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Looking for a good doctor? Good luck
• Public Health • Sep 27 12
When Dr. Marty Makary was a medical student, staffers at the Boston hospital where he was training had a nickname for one of its…
Exercise Does a Body - and a Mind - Good
• Brain • • Public Health • Sep 25 12
We’ve heard it time and time again: exercise is good for us. And it’s not just good for physical health - research shows that…
Lebanon smoking ban takes effect, sparking anger
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 25 12
A smoking ban in all closed public spaces, including coffee shops, restaurants and bars, went into force in Lebanon on Monday under new legislation…
Can Personal Technology Stop the Obesity Epidemic?
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 25 12
So much of our information from and interaction with the world is now mediated by computers, cell phones and tablets that health experts have…
Cancer Deaths Expected To Drop 17% By 2030
• Cancer • • Public Health • Sep 25 12
Cancer death rates are predicted to drop by 17% (16.8) in the UK by 2030, according to Cancer Research UK’s new report.
This new…
Swiss reject full ban on smoking in public spaces
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 24 12
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a total ban on smoking in enclosed public places at a referendum.
Although Geneva voted slightly in favour, results…
Six million Americans likely to pay healthcare tax in 2016
• Public Health • Sep 20 12
U.S. budget experts raised their forecast on Wednesday of how many Americans will probably have to pay a penalty in 2016 for not buying…
The cost of glaucoma care: Small group of patients accounts for large part of costs, study finds
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Public Health • Sep 19 12
A small subset of patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) account for a large proportion of all glaucoma-related charges in the United States, according to…
Government can play important role in obesity epidemic
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 19 12
Addressing the obesity epidemic by preventing excess calorie consumption with government regulation of portion sizes is justifiable and could be an effective measure to…
Obesity Epidemic Needs Government Rules: NYC Health Chief
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 18 12
Governments should regulate food companies on unhealthy ingredients in products that contribute to obesity, an epidemic that now affects 1-in-3 Americans and costs the…
Obesity in Massachusetts, and related health costs, could rise dramatically, report finds
• Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 18 12
The number of obese adults in Massachusetts, along with related diseases and health care costs, could rise dramatically over the next two decades if…
Mobile phones and wireless networks: No evidence of health risk found
• Public Health • Sep 17 12
There is no scientific evidence that low-level electromagnetic field exposure from mobile phones and other transmitting devices causes adverse health effects, according to a…
Poland bans Czech alcohol after deaths
• Public Health • Sep 16 12
Poland has banned the sale of strong drink from the Czech Republic after 19 deaths attributed to the consumption of bootleg spirits containing poisonous…
Pre-marriage doubts signal unhappy unions, divorce
• Neurology • • Public Health • Sep 16 12
Those wedding cold feet are a real signal of trouble ahead, according to a study that shows premarital jitters can predict splitsville later.
Researchers…
Study shows breath analysis could help diagnose pulmonary nodules
• Public Health • • Respiratory Problems • Sep 16 12
A pilot study, published in the October 2012 issue of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC) Journal of Thoracic Oncology,…
British engineers develop ultra-cheap ultrasound
• Public Health • Sep 14 12
Engineers in Britain have developed an ultrasound scanner that costs under 40 pounds to make and could improve prenatal care in parts of the…
Yosemite extends hantavirus warning; 9th infection confirmed
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 14 12
Yosemite National Park expanded a warning about the deadly hantavirus to 230,000 more recent visitors and confirmed on Thursday that a ninth person had…
New York OKs nation’s first ban on super-sized sugary drinks
• Food & Nutrition • • Obesity • • Public Health • Sep 14 12
New York City passed the first U.S. ban of oversized sugary drinks on Thursday in its latest controversial step to reduce obesity and its…
Record 4.02 billion prescriptions in United States in 2011
• Public Health • Sep 12 12
People in the United States took more prescription drugs than ever last year, with the number of prescriptions increasing from 3.99 billion (with a…
Yosemite deer mice being trapped, killed following virus outbreak
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 12 12
Yosemite National Park has begun trapping and killing deer mice whose growing numbers may have helped create the conditions that led to a hantavirus…
Even the very elderly and frail can benefit from exercise
• Aging and Gerontology • • Public Health • Sep 06 12
A study carried out by Dr. Louis Bherer, PhD (Psychology), Laboratory Director and Researcher at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM), an…
New blood test detects potentially deadly calcium deposits
• Public Health • Sep 06 12
A new test could help identify and treat individuals at risk of developing potentially deadly calcium deposits in their tissues and blood vessels, according…
Iowa Study Aimed at Making Tractors Safer for Kids
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Sep 06 12
Researchers who hope to keep children from dying in tractor accidents are using a state-of-the-art driving simulator to help determine when kids can…
Marc Hauser, Ex-Harvard Prof, Faked Data In Experiments
• Public Health • Sep 06 12
Federal investigators have found that a Harvard University psychology professor who resigned after being accused of scientific misconduct fabricated data and manipulated results in…
Not all doctors want hand-washing reminders
• Infections • • Public Health • Sep 05 12
Many doctors and nurses don’t like the idea of patients reminding them to clean their hands, a new study from Switzerland suggests.
So-called hand…