Public Health

An analysis of more than 3,000,000 children and adolescents from diverse geographic regions of the United States found that the prevalence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes increased significantly…

There is a widely watched video of a recent talk titled "How Cooking Can Change Your Life" given by author Michael Pollan (Omnivore's Dilemma, etc).  His main point is that Americans and…

Public health works. In 2000, the United Nations drafted aggressive goals for both standards of living and public health. So far, they are ahead of schedule on both. Two analyses by the…

It's community pool season and while urban moms think that a chlorinated municipal pool is cleaner than a rural pond, microbiologists know that isn't really true. Bacteria and parasites can lurk in…

Philadelphia was under attack through the winter and spring of 1991. The name of the enemy? Measles. The Philadelphia outbreak – the city’s first since 1954 - began in October 1990, and quickly…

Treating patients who suffer from a common condition known as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which causes blood vessels in the brain to tangle, increases their risk of stroke, a study has…

Over the next decade, facial transplants will become more common, done at regional hospitals the way heart transplants are done now, according to a retrospective analysis of all known facial…

With the legalization of recreational marijuana in Washington and Colorado, questions about cannabis have vaulted into the public consciousness. For a couple minutes, let’s put aside policy…

A new executive summary of an upcoming report adds to vegetarian claims that a normal human diet affects pollutant nitrogen emissions, climate change and land-use across Europe. The executive summary…

In American politics there is a comfortable détente about which science craziness to allow under the big tents - Republicans are okay if their members won't accept evidence of climate science or…