U.S. federal government recommended setting the amount of fluoride in the drinking water supply in the nation to its lowest recommended level. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) together with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the recommendation because of the potential risk of damaging children’s teeth by having too much [...]
British Medical Journal journalist revealed that the autism link to vaccine study is an elaborate fraud. Brian Deer, the article journalist in BMJ found significant details that will help the claim that Andrew Wakefield and his colleagues who write the 1998 paper in The Lancet journal regarding the association of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine to mental problem [...]
Reports said Monday that an increasing number of hospitalized children are acquiring a clostridium difficile infection (CDI), which can cause severe diarrhea and even death. According to the report published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, an approximated 15 percent of hospitalized children were infected by the disease, which researchers said can prolong [...]
Ohio State University made a new research that children exposed to common air pollutants increased the risks of having diabetes and to be obese. According to the researchers, exposure to microscopic pollutants coming from burning fossil fuels and car exhaustions can lead to obesity in children and young teens that were brought up in the [...]
Children in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Caribbean territory, are almost 300 percent more prone to have respiratory disease than white non-Hispanic children in the continental part of U.S. In addition, the Caribbean territory has seen an increase rate in asthma cases this year, which health officials think that it may be associated to the millions [...]
A recent study revealed that placebo effect might work well for treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) sufferers. According to the latest study that placebo does functioned almost similar to many leading prescribed medicine out there. This method is also affordable and never incorporates adverse effects. Anthony Lembo, a senior author and an associate professor at [...]
Report said Tuesday that a new study from University of Minnesota researchers showed that indoor tanning can increase the risk of skin cancer. Researchers confirmed that tanning beds can cause skin cancer. The study revealed that the popularity of tanning has undoubtedly contributed to the increased incidence of melanoma, as well as other forms of [...]
A recent research found out that some well-known heartburn medicines may increase the risk of having pneumonia. These medicines include histamine-2 receptor antagonists and proton pump inhibitors. The findings came as the researchers from Korea evaluated 31 studies on heartburn medicines issued between 1985 and 2009. Moreover, Dr. Sang Min Park of Seoul National University [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned dietary supplements; makers and distributors for tainted products on Wednesday. Authorities intensified its program against companies and some individuals who will market their tainted products will be facing criminal charges. It was the recent move made by the agency after their received several reports of deaths and injuries [...]
After mammogram screening, Dr. Marissa Weiss, the founder of breastcancer.org was diagnosed with a breast tumor. Dr. Weiss treated thousands of women who were diagnosed to have breast cancer for more than 20 years and in April 2010, the doctor herself was diagnosed to also have breast tumor. She told Terry Gross that when it [...]
