Public Health

Much of the public think malpractice insurance is a big cost of health care and so they rightly think that if there were reasonable checks on lawsuit judgments health care would be affordable without…

89 percent of young people in one region of Spain own their first mobile phone before they reach the age of 13 and a recent study has analyzed the use of information and communication technologies by…

Write Your Story, Improve Your Health Studies have shown that writing about yourself and your personal experiences can improve mood disorders, improve health after a heart attack, reduce…

More than 2 million years of life have been saved by solid-organ transplants since 1987, according to a new report in JAMA Surgery.   The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) maintains a…

Fortifying food with folic acid saves about 1,300 babies each year from serious birth defects of the brain and spine known as neural tube defects (NTDs), according to new data published by the US…

Women are at an increased risk of relapse after a smoking cessation attempt. Research indicates that both the hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle and the negative symptomatology…

For most people, they can extend their healthy lifespan by walking for 20 minutes a day. Yet most people don't do it. It's become a popular sport to criticize obese people while lamenting that our…

A national survey of students in U.S. middle schools and high schools shows some important improvements in levels of substance use. The University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future study…

With organic food a $105 billion industry juggernaut, various groups are looking to don that health halo. Even frozen food. If you don't think food can be "fresh" and "healthy" while still being…

Fear, Inc. is having a very big day on the New York Stock Exchange. It is up 45 percent on heavy volume. How could it not be? After all, the plastic component BPS (bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl) sulfone…