Figuring The Cost-Benefit Ratio of VaccinesAlice G. Walton
Parents in some communities have decided that the risks of vaccines are greater than the benefits. Not true.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Why are the holidays responsible for so many accidents and ER visits? We count the ways and offer help.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Don't confuse real health science with sound-bytes, or healthy lifestyles with a health obsession.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
A score of 64 out of 100 is not a good grade. It's also not good healthcare.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Some studies of supplements actually found they increase the risk of death. But it may depend on how you crunch the numbers.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
The time kids spend just playing is declining. Well-meaning parents are partly to blame.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Organic meat and poultry could help combat much of the antibiotic resistance we see today.
Read more >Jessica Wilen Berg, J.D., M.P.H.
When is your health information confidential and when isn't it?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Coffee reduces the risk for cancers — some cancers, anyway. But is coffee always good for you?
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Some of the connections between genes and disease that we accept as fact may not be so strong after all.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Children are small and low to the ground, leaving them more exposed to environmental toxins.
Read more >Neil Wagner
Are the full-body scanners at the airport safe? Well, it all depends.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
A study of children two and under shows just how much being poor restricts kids' genetic potential.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Planning for a healthier 2011? We pull together some of the top health news stories of this past year.
Read more >Neil Wagner
CT scans are a boon to diagnosis, but some may expose patients to way too much radiation.
Read more >Thomas C. Arnold, M.D., and Robert A. Barish, M.D., M.B.A.
Snake bites are rare, but some bites are lethal. Know what to look for and do -- and how to avoid bites completely.
Read more >Robert J. Pignolo, M.D., Ph.D.
Who are the oldest old – those 100 years of age and older? And what can these centenarians tell us about aging?
Read more >Neil Wagner
Health insurance executives are paid millions to ensure stock prices stay high. Patient care is not a concern.
Read more >Alice G. Walton
Retractions don't happen often in science, but they are part of the process. Changing the public's perceptions is another matter.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Warnings about the effects of prescription drugs on children are often not reported accurately...
Read more >Neil Wagner
CT scans have benefits, but they also have some very real cancer risks.
Read more >Maxwell J. Mehlman, J.D.
Americans' health care costs more than anywhere else in the world. Why?
Read more >Lona Mody, M.D., M.Sc.
Millions of infections occur in nursing homes each year, costing billions of dollars.
Read more >Esther Entin, M.D.
Always check with your child's physician before delaying an immunization.
Read more >Leslie Carr and Tom Gilbert
Becoming an informed consumer of health information is as important to your health as any exercise, drug or health plan.
Read more >Tom Gilbert
It is important to know if the information you are gathering on the Web is from a credible source.
Read more >Stephen R. Thom, M.D., Ph.D.
The Fight Against DiabetesSheryl Merkin, M.S., F.N.P., C.D.E., Sharon Movsas, M.S., R.D., C.D.E. and Joel Zonszein, M.D., C.D.E.
A lack of insulin or an inability to respond to insulin is known as "insulin resistance."
Read more >Walter A. Orenstein, M.D.
Consumer-Driven Health Care: Ethical and Legal Pitfalls
With health care costs continuing to grow at a much higher rate than inflation, some policy makers have seized upon yet another technique they hope will restrain spending — "consumer-driven health care" in the form of "health savings accounts.
Read more >Morton M. Silverman, M.D.
Road Traffic Injuries: Can We Stop A Global Epidemic?Lauren P. Giles, B.A.; Elisabeth S. Hayes, M.B.A.; and Mark L. Rosenberg, M.D., M.P.P.
The causes of RTIs have been established: excessive speed, consumption of drugs and alcohol, failure to use seatbelts and poor road design.
Read more >Sassan Farjami, M.D., Ogleh Nesheiwat, M.D., Carol Karmen, M.D., and Robert G. Lerner, M.D.
Sleep disturbances, restlessness, lethargy, memory loss and irritability can be signs of lead poisoning.
Read more >Richard E. Dixon, M.D., and David J. Sencer, M.D., M.P.H.
Burns: From Treatment to PreventionMartin J. Carey, M.D.
Water heaters should be set below 120oF (49oC) to avoid scald injuries.
Read more >Peter Barland, M.D.
Always taper off steroid medications slowly, otherwise you risk upsetting the body's natural hormone production.
Read more >Martin J. Carey, M.D.
If you are short of breath in the days following a long airplane trip, see a doctor ASAP.
Read more >Martin J. Carey, M.D.
For most of us, bioterrorism seems out there with alien invaders as something likely to occur on television but not in real life.
Read more >Dipak Chandy, M.D.
If swimming or boating, avoid all drugs and alcohol.
Read more >James R. Lupski, M.D., Ph.D.
A mutation can be caused by a change in a whole chromosome or involve just one base pair of a specific gene.
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