California hospitals are facing unprecedented scrutiny as twelve facilities across the state have been slapped with penalties and fines. The penalties are in response to hospitals’ inability or refusal to meet basic safety standards. Many facilities were caught participating in practices likely to cause serious injury or death to patients. Infractions involved botched surgeries, inadequate […]
Organic food is preferred by many because of health reasons, but for now people in Europe may have to stay away from vegetable sprouts from organic farms which are now linked to the E. coli outbreak. The connection was made by German authorities after days of investigation. It has been confirmed that organic food, specifically […]
The E. coli outbreak in Germany is getting worse but scientists have yet to solve the puzzle of how this particularly deadly strain developed and its exact origin. Health officials are concerned that the E. coli outbreak will spread to more countries around the world one month after the first case was recorded. Data from […]
‘My Plate’ is the new logo meant to convey the message to Americans to eat healthy foods to fight the obesity epidemic. The new symbol was officially launched on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture which has replaced the food pyramid symbol. Health experts have criticized the food pyramid campaign over the years for […]
Brain cancer from cell phones is real and users should modify their use of mobile devices. This was the warning issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday citing latest data available. The U.N. health agency’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded after scouring through all available studies that mobile phone use […]
Chronic fatigue syndrome, known to affect as much as a million Americans, was linked in 2009 to a virus found in mice in what was considered a breakthrough in the research of this little understood condition. Two years after, that link has been effectively debunked by two new studies which both say that the virus […]
Food pyramid symbols printed on food packages, health brochures and nutrition flyers are set to be replaced by a simpler plate-like symbol to be unveiled on Thursday. Over the past twenty years, the food pyramid guide has been used by the U.S. government to promote a healthy diet among kids, parents and families. But nutritionists […]
Niacin is already prescribed by many physicians to protect the heart. This kind of vitamin B increases good cholesterol which can in turn reduce the risk of heart attacks or stroke. But a new study by the National Institutes of Health has been halted after researchers found out that niacin failed to lessen the chance […]
Preeclampsia, a dangerous rise in blood pressure among pregnant women, cannot be prevented any less by vitamin supplements contrary to what some studies suggest. A new report appearing in the latest issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology revealed that among 19,810 women studied, those who took 400 IU of vitamin […]
Sedentary work by U.S. workers in the past 50 years has contributed to a rise in obesity rates according to a study by the journal PLOS One. About half of the jobs half a century ago required moderate physical activity, the study showed. But the number has since gone down to less than 20 […]
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