Public Health

Use Of Video Games Correlated To Consumption Of Toxic Substances

89 percent of young people in one region of Spain own their first mobile phone before they reach the age of 13 and a recent study has analyzed the use of information and communication technologies by using a sample of 5,538 students from the Vallès Occiden ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2015 - 4:14pm

80 Percent Of Neurosurgeons Now Practice Defensive Medicine

Much of the public think malpractice insurance is a big cost of health care and so they rightly think that if there were reasonable checks on lawsuit judgments health care would be affordable without government intervention. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2015 - 7:51pm

How Much Food Should You Eat?

By Amanda Salis, University of Sydney Dietary guidelines broadly recommend a daily intake of 10,000 kilojoules (2,400 calories) for men and 8,000 kilojoules (1,900 calories) for women. But what do these figures mean in the context of the number of kilojou ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 30 2015 - 11:03am

Will More Midwives Mean Fewer Cesarean Deliveries?

An upcoming presentation at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting argues that more midwives and a general change to the American child delivery process can reduce cesarean delivery rates- the very thing doctors were sued for not doi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 10:42am

Maternal Glycemia Lnked To Childhood Obesity

A secondary analysis of a mild gestational diabetes mellitus treatment trial long-term follow-up study looked at the relationship between maternal oral glucose tolerance testing and childhood body mass index, fasting glucose, insulin and anthropometrics in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 10:51am

Possible Cause Of IVF Failure Identified

A new study has linked a previously unexplored biological process to the failure of embryos to attach to the uterine wall during in vitro fertilization (IVF). IVF only has around a 25% success rate, largely due to the high rates of failure when embryos try ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 7:00pm

Spaceflight Ages The Immune System Prematurely

Mars One, a private effort to do what governments seem incapable of achieving, has believers excited about colonizing another planet, but the long-term consequences of living in low or no-gravity conditions remain unclear.  Mice are not people but if they ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 8:33pm

Ellagic Acid In Red Wine Could Help You Burn Fat

If you need a reason to drink wine, there is more good news from the world of science. A recent study exposed human liver and fat cells grown in the lab to extracts of four natural chemicals found in Muscadine grapes, a dark-red variety native to the south ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 10:30am

IUDs Still Effective Contraception For A Year Beyond Approved Use

Hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and contraceptive implants remain highly effective even one year beyond their approved duration of use, according to a new study. Now the researchers are evaluating whether such long-acting forms of birth control are ef ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2015 - 1:31pm

Steam Douching: Gwyneth Paltrow Is As Wrong As Floating Wombs And Fumigation Were

'Steam douche' advocate Gwyneth Paltrow. More like hot air. Erprofe, CC BY-NC By Helen King, Professor of Classical Studies at The Open University  Gwyneth Paltrow stirred up an interesting discussion with her latest recommendation for the spa f ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 6 2015 - 5:35pm