Human papillomavirus (HPV) continues to be the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Although in most cases, the infection is successfully eradicated by our normal immune
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As noted in The New York Times, Hawaii has become a center for developing genetically engineered (GMO) corn and other crops.
UNAIDS report 2000: A decade ago, HIV/AIDS was regarded primarily as a serious health crisis. Estimates in 1991 predicted that in sub-Saharan Africa, by the end of the decade, 9 million people would be infected and 5 million would die a threefold
In an update to its recommendations from 2002, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) continues to recommend the use of breast cancer
Ex-president GW Bush, apparently during a routine PE, was taken to a nearby hospital and had angioplasty (PCI) and a stent insertion. Was it necessary? For what condition, exactly? What is his prognosis now? I think it was overuse of medical procedures.
Halloween is right around the corner and we re sure you ve been thinking about costumes and candy, pumpkins and haunted houses. However, safety is also something that can be forgotten on Halloween. But here s one way you can make sure to keep you and your kids safe: Make sure your costumes are made from materials containing
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."
Readers of various health news articles could be forgiven if they rush out to buy their young daughters peanuts and peanut butter.
Dr. Ross discusses e-cigarettes and regulation.
The association between obesity and socioeconomic status has been known for years. A new study done by researchers at the University of Washington, and led by ACSH advisor Dr. Adam Drewnowski, lends further
It seems the time has come to ask not, what can your smartphone do, but rather, what can it NOT do? According to industry analysts, there are now about 17,000 apps that aim to help you stay healthy. Although most of these applications, such as calorie counters or apps that record how far you ve run, pose no harm to consumers
Dr. Gilbert Ross in Forbes, October 11, 2013
A couple of weeks ago, we pointed out that a report that BPA increases the risk of miscarriage in high-risk women was baseless. Now a cogent article in Forbes magazine carries the message even further.
Despite warning from "public health" orgs. such as the American Heart Association, the Institute of Medicine's review failed to support their calls for stringent salt (sodium) restrictions for most Americans. In fact, they found such recommendations more likely to harm than benefit as ACSH has said over the years.
In a tour de force opinion piece on Forbes.com, Jon Entine castigates Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan for promoting denialist junk science. Among other abuses, Entine cites Pollan s lack of
Today we give a big shoutout to Paul Howard over at the Manhattan Institute. Howard is the director of Manhattan Institute's Center for Medical Progress where they write about key issues (mostly economic) facing the healthcare
We at ACSH have warned repeatedly about the nightmarish scenario that continues to unfold as more and more bacteria become resistant to previously-effective antibiotics, bringing us to the precipice of the pre-penicillin era where common infections such as strep throat and pneumonia were killers.
Two recent reports raise hope that both bariatric surgery and drug treatments can be effective in helping obese individuals cope with the rigors of weight loss.
As Oliver Hardy often said to Stan Laurel, "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!
We wonder if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is thinking the same about the FDA. Because in order to protect students at Princeton University from a particular strain of bacterial meningitis, the CDC had to get special permission from the FDA to import Novartis Bexsero from Europe and Australia. Bexsero is the only vaccine that is effective against the strain (serotype B) that is causing trouble at Princeton. Why was this necessary? Because the FDA has not approved the vaccine in the U.S.
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.
Colorado's Gov. Hickenlooper and the Environmental Defense Fund worked together with some industry reps to craft tough new restriction on fracking-related methane leaks. Is everybody happy? No. But compromise worked and the beneficiaries are the people of Colorado: a classic win-win.
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
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
The NYC Council passed a measure raising the age to purchase tobacco products to 21, highest in the nation. Thankfully, no restrictions on e-cigarettes nor the nicotine liquids many vapers prefer were included except for the age limit change. ACSH supports this change, although we don't believe it will prevent most under-21s from getting smokes if they want to.
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