Why your child still needs vaccines, even if you may not know someone with the disease

Apr 20, 2017 03:20 am UTC| Health

At the turn of the 21st century, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published an article about the 10 greatest public health achievements over the past 100 years, from 1900-1999. One of them was vaccination,...

Cycling to work: major new study suggests health benefits are staggering

Apr 20, 2017 02:35 am UTC| Health

Research has consistently shown that people who are less physically active are both more likely to develop health problems like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and to die younger. Yet there is increasing evidence that...

What Netflix can teach us about treating cancer

Apr 19, 2017 04:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Two years ago, former President Barack Obama announced the Precision Medicine initiative in his State of the Union Address. The initiative aspired to a new era of medicine where disease treatments could be specifically...

Science or snake oil: do meds like Remifemin ease hot flushes and night sweats in menopausal women?

Apr 17, 2017 01:44 am UTC| Health

If you see a female friend or colleague sitting in front of a desk fan in winter while everyone else is shivering in sweaters, chances are she is having a hot flush, courtesy of the menopause. Hot flushes and night...

How to eat chocolate without piling on the pounds this Easter

Apr 14, 2017 03:31 am UTC| Health

Easter is once again upon us and for many people it is a time when a little more chocolate than usual is consumed. Chocolate gives many of us pleasure mainly because it has physiological effects that make it moreish if...

Why addressing loneliness in children can prevent a lifetime of loneliness in adults

Apr 14, 2017 01:31 am UTC| Health

The Republicans controversial effort to repeal the perhaps optimistically named Affordable Care Act because of rising premiums may be fatally stalled. But there are other ways to rein in health care costs that have been...

Does caffeine cause dehydration?

Apr 12, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Health

For a long time people have been told that caffeine is a diuretic. For some, this translates into advice to avoid or remove caffeinated beverages from the diet of people at risk of dehydration, or during periods of extreme...