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American Cancer Society changes stance on cancer screenings…again

Oct. 22 | Yesterday the top health headlines read, “Cancer screenings do not save lives.” However today the headlines have changed. The controversy comes from a statement made by Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society...

Screening for Cancer Can Lead to Over-Treatment

Oct. 21 | The American Caner Society says the benefits of timely detection through screening might have been exaggerated. The problem is that screening for cancer can often lead to over-treatment of some cancers while missing other cancers completely. The American...

Why is the Swine Flu Killing Young People?

Oct. 20 | The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is continuing to describe the H1N1 (swine flu) as a virus that is for reasons unknown, killing young people. Almost one-quarter of the deaths are occurring in the same age group. The CDC examined 292 deaths reported...

Plum Organics Recalls Baby Food

Oct. 20 | Plum Organics has recalled some of the baby food it sells at Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores because there may be batches contaminated with the bacteria that can cause botulism. The contamination is due to an apparent “error in formulation” according...

Thai AIDS Vaccine Takes a Step Backwards

Oct. 20 | According to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine, a different look at information from the Thai AIDS vaccine study shows results are not statistically significant and could have come about merely by chance. The Thai study was the biggest...

Government Urges New Standards in School Cafeterias

Oct. 20 | The federal Institute of Medicine released a report urging new standards in school cafeterias, calling for more produce, more whole grains and a limit to calorie intake. The report suggests school children be offered two to five servings of fruit, one...

No Link Found Between Autism and Mercury

Oct. 19 | A research team from California’s U.C. Davis report that the results of their study shows children with autism do not metabolize mercury differently than those who do not have autism. “The bottom line is that blood-mercury levels in both populations...

Is the U.S. Goverment Taking the First Steps to Legalize Marijuana?

Oct. 19 | The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday announced it would ease federal prosecutions for the use of “medical marijuana” in states where the drug is permitted by law for the us of medical purposes. Attorney General Eric Holder stated, “”It...

Is the Cookie Diet Bad For Your Health?

Oct. 17 | A dieters dream come true, a diet that asks you eat cookies. However, some say it is too good to be true. Though Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet may result in quick weight loss, it is not nutritionally compete and can even result in weight gain, many health...

GlaxoSmithKline’s HPV Vaccine Gets FDA Approval

Oct. 17 | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a second vaccine that protects women against cervical cancer. GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Cervarix protects against HPV, a virus that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer, in girls and women ages...