Public Health

Heavy Snoring And Sleep Apnea Signal Earlier Memory Decline

Heavy snoring and sleep apnea may be linked to memory and thinking decline at an earlier age, according to a new study- but treating the disorders with a breathing machine may delay the decline.  For the study, the medical histories for 2,470 people ages ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 5:00pm

Dr. Henry Miller To Columbia: Give Oz The Boot

Although I have done my share of writing on Dr. Oz (much of it humorous, and some just in poor taste), the following has nothing to do with me. ...

Blog Post - Josh Bloom - Apr 16 2015 - 3:10pm

Playing A Wind Instrument Linked To Lower Risk Of Sleep Apnea

A new study has found that wind instrument players have a reduced risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea. The findings presented at the Sleep and Breathing Conference 2015 suggest that this could be considered beneficial to those individuals who are a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 7:30am

The Cost Of Pure Water

Ghana has plenty of water. So why do its people buy plastic pouches from street vendors? Shaun Raviv investigates. ...

Article - Mosaic Science - Apr 22 2015 - 8:30am

Breast Milk Protects Against Necrotizing Enterocolitis In Preemies

The immune-boosting properties of breast milk have long been known and experiments in mice are beginning to show another way how. A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins pediatric surgeon-in-chief David Hackam, M.D., Ph.D., says their experiments reveal ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2015 - 12:30pm

Food Additives And Chronic Disease: What About Emulsifiers?

Have you ever wondered what those food additive numbers in the ingredients list on your food packaging meant and what they were really doing to your body? A recent study suggests emulsifiers – detergent-like food additives found in a variety of processed ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 23 2015 - 7:30am

BPA Risk To Newborns Smaller Than Claimed

Many newborns are exposed in their earliest days to bisphenol A (BPA) and lots of other chemicals, the world is all chemical, but BPA has been the subject of more scrutiny than most because it is ubiquitous. Due to that, environmental advocacy studies hav ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2015 - 9:32am

At The NHS, Diversity Does Not Lead To Better Quality

A new study found that alternative providers of primary care in the UK's NHS do not perform as well as traditional GP practices. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 5:00pm

Target Brown Fat And You Target Obesity

A study has shown a new way that brown fat, a potential obesity-fighting target, is regulated in the body.  In an upcoming Cell Metabolism article,  researchers examined long non-coding RNA (Ribonucleic acid) in adipose (fat) tissue in mice. Long non-codi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2015 - 12:30pm

Little Benefit To Hypothermia Treatment For Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Therapeutic hypothermia has been successfully used to improve survival chances and reduce the risk of brain injury in adults after cardiac arrest and in newborn infants suffering from lack of oxygen but a large-scale study on the impact of body cooling in ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2015 - 9:29am