Public Health

Researchers have matched an upward curve in temperatures in the last few decades with increases in patient's seeking treatment for kidney stones, which both reflects and foretells a warming planet's…

It's been known for some time that  gastric bypass surgery  doesn't just help obese patients lose weight, it also cures diabetes in the majority of patients that undergo it. Type 2…

You have to admire the consistency of our government, especially when it comes to protecting us. While the TSA is strip-searching 95-year old women in wheelchairs, a janitor tripped over a box of…

Obesity is so common among U.S. Hispanics, particularly among young Hispanics,  that it is at crisis proportions, according to data from a study of 16,344 people of diverse Hispanic origin…

Adults with extreme obesity have increased risks of dying at from cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney and liver diseases, according to results of an analysis of data pooled from 20…

The number of children with atopic dermatitis - eczema, a painful, itchy skin condition - is on the rise. Some estimates are that one in five children in the U.S. now suffers from it and many…

When people use heroin, their brains become physiologically dependent on the drug and the behavioral patterns of use become written alongside this need. That’s addiction: both behaviorally and…

In modern times, an otherwise healthy pre-term baby has a very strong chance of survival. And that survival chance goes way up in high-volume neonatal units; a counter-intuitive finding for people…

The small intestine is not easy to examine. X-rays, MRIs and ultrasound images provide snapshots but each suffers limitations.   The average human small intestine is roughly 23 feet long and 1…

46 years ago, an idea was introduced that the first eggs produced in a female's fetal stage tend to have better connections or "crossovers" between chromosomes and that, as the woman ages and…