Health and Medicine

How to Fight The Deadly Trio By | March 30, 2015
Three raging epidemics completely out of control
Why Surgeons Need Cockpit Training By | March 23, 2015
It’s a tragedy if a patient suffers a stroke when there’s valid reason for the surgery. But if it happens when surgery is unjustified, it’s a catastrophe impossible to measure.
How green tea could help improve MRIs By | March 18, 2015
Compounds from green tea could boost the quality of biomedical imaging.
How to Escape Dinner Invitations By | March 16, 2015
Diverticulosis, Dr. Wynne-Jones, dietary fiber
Uncovering the effects of cooking, digestion on gluten and wheat allergens in pasta By | March 11, 2015
Studying proteins in pasta lends insights into how they affect people with celiac disease and wheat allergies.
Waiter, Make Sure My Steak Moos only Once! By | March 9, 2015
Toxoplasmosis, cholesterolphobia, coenzyme Q10 (Co-Q10)
Determining recipes for some of the world’s oldest preserved beers By | March 4, 2015
A beer from an 1840s shipwreck yields new clues to an old brew's recipe.
Israeli diet ranks among healthiest in world By Israel21c | March 4, 2015
Researchers note Israelis eat less saturated fats than most Western countries, and enjoy among lowest rates of cholesterol in the world.
New insight into a fragile protein linked to cancer and autism By | March 4, 2015
Defects in one gene are linked to certain kinds of cancer and autism; scientists are looking for a fix.
Do You Want a Shock?  High Cholesterol for a Longer Life? By | March 2, 2015
Reports that disagree with the current high cholesterol condemnation never get published nor make headlines.
Stroke Update: What’s Missing will Cost Lives By | March 1, 2015
Studies show that high doses of vitamin C act like Drano to keep arteries open
Tagging drugs to fight counterfeit medicines By | February 25, 2015
Microtags, such as the ones in this vial, could help thwart makers of counterfeit medicines.
Could an HIV drug beat strep throat, flesh-eating bacteria? By Douglas A. Mitchell, Ph.D. S. | February 25, 2015
The fight against bacteria that cause strep throat and other illnesses could get help from an HIV drug.
Oat breakfast cereals may contain a common mold-related toxin By | February 25, 2015
Some oat-based breakfast cereals are contaminated with a potentially harmful, mold-related toxin.
Stroke Update:  What’s Missing will Cost Lives By | February 23, 2015
Studies show that high doses of vitamin C act like Drano to keep arteries open
Magnesium: Protection from Undertakers By | February 16, 2015
Magnesium can benefit those who suffer from migraine attacks, insomnia, anxiety attacks and depression
Tattoo-like sensor can detect glucose levels without a painful finger prick By Joseph Wang, D.Sc. | February 11, 2015
An ultra-thin sensor could help people with diabetes monitor their blood sugar levels without drawing blood.
Making a better wound dressing — with fish skin By | February 11, 2015
A protein found in fish skin could promote wound healing.
Living Will: Make It a Legal Document By | February 9, 2015
The Gifford-Jones Living Will is a long one page document, a Living Will prayer, which leaves no question about what you want done in your final days.
An end to the medicine dropper for eye injuries? By | February 4, 2015
A drug-infused wafer worn like a contact lens could work better than eye drops.
Tiny robotic ‘hands’ could improve cancer diagnostics, drug delivery By David H. Gracias, Ph.D. | February 4, 2015
Star-shaped grippers could help doctors operate and take biopsies.
“Darling, Do I Have Permission to Have Sex With 20 Other Women?” By | February 2, 2015
This year 250,000 North American males will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. But since many have a slow growing form of the disease, only 30,000 will die from it
Beer compound could help fend off Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases By Jianguo Fang, Ph.D. | January 28, 2015
A compound in hops, which is an ingredient in beer, could help protect brain cells from damage.
Weight Gain Is Contagious? And Snacking Fights it? By | January 25, 2015
These suggestions may not get you back into your wedding clothes, but they are all a step in the right direction.
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Oranges versus orange juice: Which one might be better for your health? By Ralf Schweiggert, Ph.D. | January 21, 2015
Scientists find out how juicing and pasteurizing affects nutrients found in oranges.
“DILI” Is Killing More People Every Year By | January 19, 2015
Tens of thousands of people swallow painkillers daily as if they were M and M candy. But they all have to be metabolized by an overworked liver.
The Vitamin D Bandwagon: Is it Ahead of the Science? By | January 11, 2015
People living in higher latitudes show an increased risk of dying from almost all types of cancer, but particularly colon, breast, prostate and skin cancer.
A potential long-lasting treatment for sensitive teeth By Chun-Pin Lin, D.D.S., Ph.D. | January 7, 2015
A new material could treat tooth sensitivity by re-covering exposed tubules when enamel wears away.
“I can’t enjoy anything” By | January 5, 2015
Part 4: A Walking Nightmare--Antidepressants and suicidality
Dead bodies By | January 4, 2015
Part 3: "A Walking Nightmare"-- Antidepressants and suicidality