Public Health

Cancer Screening And Early Prevention: False Positives And True Negatives

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, according to Ben Franklin. But what if the prevention causes more harm than benefit? And what if the prevention doesn't prevent much of anything at all? ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Nov 17 2009 - 9:29am

Alcohol Exposure In The Womb Affects Teenage Boozing, Says Study

Rats whose mothers were fed alcohol during pregnancy are more attracted to the smell of liquor during puberty, say researchers writing in Behavioral and Brain Functions.   They say rats exposed during gestation find the smell of alcohol on another rat’s br ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2009 - 11:40am

Making Alcohol Really Expensive Means Poor People Buy Less Of It- Economic PhDs

In our 'studies you don't need to read' category is this bit of economic insight from the February edition of Addiction;  the more alcoholic beverages cost, the less likely people are to drink. And when they do drink, they drink less. After ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2009 - 7:28pm

Celebrate Your Inner Activist- Can You Create A GMO Tipping Point?

As a science site, we can continually be baffled that both the left and the right can find something to be critical about.   Some on the right are critical of stem cell research or climate science (Republicans) while some on the left are critical of geneti ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 17 2009 - 1:18pm

Optimizing Diet- Low Carbohydrate Diet Burns More Excess Liver Fat Than Low Calorie Diet

People on low-carbohydrate diets are more dependent on the oxidation of fat in the liver for energy than those on a low-calorie diet, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a small clinical study published in Hepatology. Although the s ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 20 2009 - 10:58am

FDA OK's Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy

Here's some good news: The ultimate goal for the use of GRNOPC1 is restore spinal cord function by injecting hESC-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor cells directly into the patient’s injured spinal cord. ...

Blog Post - Nicholas Horton - Nov 6 2012 - 10:26pm

Another Unscientific Fluoridation Birthday

On January 25, 1945,  ...

Article - Carol Kopf - Jan 25 2009 - 2:44pm

Hey Football Players, We Can Get Hurt During The Super Bowl Too

Who says football is dangerous only to the people who have 320 lb. linemen that can do a 4.4 second 40-yard dash flying at them?    We can get hurt too, namely by choking on a chicken wing.   Or getting a tummy ache from too much Bratwurst. Super Bowl game ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2009 - 4:06pm

Ducking the flu

Has anyone else had that cold that lasts about three or four weeks? It's going around out here and I'm finally starting to get over it. Too bad I didn't know about the wonder flu cure Oscillococcinum, or as everyone chatting online about he ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Jan 27 2009 - 11:25am

PFCs In Common Household Chemicals Implicated In Female Infertility

If you're a woman and need an excuse not to clean the carpet, it's your lucky day.   The bad news is, whatever you may already have done may have an impact on having kids.   Researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health have found the first evi ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 31 2009 - 2:26pm