Gays, lesbian and bisexual youth (GLB) have fewer suicide attempts if their parents are neutral or even mildly supportive according to a study released today in the Journal of Pediatrics. That is not surprising. Adolescence …

It’s a startling but true fact that brain damage that causes blindness can leave intact the brain’s ability to still process the visual information even though we can no longer “see”. Called “blind-sight”, neurologists have been mapping the …

It’s that time of year when we eat our way through the holidays and then look for quick ways to shed those unwanted pounds. So it’s particularly timely that the FDA tested weight loss pills sold …

How do you know which cosmetics are safe to choose? Is there a list? Where can you find it? I knew I needed to answer those questions after talking with my niece Christina Mastrangelo.  We were …

Harold Pollack, director of the University of Chicago Center for Health Administration Studies, is a health care expert who has served on national panels. In his article, “Lessons from an Emergency Room Nightmare” he writes, …

Thanks to Michael Burkhart for forwarding me this article entitled, “Beauty Secret: Your Make-Up Can Kill You” by Jacqueline Houton, about the lack of oversight of the cosmetic industry. If you thought the FDA provides safeguards to protect …

While all the major media outlets reported today on a very interesting finding about breast cancer survival rates among women who took hormone replacement therapy (HRT), what was not reported by the media was a troubling finding that …

Why is it that women and people with higher levels of education are more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)? The study released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for …

Yes I am for universal health care but manadatory health care insurance does reveal an underlying problem with the health care system overall -a shortage of health care providers. This has become clear in Massachusetts where I …

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As a licensed pilot, I’m a member of AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assoc) and get email updates on the magazine. When I saw the …