Health and Medicine

Tackling chronic sinusitis by addressing underlying factors By Mark E. Meyerhoff, Ph.D. | June 10, 2015
Researchers are working on a new compound to treat chronic sinusitis.
Want to Be a Millionaire? By | June 8, 2015
Those who abuse their bodies with tobacco, drugs and alcohol cost us billions of dollars a year. This is bad enough, but to reward them for their folly is utter madness.
Past failures pave way for promising new Alzheimer’s treatments By | June 3, 2015
Alzheimer's Next Chapter
Are Calcium Pills Killing us? By | June 1, 2015
All researchers believe it’s best to get calcium from dietary sources. But if a dietary deficiency exists, don’t stop calcium supplements as it’s now possible to protect bones from osteoporosis and your heart from calcium infiltration
Why Americans can’t buy some of the best sunscreens By | May 27, 2015
Hazy Outlook for U.S. Sunscreen Users
New electronic stent could provide feedback and therapy — then dissolve By | May 27, 2015
A multi-tasking stent can measure blood flow, take temperature readings, release drugs and dissolve when it's no longer needed.
Picky Eaters: The Terror of Being Invited To Dinner By | May 25, 2015
Obsessive Compulsory Disease (OCD)
Experimental Ebola treatment boosts survival in mice By | May 20, 2015
Scientists have found compounds that fought off Ebola infections in mice.
Do You Need a CT Scan? By | May 18, 2015
If a doctor has invested in his own CT scanner, studies show he will use it more often.
Potential obesity treatment targets the two sides of appetite: Hunger and feeling full By | May 13, 2015
Can't resist finishing that burger? Researchers are developing a compound that could help control appetite.
How used coffee-grounds could make some food more healthful By | May 13, 2015
Extracts from leftover coffee grounds are full of antioxidants
There’s A Sucker Born Every Minute By | May 13, 2015
North Americans have been programmed for illness. Today, a well person is someone who hasn’t seen enough T.V. ads, been examined by enough doctors and had enough tests done.
A step toward avoiding the dreaded chocolate ‘bloom’ By | May 6, 2015
New research could help keep chocolates looking flawless for longer.
Thermometer-like device could help diagnose heart attacks By Sangmin Jeon, Ph.D. | May 6, 2015
A simple, thermometer-like device could make diagnosing heart attacks easier in remote or low-income locations.
Put Them in Prison to Find Out About Blood Cholesterol By | May 3, 2015
Having one idea that is wrong is dangerous. It’s also wrong to forget that the first rule of medicine is “to do no harm”.
Artificial photosynthesis could help make fuels, plastics and medicine By | April 29, 2015
The raw materials for everyday products could someday be produced by bacteria and solar energy.
Transforming all donated blood into a universal type By | April 29, 2015
A new scientific advance could turn us all into universal blood donors.
Put Them in Prison to Find Out About Blood Cholesterol By | April 27, 2015
In the last 100 years there’s been an extraordinary change in North American dietary habits
Flame retardants could contribute to hyperthyroidism in older cats By Jessica Norrgran, M.S. | April 22, 2015
Flame retardants could be connected to health problems in pet cats.
Nanoparticle drug reverses Parkinson’s-like symptoms in rats By Rajnish Kumar Chaturvedi, Ph.D. | April 22, 2015
Developing a potential new treatment for Parkinson's gets a boost from nanoparticles.
Understanding proteins involved in fertility could help boost IVF success By | April 22, 2015
Scientists examine the role of proteins in fertility.
What Oscar Knows That Doctors Don’t Know By | April 20, 2015
A cat's sensitivity to patients' death
Neo40: A Natural Remedy to Treat E.D. By | April 13, 2015
Every year 100,000 North Americans die from prescription drugs. To my knowledge, no one dies from using natural remedies.
What You Should Know about Crohn’s Disease By | April 12, 2015
Treatment depends on the severity of the disease. Cortisone and drugs to suppress the immune system may limit the inflammatory response
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Turning to freshwater sources to fight drug-resistant tuberculosis, other infections By | April 8, 2015
Lake Michigan and other freshwater bodies could be the next big sources of undiscovered antibiotics.
A new piece in the ‘French paradox’ puzzle — cheese metabolism By | April 8, 2015
Cheese, though high in saturated fat, could help lower cholesterol and help explain the "French paradox."
“Chemically lobotomized” By | April 5, 2015
Part 4: “I’VE LOST SO MUCH” How Abilify became the best-selling drug in America
“Works like a thermostat” By | April 4, 2015
Part 3: “I’VE LOST SO MUCH” How Abilify became the best-selling drug in America
A medicinal lobotomy By | April 3, 2015
Part 2: "I'VE LOST SO MUCH": How Abilify became the best-selling drug in America
“Psychiatry has destroyed my life By | April 2, 2015
“I’ve lost so much” : How Abilify became the best-selling drug in America