A study in the Oct. 17 online edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases reveals some surprising news about a change in the nature of genital herpes in young people today.
According to Dr. David Kimberlin, chair of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, "HSV-1 now is the predominant herpes strain causing genital infection."
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Strep throat, caused by the bacteria Group A streptococcus, accounts for about 10 percent of sore throat cases in adults and about 30 percent of sore throat cases in children. It is most common in children between the ages of five and 15. Yet, there more than 12 million doctors visits
Eating disorders are not often associated with young males, but a new study suggests that they may actually be more common than thought. However, the manifestation of the eating disorder may look a little
A new "study" purporting to show a link between exposure to common class of chemicals phthalates is a travesty of sound science. The article was clearly written with an outcome in mind, and the authors did an excellent job of getting to that outcome by torturing their data, using multiple study chemicals and multiple analytical tools to get their desired "statistical significance." It's still a load of hooey.
A new study in JAMA shows that, aside from or in addition to well-known methods to control or correct atrial fibrillation (AF) drugs and electrical cardioversion/shock simply losing weight was
Another strike against second-hand smoke: study shows more arterial narrowing among adults whose parents smoked when they were kids. Don t do it!
It s true, sad to say: By the time the truth awakens and puts its boots on, the lie has spread around the world. Such it is with the JAMA article by Dr. Stanton Glantz and his media acolytes with one exception.
It is difficult to ignore a new report released Wednesday by a St. Louis based prescription drug manager, Express Scripts. The data highlights a glaring reality: a near doubling in attention deficit
A couple of months ago, a scary op-ed in the NYTimes warned about the cancer epidemic being fed by excessive CT scans. We debunked it then, and now Medscape s dialogue provides more perspective, featuring an ACSH advisor.
Plasticizer chemicals phthalates by name again found to be safe for infants and toddlers in toys. Also safe in sex toys, so that covers the entire age range, it would seem.
Notorious chemophobes proclaim a doubled risk of brain-damaging chemicals since 2006. Their evidence? Same as before: because they said so!
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends that all boys and girls receive the HPV vaccine before they become sexually active. Currently, there are two HPV vaccines approved
Public health concern about polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) had, we believed, been laid to rest in 1979 when 1976 s Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) was used to ban commercial use in manufacturing.
Acetaminophen is commonly used by pregnant mothers to treat pain and fever and is generally considered to be safe.
In the past few years much attention has been paid to the toxicity of acetaminophen, (the generic name for Tylenol). And with good reason.
How many times in the last week have you seen headlines such as Coffee as a memory booster, or How Diet Soda Makes You Fat? Well, according to a study conducted by researchers in
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects about one out of every fifty school children. However, according to the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5)
Melinda Wenner Moyer, a science writer and mother, curious about whether it was really necessary to feed her son organic instead of conventional produce took matters into her own hands and did research
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a leading cause of cervical cancer in women and genital warts in both sexes. Fortunately, these ills can now be prevented by a series of vaccinations that are typically given before a boy or girl becomes sexually active.
It s hard to imagine lung tumors to be non-lethal but according to a new study, one in five detected on a CT scan are so slow-growing, they would not affect a person during his or her lifetime, contrary to the general scientific (and popular) consensus previously thought.
This should come as no surprise, but according to a new study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, a public health journal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in six people who
Think all those natural remedies will help keep you and your family healthy this winter? Maybe you should read the opinion piece by Dr. Paul A. Offit, chief of the division of infectious diseases at the Children s Hospital of Philadelphia (and ACSH Trustee), and Dr. Sarah Erush, the clinical manager in the pharmacy department.
The anti-GMO activists are up in arms (when aren t they?) over the petition by the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) to the FDA to allow foods containing GMO ingredients to be labeled as natural. As noted in The New York Times last week, some companies are being sued over their use of the word natural on processed foods that contain chemicals or artificial ingredients.
In the one more thing to worry about category comes a surprise from a multi-center study just published in JAMA, which postulates that the use of sildenafil (Viagra) may increase the risk of malignant melanoma.
A new review shows a link between consumption of an NSAID pain reliever and the arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation. Is it real, that is, causal? Stay tuned, it s not impossible.
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