Public Health

88 Percent Of Chest X-rays Are No Benefit To Children

It's always a good idea to reduce cost and radiation and when it comes to kids and chest X-rays, that cost reduction should be happening a lot more. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2014 - 10:54am

Is Living Hear High-Power Electricity Lines Bad For Health?

In modern times, it seems a little strange to read claims in Europe and in U.S. cities like San Francisco that cell phone radiation is harmful to humans- but their reasoning is based on work in the 1970s which found an epidemiological association between ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2014 - 11:10am

Late Nights And The Rise Of The Teenage 'Vamper'

Past your bedtime? Mikael Damkier /Shutterstock By Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 10 2014 - 3:00pm

Kids With Open Bone Breaks Can Heal Safely Without Surgery

When a broken bone protrudes through the skin, causing a puncture wound, it is called an open break. It is understandably traumatizing for kids and perhaps even more so for parents but there may be good news for those daunted by the prospect of surgery on ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2014 - 9:00am

Poor People Get More Energy Efficient Housing, Then More Asthma

The drive for energy efficient homes is increasing asthma risk, finds a team at the University of Exeter Medical School. People are so concerned about energy savings they end up with homes that are not properly heated or ventilated, which could lead to mo ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2014 - 4:04pm

That Ginkgo Biloba Won't Help You- And It May Not Even Be Ginkgo Biloba

If you are buying herbal dietary supplements like  Ginkgo biloba (G. biloba) to boost cognitive capacity, the first thing you should do is stop spending money on herbal dietary supplements like Ginkgo biloba and the next thing you should do is wonder how, ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2014 - 12:26pm

Medicating When It Is not Needed

Creativity is a complex and vast construct that has been vital to the progress of human civilization and the development of human reasoning processes. Indeed, the immense array of creative endeavors encompasses the works of such disparate activities as tho ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Dec 11 2014 - 12:43pm

Conservation Of Massive: When You Lose Weight, Where Does The Fat Go?

Lots of people say they care about their weight, and there is no end to weight-loss schemes available on websites, but if you ask nutritionists, personal trainers and even some doctors where fat goes when people lose weight, they can't tell you the r ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2014 - 9:30am

For Airline Pilots, Radiation On The Job Is As Much As Tanning Beds

Airline pilots can be exposed to the same amount of UV-A radiation as if they visited a tanning bed, because airplane windshields do not completely block UV-A radiation. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2014 - 7:30pm

Blame City Life, Not Fast Food, For The Surge In Diabetes

City folk may not think much of rural living- but they are healthier. A new study finds that diabetes, once rather uncommon, is now affecting 387 million people worldwide- and 77 percent of it is in developed nations. The reason is stress, write the autho ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 18 2014 - 5:18pm