October 6, 1999 Reuters News reports on a story in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the benefits of fruits and vegetables. The study conducted at Harvard’s School of Public Health studied the relationship between fruit intake and the rate of stroke in over 75,000 women. The results clearly showed a decrease in
read moreFrom the October 1999 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology comes a study that collaborates several previous studies linking hip fractures and fluoride in drinking water. The study looked at 144,000 elderly Finnish people admitted to hospitals with their first hip fracture. The results showed that women ages 50 to 64 had significantly more
read moreOn April 6, 2006, WebMD reported on a study that is to be published in the May 2006 issue of Cancer Causes and Controls that shows a link between fluoridated water and an increased risk of of a deadly bone cancer. The results of this study were that boys who grew up in communities that
read moreI guess under the heading, “If you can not beat them join them,” comes an article from the January 17, 2000 AMA News that reports that more than 75 US and Canadian medical schools are now teaching what the article called “complementary procedures.” In the article, Dr. Brian Bouch the medical director of Consensus Health,
read moreUSA Today reported on a study published in the October 8, 2003 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), that shows that nationwide, injuries due to medical error in hospitals result in about 2.4 million extra days in the hospital and $9.3 billion in extra charges for longer stays and more care.
read moreAn article in the November 9, 2004 issue of the Boston Globe critically examines the rate of medical errors. The article starts off by recalling that five years ago a medical report titled, “To Err is Human” was published that exposed the large problem of medical errors. The original report in 1999 called for a
read moreThe above is the title from an article which appeared in the February 3, 2003 issue of WebMD. The article reported on a survey from Children’s Hospital, Boston, and was published in the American Academy of Pediatrics February issue of the journal, “Pediatrics.” The study noted that in 1998 colds accounted for 1.6 million emergency
read moreThe June 10, 2004 Reuters Health reports that a new study released June 10, shows that nearly one quarter of children and teens with chronic headaches are overusing over-the-counter pain relievers. The study defined overuse of pain relievers as taking more than three doses per week for over six weeks. The study noted that approximately
read moreThe above title comes from a May 6, 2002 Reuter’s Health article reporting on a study published in the May issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. In this study Dr. Jan Lucas Hoving of Monash University in Victoria, Australia reports that what they called “Manual Therapy” included procedures performed by chiropractors. Other previous studies
read moreEveryone knows of the health hazard that smoking causes. However, some believe that smoking low-tar cigarettes may not be as bad. A recent study reported by the London Associated Press on January 9, 2004, disputed this notion. According to the first study comparing lung cancer deaths among smokers of ultra-light, mild and medium filtered cigarettes,
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