Public Health

FDA Seizes Supplements Containing Psychoactive Plant

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that U.S. Marshals seized almost 90,000 bottles worth over $400,000 of a dietary supplement said to contain a psychoactive plant.   ...

Blog Post - Brandon T. Bisceglia - Jan 12 2016 - 11:24am

Internet Health Advice May Not Be As Dangerous As Believed

Wikipedia may be wildly inaccurate but at least it isn't dangerous. For really dangerous advice, the assumption has been to go on Internet health forums.  Faint praise, but a new analysis suggests that medical advice given on Internet health forums ma ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 9 2016 - 8:00am

America's Great Leap Forward: Watermelon Environmentalism

Pre-test Q: What in blue blazes does he mean by that? (Answer at the end) ** A commenter pointed out to me the apparent insensitivity of the juxtaposition of "Watermelon" and Obama. I am sorry — that thought never crossed my mind. IF you'd b ...

Blog Post - Gil Ross - Jan 13 2016 - 1:36pm

Does Sugar Have A Greater Impact On Coronary Heart Disease Than Saturated Fat?

Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is responsible for one in every six deaths in the United States as well as being the leading cause of death throughout the developed world.  The theory of dietary saturated fats as the principal promoter of ele ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2016 - 12:56pm

Texas Law On Doctor Expertise And Abortion Clinic Standards Could Limit Access, Argue Providers

The Supreme Court is set to consider Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, which addresses two Texas laws related to abortion clinics. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2016 - 8:54am

NYTimes Exposé Aims At Toxic Chemical, Hits OCD Lawyer Instead

The New York Times continues its grand tradition of always letting its ideology trump sound science and journalism at every opportunity. In a 25-page opus last weekend, they  published a piece  seeming to portray an evil corporate entity callously and rec ...

Blog Post - Gil Ross - Jan 14 2016 - 3:58pm

Pseudoscientific: Nutrition Surveys Mean Controversy About 2015 Dietary Guidelines Won't Subside

Dietary guidelines used to be a relatively easy process. They were considered authoritative, mainstream media dutifully portrayed them as such because they had government backing, and people obeyed. But since 1980, when people began to obey them, obesity ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 17 2016 - 7:30am

Rogue EPA Wants to Run Our Country

I couldn't help but laugh — one has to, or cry: the headline read, "EPA looks to build on 2015 wins this year,"  in The Hill, January 4th. ...

Blog Post - Gil Ross - Jan 15 2016 - 4:58pm

High-Rise Apartments, Lower Survival Rates From Cardiac Arrest

Urban dwellers may think urban living is better than rural life, and penthouse dwellers may believe living at the top of the city is better than living in a townhouse, but a new study found that survival rates from cardiac arrest decrease the higher up th ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2016 - 8:23am

Transplant Centers Often Reject Potential Donor Livers For Sickest Patients In Need

Some patients are in desperate need of a liver transplant, so why do many livers go unused by centers across the nation? Patients on the liver transplant wait list are ranked according to their Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score, an objective ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2016 - 8:39am