February 28, 2010 – 7:33 pm
In the weeks ahead, it is likely that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will publish a recommendation that all infant boys undergo circumcision.
But is it a mistake?
Some feel that circumcision is an unnecessary procedure that is painful and can lead to complications. The [...]
February 28, 2010 – 8:05 am
Once they told you to take a daily aspirin for your heart, today you may want to reconsider.
Americans bought more than 44 million packages of low-dose aspirin marketed for heart protection in the year ending in September. The sales were up about 12% from 2005.
Well now, public-health officials are scaling back official recommendations for the [...]
February 11, 2010 – 6:40 am
The young author of the long-time best-seller “Everything is Illuminated” Jonathan Safran Foer has written a new book, “Eating Animals” about the virtues of veganism.
One of his arguments has to do with the connection between the H1N1 influenza virus and large-scale concentrated animal feeding operations — defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as agricultural operations [...]
February 10, 2010 – 10:09 am
The federal government advises throwing unused and expired medications in the trash instead of down the drain, however they may still end up in the water.
Small amounts of discarded drugs have been found in water at three landfills in the state of Maine, confirming suspicions that pharmaceuticals thrown into household trash are ending up in [...]
January 6, 2010 – 6:41 pm
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor had decided to release the names of 37 Democratic members of the House, whom he is targeting to switch their vote on health care reform.
The Virginia Republican released a memo, which pinned the GOP’s prospects of derailing reform on convincing three of those 37 members to change their vote from [...]
January 4, 2010 – 8:17 am
For those of you who consume mass quantities of bread as part of your high-carbs diet, or thinking that it is among the healthiest things that you can eat, hold the phone, this one’s for you.
Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, kamut, and oats. It is contained in pizza, pasta, bread, [...]
December 26, 2009 – 1:59 pm
7:00 AM…Christmas Eve…Capitol Hill…Washington D.C….The Obama-era Health Care Reform stands its final test.
The 92-year-old Senator Robert Byrd, squinted his eyes and straightened his tie. “Mr. President,” he said, pointing his raises right hand at the dome ceiling, “This is for my friend Ted Kennedy. Aye!”
And so the $871 billion bill passed brilliantly through Senate on [...]
December 22, 2009 – 8:27 am
While cases of the A(H1N1) “swine” influenza virus are on the decline in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, Senior World Health Organization (WHO) official, Keiji Fukuda said that it is too early to declare the pandemic “over” – as it does continue in parts of Europe and Central Asia at “high-levels”.
The flu is probably [...]
December 20, 2009 – 10:13 am
Nearsightedness or Myopia is when the eyes focus incorrectly, making distant objects appear to be blurred. The problem can be cured by corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery.
A new study by the National Eye Institute shows that nearsightedness or Myopia has risen in America 66%. In the 1970’s the percentage of people who [...]
December 14, 2009 – 8:57 pm
Today the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the results of a three-year investigation of municipal water supplies across the U.S.
The research and advocacy group examined the results of water quality tests performed by water utilities since 2004 and created an extensive database that contains info on the contaminants found in 48,000 communities in 45 states. [...]
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