Public Health

Science Hysteria- Cell Phone Use During Pregnancy May Cause ADD In Babies

Like vaccines and autism or genetically modified potatoes and immune systems or DDT causing cancer, some myths stick around so long they become truth despite any evidence- and cell phone radiation may be on that same track. Yale School of Medicine research ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 15 2024 - 6:15am

45 Percent Of People Try Diets And That's A Good Thing, Even If They Fail

Most people who try a diet don't succeed in keeping weight off long-term and that is trumpeted as a huge failure of dieting by people who, wait for it, are often selling a competing diet. The health truth is that even if you fail, you improved your he ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 20 2024 - 3:53pm

Vaping Helps Smokers Quit- Even If They Don't Want To

A new study shows that smokers who switch to nicotine vapor alternatives (e.g. e-cigarettes or iQOS) may be better able to stay smoke-free in the long term- even if they didn't set out to quit smoking.  And that even people who didn't want to sto ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2024 - 9:34am

#MedEd: How Well Doctors Use Social Media To Combat Misinformation

If you go to social media, you can see a lot of suspect claims about fad diets, unapproved medical devices, therapies, and conspiracy theories. Many of them have names with "Dr." attached. How is the public to know a "Dr." may be a PhD ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 19 2024 - 9:23am

Is Smirnoff Breaking The Law With Its Non-GMO Alcohol Label?

Smirnoff, a vodka brand, has tried to place itself under a health halo by claiming it is not only gluten-free but non-GMO as well. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 31 2024 - 1:15pm

WHO Extends Its Highest Emergency Level For...Monkeypox?

The World Health Organisation, the last major body to accept that COVID-19 was a pandemic, is out in front extending its highest emergency level over, of all things, monkeypox. We now know WHO held off on declaring COVID-19 an emergency because former Pres ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 14 2024 - 2:09pm

Taking The Book Of The Dead To Heart

In ancient Egypt, the heart was the key to a happy afterlife. It lived on after death, they believed, and in the Duat, the Netherworld, it revealed a truth man's words could not hide. The 42 gathered gods would measure the heart and if it weighed more ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 16 2024 - 2:48pm

Even After Getting Cancer, Quitting Cigarettes Leads To Greater Longevity

Cigarettes are the top lifestyle risk factor for getting cancer, though alcohol and obesity have begun to close the gap as awareness of the risks of cigarettes, coupled with more nicotine smoking cessation and harm reduction tools, have caused cigarette us ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2024 - 12:25pm

Kitchen Countertops Are Giving You Cancer

“This is a new and emerging epidemic, and we must increase awareness of this disease process so we can avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment for our patients,” says University of California in Los Angeles radiology resident Sundus Lateef, M.D. Epidemic? ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 2 2024 - 1:54pm

How To Become A Charlatan In 9 Easy Steps

In these austere and difficult times, it must be my duty, I think, to alert my fellow citizens to a possible source of additional income which almost anyone can plug into: become a charlatan, and chances are that your economic hardship is a memory from th ...

Article - Edzard Ernst - Dec 3 2024 - 10:51am