In a report in this Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine researchers challenged the usual ideas regarding weight loss and proved that most of what is conceived to be common knowledge is actually myth. While most misinformation is spread with good intention it is results that matter, and results fail to appear when the information […]
A Vanderbilt University study revealed that men go through more pervasive complications after radiation therapy or surgery for prostate cancer. Within two years time, majority of the men became impotent no matter which treatment they opted to use to treat prostate cancer. The research that was published on The New England Journal of Medicine revealed […]
A petition started by teenager Sarah Kavanagh for the removal of brominated vegetable oil, an ingredient found in some Gatorade drinks was taken quite seriously by the PepsiCo Company. The petition got media attention pretty fast and even an article in the Chicago Tribune, however, the representatives of the PepsiCo Company said that an ingredient […]
A controversial ingredient in Gatorade will be removed by Pepsi due to concerns by consumers. A teenager from Mississippi also filed a petition in connection to brominated vegetable oil or BVO in the sports drink, although Gatorade indicated that the change was not due to the online petition. The ingredient contained bromine, which is also […]
With the initial study of the bird flu virus halted because of the possible risk the information gathered could pose if it fell into the wrong hands, it seems that scientist have convinced the right people that the benefits outweigh the risks and that the study should be restarted. Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a Japanese virologist at […]
Since drug-resistant superbugs cannot be easily stopped, infections acquired in hospitals are one of the top five causes of deaths in the US. An antimicrobial hydrogel was developed recently by IBM in collaboration with the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. The hydrogel supposedly has the capability of stopping these drug-resistant superbugs that cause diseases such […]
The American Cancer Society has released some data that shows deaths related to the terrible disease to have fallen by a whopping 20 percent in the last 20 years. The study shows with data gathered from 1991 to 2009 that no less than 1.2 million lives were saved with 152.900 just in 2009. Rebecca Siegel, […]
Although influenza infections have spread to forty-eight states, it appears that the epidemic is gradually easing. CDC head Dr. Tom Frieden indicated that this year’s influenza infection was above the average especially with the elderly population. The activity level in a number of areas in the US is still high although generally it is starting […]
This flu season seems to have struck Minnesota quite hard with the Minnesota Department of Health releasing figures that show 33 flu related deaths during just one week. The total deaths from this year’s influenza are 60 so far, while there are close to 500 people hospitalized. Health Department officials say that these figures, while […]
A recent study revealed that a migraine with aura show signs of increased blood vessel and heart problems among women. The Mayo Clinic indicated that a migraine that has visual components such as flashing lights or blind spots is also known as a migraine with aura and are treated like regular migraines. The study was […]
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