Public Health

High Fat Diet Could Aggravate Asthma Symptoms

A new study suggests that people with asthma should avoid a high fat diet. Study participants with asthma who consumed a high-fat meal showed increased airway inflammation just hours after the binge. The high fat meal also appeared to inhibit the response ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2010 - 1:13pm

CDC Estimates Flu Trends Better Than Google- Study

Google Flu Trends is not as accurate at estimating rates of laboratory-confirmed influenza as CDC national surveillance programs, according to a new study presented at the ATS 2010 International Conference in New Orleans. Google Flu Trends uses the popular ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2010 - 12:04pm

Global Warming Unlikely To Spread Malaria

The widely held notion that warming global temperatures will lead to a future intensification of malaria and an expansion of its global range is at odds with the available evidence, according to a new study in Nature. The research, conducted by the Malaria ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2010 - 1:03pm

Doctors Push For Nationwide Public Smoking Ban

Henry Ford Hospital researchers say it is time for a nationwide public smoking ban. Such a measure would reduce public health care costs by $90 million and significantly reduce hospitalization due to heart attack each year. Their study was presented today ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2010 - 5:05pm

Alcohol Consumption May Prevent Alzheimer's, Study Suggests

Moderate alcohol consumption may prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease, especially if you avoid tobacco, according to a new study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. The effect was strongest in women, the study's authors say. ...

Article - News Staff - May 24 2010 - 10:17am

UK Gets Vaccinated Against Serious Professional Misconduct

Thanks to his fearmongering, as Josh notes in his blog, the UK stripped Andrew Wakefield of his medical license. Not only did Wakefield act unethically, dishonestly and irresponsibly, Britain's General Medical Council said, but he also diverted a lot ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - May 24 2010 - 2:39pm

Drinking Fewer Sodas Could Lower Blood Pressure, Researchers Say

Drinking fewer sugar-sweetened beverages may lower blood pressure, according to research published in Circulation. The study potentially has important public health implications, because even small reductions in blood pressure are projected to have substan ...

Article - News Staff - May 24 2010 - 4:01pm

Study: 9/11 Attacks Linked To Increased Number Of Miscarriages

The 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks effected Americans in many ways, even those not directly involved. Now researchers claim that the stress caused by psychological shock from the attacks may have led to an increased number of male children being miscarried i ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2011 - 6:35pm

Obese BMI Not Associated With Poor Health, Study Finds

A Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or above, a standard indicator of obesity, is not associated with poorer health among adults under age 40, according to a new study. In addition, researchers found that across all age groups studied, from 25 to 70 years, there ...

Article - News Staff - May 25 2010 - 11:38am

Raising "Good" Cholesterol Not Always Beneficial, Study Finds

For some people, raising "good" cholesterol levels isn't necessarily a healthy choice, according to a new study in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. The study is the first to find that a high level of the supposedly good ch ...

Article - News Staff - May 25 2010 - 11:58am