A new pro-vaccine ad campaign in Australia targets the secret anti-science demographic known as "Whole Foods shoppers."
A new, large study seems to link children with severe allergies to increased cardiovascular risk -- which include higher blood pressure, higher levels of cholesterol and obesity. The relative risks are significant, but the absolute numbers say it's not an emergency. But taking a closer look at the connection wouldn't hurt.
A new study in the journal Pediatrics shows that the Back-to-Sleep campaign, designed to reduce Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, is working. And as it turns out, the effort is also producing even more evidence that vaccines are safe.
In August, Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with melanoma in his liver and brain. These lesions were addressed directly, he was put on Keytruda and now the former president is in remission. But since this new drug costs about $150,000 per year, we ask: Shouldn't we be talking about this?
Trained first responders need to stick to interrupted rescue breathing when performing CPR, as opposed to chest compressions only. According to the largest study of its kind, continuous chest compressions did not offer a better chance of survival, when compared to interrupted chest pumping for performing rescue breathing.
What, if anything, makes suicidal people different from others? Is it environmental factors, such as losing a job or loved one? Or differences in brain structure or function that make people respond to such negative events by taking their own lives? A new study attempts to answer these and other related questions.
Despite improvements in treatment, mortality still remains unacceptably high in patients diagnosed with heart failure (HF). A recent study provides data that show a new drug on the market improves survival by one and a half to two years. It has potential to be the new cornerstone in HF treatment.
If you've been tracking efforts to combat the Hepatitis C virus, you know that 2015 has been a year full of advances and hope for the future. First, there was FDA's approval of the treatment Viekira Pax, and recently California researchers have unearthed diagnostic gold with their latest screening process.
A new treatment option for HIV, in the form of an injectable, may be on the horizon. The company ViiV Healthcare has found that its anti-retroviral treatment, or ART, has rates of efficacy comparable to oral multi-drug therapy.
Dr. Bennet Omalu, a leading authority on concussion research, wrote in a recent op-ed in the New York Times that children should be banned from playing football, and other "high-impact contact sports," until they are educated enough to decide for themselves. But we wonder whether his proposal will actually protect kids, since they need more activity, not less.
