Study Finds Neonatal Care Excessive
From a May 15, 2002 Associated Press story reported on the MSNBC website comes the above headline with a story that starts,…
Steroid Treatment Have Negative Affects for Both Young and Old
In two separate studies steroids were shown to be harmful for each of two separate age groups even though these drugs are…
States Told to Monitor Drug Prescriptions
The head of the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Asa Hutchinson, is calling for all 50 states to establish programs to track…
Spirituality and Healing in Medicine
PRNewswire, December 16, 2000 published an interesting article concerning the movement of the medical profession toward spirituality. According to Herbert Benson, M.D.,…
Sore Throats Unnecessarily Treated With Antibiotics
The above headline is from the September 12, 2001 issue of Intelihealth. The first sentence of the report then goes on to…
Smoking in Late Pregnancy Linked to Lower IQ
The March 5, 2005 issue of the British Medical Journal reports on a study that shows that mothers who smoke in late…
Smoking During Pregnancy Results in Child Behavioral Problems
In the Medical Tribune June 24, 1999 is an article reporting that New York Researchers have found that women who smoke during…
Should Watchful Waiting Be Used More Often for Acute Otitis Media?
Are antibiotics really needed for ear infections? An article from the October 2001 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests otherwise.…
Sham Knee Surgery Just As Good As Real Thing
In an interesting research project published in the July 11, 2002 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)comes a study…
Seniors; Are They Being Over-medicated?
From the University of Buffalo comes an article that raises questions and concerns about the amount of medications taken by senior citizens.…
