Adult Obesity Exceeds 25% in 34 States
Fri, 07/30/10 – 4:00 | No Comment

The country’s obesity epidemic continues to rise according to a report released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Trust for America”s Health (TFAH). This, the 7th annual report released by the joint efforts …

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Regenerating Heart Cells: How Close Are We?
Monday, 13 Jul, 2009 – 4:00 | No Comment
Regenerating Heart Cells: How Close Are We?

Many organs and tissues retain the capacity to regenerate new cells – think how quickly skin heals after wounds. It’s long been held that heart cells (cardiomyoctes) on the other hand, lack this ability - that …

Interval Training vs Endurance Training: Which Is Better?
Monday, 6 Jul, 2009 – 4:13 | No Comment
Interval Training vs Endurance Training: Which Is Better?

If you could exercise for 6 minutes a week and achieve the same results as the gym rat who works out for 1.5 hours 3x/wk, would you? Well, I’m sure there would be a handful …

Swine Flu Parties: Russian Roulette
Wednesday, 1 Jul, 2009 – 4:03 | 2 Comments
Swine Flu Parties: Russian Roulette

Yup, it may seem hard to believe, but there’s been talk among households of having “swine flu parties”, similar to the measle parties that used to occur years ago. The hope is that by getting …

H1N1 (Swine) Flu Pandemic Update 6/20/09
Monday, 29 Jun, 2009 – 5:01 | One Comment

This is the latest information (week ending 6/20/09) on the H1N1 (Swine) Flu Pandemic in the U.S. For further information go to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) published by the U.S. government.

Youth Mortality: A Key Characteristic In Pandemics
Friday, 26 Jun, 2009 – 4:02 | One Comment
Youth Mortality: A Key Characteristic In Pandemics

Youth mortality is one of five “signature features” of influenza pandemics and according to the authors of a policy paper reprinted in the June 2009 issue of NEJM, it is the “most striking characteristic of …

Nicotine Vaccine: Phase II Trials
Wednesday, 24 Jun, 2009 – 4:46 | No Comment
Nicotine Vaccine: Phase II Trials

Phase II clinical trials have begun on 2 nicotine vaccines in a novel approach to treat tobacco dependence. The vaccine works by causing the body to develop antibodies to nicotine which then bind to the …

H1N1 Flu Virus (Swine Flu): Why It’s Still Dangerous
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 4:00 | One Comment
H1N1 Flu Virus (Swine Flu): Why It’s Still Dangerous

Epidemiologists and virologists are concerned about the resurgence of the H1N1 flu virus in the northern hemisphere come the start of our flu season in the fall of 2009. While the virus is making its …

Artificial Cartilage: New Material Can Take Greater Pressure
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 – 4:31 | No Comment
Artificial Cartilage: New Material Can Take Greater Pressure

As recently reported in the 4/09 issue of New Scientist, medical researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel have developed a synthetic cartilage able to withstand pressures that caused previous synthetic cartilage …

H1N1 (Swine Flu) Update: 5/20/09
Wednesday, 20 May, 2009 – 12:59 | No Comment

Here’s the latest stats from the CDC on the H1N1flu infection.
Top 10 States With Confirmed H1N1 flu infection as of 5/20/09 11 a.m.

IL     794
WI     766
TX     556     (3 deaths)
CA     553
AZ     488     (2 deaths)
WA     411     (1 death)
NY     …

Wireless Innovation Project Provides Medical Benefits in 3rd World Countries
Friday, 15 May, 2009 – 4:33 | One Comment
Wireless Innovation Project Provides Medical Benefits in 3rd World Countries

When I heard this news report on PRI’s “The World” the other day, I almost turned the car around to race back to my computer so I could immediately research this further. It was a report …