Public Health

Disco Science: Better Than Nothing, But Don't Bet Your Life

Can music lead to better CPR? Yes and no.  Any mnemonic hook that helps rescue personnel deliver a good number of chest compressions to heart attack victims is likely good but one song, "Disco Science" by Mirwais, does well yet can only achieve ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2011 - 10:24am

Rich Anti-Science Hippies And Vaccines (Again)

Get your 'false equivalence' disclaimers ready, uber-progressive metropolitan San Francisco is once again leading America in anti-science beliefs.  Unlike something silly and annoying, like acceptance of evolution, progressive anti-science kills ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Nov 5 2011 - 3:44pm

Eat Slow, Lose Weight

If you are of a certain age, perhaps your parents told you to eat slowly. They may have said something about better digestion but if you were one of many poor people it also had to do with feeling fuller on less food.  Common wisdom was your brain did not ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2011 - 11:00pm

NHS Clinical Negligence Caused 8,000 Deaths In 13 Years

MANCHESTER, England, November 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/-- Statistics released last week show that NHS clinical negligence has led to a record number of claims involving deaths being made against the health service. In total, over the course of the last 13 yea ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 15 2011 - 11:46am

Anti-Obesity Drug?

A new compound has been shown to reduce Body Mass Index (BMI) and abdominal circumference in obese rhesus monkeys, and imaging revealed a substantial decrease in body fat. In contrast to current ‘drugs’ for obesity that control appetite or absorption of d ...

Article - Gunnar De Winter - Nov 16 2011 - 12:23pm

Kampo Medicine of Japan and Traditional Medical System.

Japan has one of the world’s best Institute of Natural Medicine  headed by Professor Dr  Komatsu in Toyama and her team of dedicated workers at University of Toyama.    It houses natural medicine covering various systems of Traditional Medicine practiced ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Nov 24 2011 - 11:49am

Fabaceae and medicinal plants: Cassia senna Vahl. is very important plant of Ayurvedic medicine

A yurvedic medicines are basically derived from the Vedic literature and plants of family Fabaceae have special importance in the Ayurvedic medicines.The family Fabaceae popularly known as legumes, is the third largest order of seed-plants containing abou ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 3 2011 - 10:50am

Antioxidants Reduce Stroke Risk In Women

The debate over the actual benefit of antioxidants may be ongoing but the studies keep coming in. Regardless of cardiovascular disease medical history, Swedish women who ate an antioxidant-rich diet had fewer strokes, shows the results of a new survey. Ox ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2011 - 2:30pm

Ethnopharmacognosy

Ethnopharmacognosy           Includes the study of traditional concepts or methods for distinguishing between various plant parts such as bark, leaves, seeds, tubers, etc. and indigenous ways of  distinction, if any, between the quality of such products f ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 17 2011 - 8:53pm

Convergent Procedure Physician Outcomes Show Promising Results In For Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Patients

MORRISVILLE, North Carolina, January 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/--- Reveal(R) Data May Set New Standard for Monitoring ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 17 2012 - 6:30pm