Public Health

Here's How To Avoid The Gout, Ebenezer

Historically called the disease of kings, gout was common among wealthy gents who could afford to eat and drink to excess. These days it doesn’t just affect the rich: rates of gout have been increasing globally since the 1960s. It now affects around 70,00 ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 1 2016 - 7:28am

Evidence-Based Medicine: You May Want It, But You Might Not Be Getting It

Unless you are seeing a homeopath, or a naturopath or anything else that ends in "path", you probably believe your treatment is evidence-based.  That may not be true. Hospitals are not under even more pressure to contain costs, but they may need ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2016 - 8:00am

Stop Using BMI To Determine Health

When it comes to health and nutrition, academia goes through fads, they make their way to government panels, and then popular culture is stuck with them. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2016 - 8:01am

Smoking Rate Declines In Chinese Male Teens

Though smoking has declined dramatically in America, it is still quite high in Asia. Yet there is hope, in that younger Chinese teenage boys are less likely to start smoking than those in previous generations. The trend is significant because nearly one t ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 10 2016 - 11:01am

Going...going...Obama's "Clean Power Plan" Unlikely to See the Light of Day

In an unprecedented decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has sort-of overruled a lower Circuit Court's decision to allow the "Clean Power Plan" to proceed pending final adjudication. The Supreme Court had never before granted a request to halt ...

Blog Post - Gil Ross - Feb 10 2016 - 1:12pm

Put That In Your E-Cigarette And Vape It: Or Should You?

Smoking cigarettes dramatically increases a person's risk for a host of diseases. The nicotines is addiction but it's the hundred other chemicals in cigarette smoke that are toxic.  Because e-cigarettes are simply diluted nicotine vapor, no ciga ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 12 2016 - 9:23am

Life Extension Is Kinda...Dumb

The cover of Time magazine 3/2/15 features an Anglo baby (so remarkably cute one wonders whether he isn't a computer generated composite of everything we like about babies) with the statement (not question, statement) THIS BABY COULD LIVE TO BE 142 Y ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Feb 16 2016 - 12:24pm

Fibromyalgia And Acupuncture

Nine weekly sessions of acupuncture lessen perceived pain intensity, and improve functional capacity and quality of life, in people diagnosed with the blanket pain condition called fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia diagnoses are based on claims of chronic widesp ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2016 - 7:01am

Science On Salt Is Polarized- That Means It Is A Cultural Issue, And Not A Health One

An analysis of scientific reports and comments on the health effects of a salty diet reveals a polarization between those supportive of the once-popular belief that population-wide reduction of salt intake is associated with better health and those that c ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2016 - 10:31am

You Have Options For Arthritis Hip Exercise

You might think your options for arthritis hip exercise are limited due to range of motion problems, as well as your pain. However, you might be surprised at just how many choices you have. Of course, you need to work with your doctor to find the best com ...

Blog Post - Kelly Everson - Feb 27 2016 - 10:45am