In an effort to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, this morning the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidelines for how doctors should diagnose and treat ear infections.
Well, Mayor Bloomberg is at it again. As we have recently learned, along with his ban on big sodas taking effect in March eateries are also to be prohibited from serving or selling sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces.
What does that mean? No more 2-liter sodas with your pizza delivery, pitchers of soft drinks at your kid s birthday party and some bottle-service mixers at your favorite nightclub.
A Mediterranean diet, rich in olive oil, nuts, beans, fish, fruits and vegetables, was found to prevent about 30 percent of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease in people at high risk, according to a new study. These results were so pronounced that the study ended early, after five years, because it was deemed unethical to continue.
At the American Council on Science and Health, our goal is to increase people s awareness of actual threats to their health smoking, for example without their having to spend time worrying about things that pose no danger at all. Unfortunately, the goals of some politicians, the media, and certain activist groups can be somewhat different they frequently aim to create a sensation and gain publicity without much regard for actual scientific evidence. This annual list of the top 10 health scares aims to quell fears by discussing the real evidence about these unscientific scares.
This year s flu vaccine appears to be doing a poor job of protecting the elderly, federal health officials reported yesterday.
The FDA has issued its strongest warning a boxed warning to physicians advising against the use of codeine as a painkiller for children following surgery to remove either tonsils or adenoids a common procedure, estimated to occur about 500,000 times annually. The warning states that kids given codeine following these procedures could experience fatal breathing problems.
Bariatric surgery, one of several procedures performed on obese patients to produce rapid weight loss, does not provide the medical savings originally hoped for over the six years following the operation, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Last December, the French senate passed a law that would become effective in July of 2015 banning the use of tubes containing diethylhexyl-phthalate (DEHP) from pediatric, neonatal and maternity wards. The ban may be challenged by the European Food and Safety Authority if they find that it is not scientifically warranted.
Antioxidants, and eating a diet filled with antioxidant-rich foods, have often been touted as contributing to disease protection including warding off dementia. A new study, however, has shed some light on the science: older adults who eat diets high in antioxidants had the same risk of dementia or stroke as the comparison group who consumed the lowest amount of the substances.
A few weeks ago, we covered a story about how obesity rates are actually declining among children in New York and California. Now we might have an explanation. A new federal analysis found that American children consumed fewer calories in 2010 than they did a decade before. And although obesity rates have remained flat in many other places, this may an indication of changes to come in the future.
