Public Health

42 Days No More? Fresh Blood Not Superior, Says Study

There may be good news for the blood donation business; the shelf life of blood has perhaps gotten longer. In a finding that runs counter to commonly held beliefs about fresh blood being better, a randomized clinical trial shows that acutely ill premature ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2012 - 12:30pm

Abrasivity: How Safe Is Your Toothpaste?

Everyone buys toothpaste and so they come in shapes and flavors, as pastes and gels, some guard against tooth decay or protect teeth from acid attack, while others that are designed for sensitive teeth. But which toothpastes clean well? Which preserve the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2012 - 6:03am

How cells in different parts of living organisms can react differently to external stimulation

The Human body is a fine-tuned system of interactions between billions of cells and understanding molecular processes in biological systems of humans and animals has been a challenging task.  At cellular level each cell has tiny receptors that enable it to ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 11 2012 - 1:34pm

Prestige Oil Spill Cleanup May Have Damaged Rat DNA

Next month will be the ten year anniversary of the Prestige sinking, which caused one of Spain's largest ecological disasters. The oil spill reached the coasts of Galicia and the rest of the Cantabrian coast, right up to the Landes area of France and ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2012 - 1:00pm

Cochrane Review: Routine Health Checks Overrated

Citizens who were told routine health checks were too expensive and so people did not get them, to the detriment of their health and higher costs later, just got good and bad news; the good news is that a new review says people don't need them. The ba ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2012 - 7:32pm

Guidelines For Clostridium Difficile Infection Testing Not Being Followed In Europe

Data presented at the international ID Week 2012 conference in San Diego showed that over three quarters (78%) of healthcare professionals surveyed in Europe believed that they may not be following guidelines for the testing of Clostridium difficile infec ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2012 - 12:29pm

What 57 Percent Of Dieticians Recommend For Nutritional Success

57 percent of dietitians say nutritional success  only happens if people can indulge once in a while; in foods where taste is the priority. A survey of 200 dietitians and attendees at the Food&Nutrition Conference&Expo on Oct. 6th-8th by online ret ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2012 - 1:30am

New Non-Invasive, Non-Ionizing Radiation Therapy For Bone Metastases Pain Gets FDA Approval

ExAblate(R)MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound is effective in reducing pain from bone metastases in patients who could not undergo radiation therapy. Patients reported significant improvement in well-being, function, and reduction in medication use. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2012 - 8:30pm

What's Healthier, A GMO Cupcake Or An Organic One?

Are you healthier if you eat cupcake from a mix you buy in a grocery store, which would be required to have a GMO label if California's Proposition 37 passes, or an 'organic' cupcake from Whole Foods? On a science site, you know I would not ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 27 2012 - 11:16am

Stop Selling Sprouts- And Certainly Stop Eating Them

Kroger, America's largest supermarket chain, announced it will stop selling sprouts because of their "potential food safety risk". It joins retail behemoth Walmart, which stopped selling them way back in 2010. "After a thorough, science ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 31 2012 - 4:39pm