Washington University is part of group who is studying the microbes that live on and in us with their research specifically focusing on a killer of premature babies, necrotizing enterocolitis, a condition in which the …

When patients tell me they drink up to 6 cups of coffee a day, my response has been to advise them to cut back on it especially if they have any palpatations. So I was …

British scientists have discovered KLF14, a gene that appears to regulate obesity and other metabolic disorders such as high cholesterol, insulin resistance and diabetes. Although scientists knew about the existence of KLF14, they didn’t understand …

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I was reading through a great, little book called, “Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You’d Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini”, when …

Australia has taken a bold step to eliminate the appeal of cigarette branding and packaging by drafting a law that will require cigarettes to be sold in plain, brown packs sporting large and graphic health …

I recently posted an article, Theoretical Limits of Age, about telomeres and its role in longevity. To summarize, every time a cell multiplies, telomeres, which are the caps on the end of chromosomes that protect the …

The results of a new study showed that 1 in 10 women aged 70 and older are more frequently diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer than younger women. The reason for this is that general screening …

This time of year we’re seeing a lot of sinus infections triggered by allergies or upper respiratory, viral infections. Technically called “rhinosinusitis”, the term is a more accurate description of what actually occurs: inflammation of the …

Turns out you can’t fool the body. A recent study released in the journal Obesity showed that fat cells return to different body areas within a  year of liposuction. Scientists discovered that everytime a fat cell dies the …

There are two types of inguinal hernias, direct and indirect. Indirect inguinal hernias are congenital and occur because of a weakness in the developing abdominal wall that causes fat or part of the small intestine …