Med Headlines - A strong link between media violence and aggressive behavior was confirmed in a study that was reported in today’s issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.

The study, which was conducted at the University of Michigan, was…

Med Headlines - Alcoholism is a sad, tragic illness that often leads the sufferer to take desperate measures. Researchers in London recently reported that an alarming number of alcoholics are ingesting alcohol-based hand wipe solutions when other form of alcohol…

Med Headlines - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the number of Americans classified as obese may be starting to decline after reaching epidemic proportion since the 1980s.

Obesity is defined as having a body mass…

Med Headlines - A Rhode Island Hospital was fined $50,000 this week for its third wrong-site surgery this year. The surgery, which occurred last week, involved an 82 year old patient in the neurosurgical intensive care unit. A resident was…

Med Headlines - This week, a Food and Drug Administration panel was scheduled to review reports of abnormal behavior and other brain effects in more than 1,800 children who had taken the flu medicine Tamiflu since its approval in 1999,…

Med Headlines - University of California researchers, led by Dr. John Robbins, have developed a novel way of predicting the 5-year risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women.

The team analyzed data of 93,676 women, collected during the Women’s Health…