Public Health

Yesterday evening, on BBC4 Television, I watched a repeat of Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach. TV presenter Michael Mosley was the main exhibit in a public experiment at the Science Museum in London, exploring the inside story of ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Nov 2 2012 - 7:34pm

How To Lose 5 Billion Calories

While the goal of en enlightened society has always been food so plentiful and cheap that even poor people could afford to be fat, it hasn't been without pitfalls in the form of a lo oming crisis for society, caused by millions of people who are serio ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2012 - 8:26am

If You Are Heart Healthy In Middle Age, You Are Likely To Have 14 Extra Years

People with heart health in middle age may live up to 14 years longer, free of cardiovascular disease, compared to peers who have two or more cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a new paper. For the analysis, researchers pulled data from fiv ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2012 - 1:00pm

Poor Control Of Anticoagulant Therapy Leads To Increased Adverse Events For Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Twelve-month data from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD (GARFIELD) show that the poor management of stroke prevention therapy is widespread in clinical practice, which may lead to elevated rates of mortality, stroke and bleeding among indivi ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2012 - 12:52pm

Child Care Providers Can Be Part Of The Solution For Childhood Obesity

Should child care providers be tasked with childhood obesity too? The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys found that over 21% of children ages 2 to 5 were considered overweight or even obese. That has led some advocates to posit that c hild ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2012 - 5:35pm

Mind Over Manhood: What Men Should Know About Prostate Cancer, But Don't

A new prostate cancer awareness survey found widespread misconceptions about the disease and says the emotional impact on men is underestimated. The physical effects of prostate cancer are widely known but men know more myths than facts about how prevalent ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2012 - 3:30am

Not Just Fracking- Wind Power Causes Made-Up Health Problems Too

Sometimes when things catch the attention of the kookier segments of the public, they really take off. Fracking is a good example. Though it's been around since the 1940s, once it got really popular people started inventing fake illnesses to get int ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 14 2016 - 1:54pm

It's Complicated: Work Hour Limits For Surgical Residents Don't Reduce Risk

Work-hour caps for surgical residents designed to lessen complication rates have not accomplished that. Instead, the period after work-hour limits were introduced saw an uptick in complication rates, according to findings which raise concerns that limiting ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2012 - 3:30pm

Ethnobotany and Ocimum sanctum (Tulsi)

The term 'ethnobotany' was first applied by Harshberger in 1895 to the study of plants used by primitive and aboriginal people. The term is not new even to India, Kirtikar and Basu (1935) stated”, The ancient Hindus should be given the credit ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 27 2012 - 8:15am

Low-Intensity Vibration May Provide Some Of The Same Benefits To Obese People As Exercise

If you are obese, it is reasonably well-established that you are not going to exercise and vibration machines that sound like they might be less work, like the kind developed by the Soviets for astronauts, actually can burn through 400 calories in 15 minu ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 29 2012 - 3:00pm