The AAP is to be applauded for joining ACSH in issuing guidelines that can make organized athletes safer for all participants.
The Environmental Working Group is at it again. A "new" chemical that is found in nail polish is all of a sudden going to screw up your daughter's sexual development. Yes, another hormone disruptor. This one is even more ridiculous than usual. Apparently, they did meet their scares metrics for the year and came up with this nonsense.
Who hasn't heard of the so-called "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome" featuring symptoms such as headaches, flushing, sweating and heart palpitations tied to MSG consumption? Yet despite the supposed connection, controlled studies of the compound have not been able to establish a causal connection. So get out your chopsticks.
A new vaccine against malaria, a scourge especially in sub-Saharan Africa, shows that a series of three shots offers about 50 percent protection. It's one small-to-medium sized step toward a truly protective malaria vaccine, which would amount to saving many thousands of lives in the near term.
The genome editing technique known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing many fields in biology with its precision and simplicity. Here's what you need to know.
Despite the number of internet sites that attempt to convince you that baking soda is a magical cure for cancer, it just isn't so. Here's why.
Here's a sobering public health statistic: Up to 75% of nursing home residents -- which translates into millions of elder adults -- are being administered antibiotics incorrectly. To combat the problem, the CDC is recommending the implementation of new guidelines.
A relatively small study--50 patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery vs. 50 controls getting PT alone--showed a significant benefit for the surgery. But complications occurred with surgery. Some of the nonsurgical patients elected surgery later. While not definitive, surgery works well for most with knee OA.
According to a recent report in JAMA, lower back pain sends over 2.5 million Americans to hospital emergency departments every year. Such pain, when not due to radiculopathy (sciatica, for example) might be treated with several different drugs, or a combination of pharmaceuticals.
No, going to the beach will not give you silicosis, no matter what Friends of the Earth gets wrong about science this week.
