Denmark imposed a tax on saturated fats and foods containing them for a little over one year. And now a study claims that Danes' health was improved. Not so fast, we say — the data aren't really there.
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A new robotic surgical technique has been developed by scientists and surgeons at the Sheikh Zayed Institute of Pediatric Surgical Innovation in Washington, DC that removes the need for a surgeon's hands. It also outperforms manual surgery as well as existing robot-assisted surgery.
A recent study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, claims the cost-effectiveness of providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to individuals who engage in injected drug use. Outside of a controlled clinical setting, however, this would not be a wise public health choice.
Habituation — learning not to fear a harmless substance after being confronted with it on several occasions — exists in all animals, but was never observed in a non-neural organism. This discovery could improve existing understandings of the origins of learning.
The FDA is finally advising the food industry to stop using the euphemism "evaporated cane juice" for sugar on food labels. Ingredients on food labels should be couched in terms that the average person is familiar with. It's just too bad the advisory isn't binding.
In approximately one-third of patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer with locally invasive tumors but without metastases, surgical removal of the tumor conferred significant survival benefit if done in conjunction with pre-operative chemotherapy and radiation.
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In hopes of tackling Thailand's obesity problem (Thai food is especially yummy and greasy), some creative minds have designed a plate that literally sucks the excess fat and calories from a meal.
No, not by us, we are instead separating real health threats from manufactured health scares.
While we often pooh-pooh the claims of marketers for the efficacy of dietary supplements, we're not blind to the possibilities. One supplement that has been studied in transgenic growth hormone (or TGM) mice may hold promise for treating or staving off neuro-degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's. More work is needed, of course.
Naturopaths have been and continue to push for federal reimbursements for their treatments and they often consider themselves as professional equivalents of actual physicians who have studied actual medicine. The "profession" should be considered what it is - a hobby.
With the Olympics quickly approaching, some people planning to attend are starting to feel that the possibility of getting Zika virus is not worth the risk. The latest is the "Today" show's Savannah Guthrie, who is pregnant. But a new study says the risk of infection is very small, stating that just 16 new cases of Zika will emerge.
First, Pepsi bought into anti-science claims about aspartame. But after making a change there was no mass exodus from Coke, and sales of Diet Pepsi actually went down over 10 percent in the first quarter of this year. So now Pepsi executives are swallowing hard, and doing the scientific "Walk of Shame" back toward aspartame.
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You never think it can happen to you, until it does. I just spent the greater part of this morning being gently ridiculed by my colleagues here at the American Council on Science and Health. Why? One word: Zika.
Internet billionaire Sean Parker, of Facebook and Napster fame, is behind a clinical trial of CRISPR that may have jumped ahead of competitors. He has agreed to give $250 million in funding to six centers.
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Although the vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus has been available for a decade, people are still warming up to it. The HPV vaccine, which offers protection against various cancers -- in men and women -- is only approved for those ages 9 to 26. so people really should get it while they can. And that is why the indifference is a concern.
While it appears we are on our way to losing the battle against antibiotic resistance, not all hope is lost for the fight against another sexually transmitted infection (STI) – Chlamydia.
To sports fans, it wasn't even that big of a story when it broke in late July. But for those keeping tabs on the medical machinations of professional football, the retirement of Eugene Monroe -- the NFL's only active player calling for the league to allow marijuana as a pain-reduction option to opioids -- was a noteworthy event.
The nation's coastal waters are rising, and towns dating back centuries are at serious risk of being engulfed and disappearing completely. What should the U.S. be doing to address this cascading calamity? More engagement and continued dialogue with the Dutch, who are experts iin the field of flood prevention, might be a good place to start.
A recent study claims Medicare is discriminating against female doctors in payments. Here is what's really going on.
Apparently, according to a Cleveland Clinic survey, guys don't talk to other guys about health issues. And they are not really up on when they should start getting tested to screen out health problems — such as high blood pressure. But discussion can lead to action, which could save lives.
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A recent study led to an obvious question: Why have greater utilization of a hospital's Intensive Care Unit and invasive procedures if it doesn't improve mortality?
Of the 20 "Best" hospitals ranked by U.S. News & World Report, the Center for Medicare Services (which released its list a few days earlier) only agreed with one, giving it a 5-star rating. The two scoring systems came to some very different conclusions. So what does that mean for you?
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