenagers. First reported in German industrial workers in 1897, at present chloracne is the only well established long-term e ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - Apr 7 2010 - 10:28am

Happily Married Men May Avoid Strokes

A 34 year-long study of 10,000 civil servants suggests that a happy marriage may help prevent fatal strokes in men. Researchers found a correlation between reported "happiness" in marriage and the likelihood that a man will die from stroke. The s ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2010 - 12:43pm

War Poisons

The Military laboratories are constantly seeking new poisons with special attention to the world's animal and plant, biological toxins. Examples: Snakes as the cobra, the fish Arothron hispidus Arothron meleagris or, like frogs Phyllobates aurotaenia ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - Jul 2 2012 - 8:45am

Throat Cancer Caused By Oral Sex?

Travelling to work early Friday morning, I came across this article in the Metro. Oral sex virus 'causing throat cancer' as scientists urge male HPV vaccine | Metro.co.uk. ...

Article - Elizabeth Hauke - Apr 11 2010 - 9:49am

Researchers Criticize Secondhand Smoke Hype

Despite media reports to the contrary, there is no evidence to support the assertion that smoking in cars is 23 times more toxic than in other indoor environments, say researchers writing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). The authors say ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2010 - 4:47pm

Smoking Counteracts Alcohol's Effect On Stroke Risk

Moderate alcohol consumption may reduce your risk for stroke, but cigarette smoking could offset that benefit, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto this week. Scientists followed the dri ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2010 - 11:50am