Article Archive for December 2008
Winter has come with a vengeance across much of the United States and Canada, leaving fire departments everywhere on heightened alert as people struggle to stay warm inside. Outside, however, as the snow piles up, …
Jordan Taylor was buckled up, snug and secure, in the back seat of his mom’s car when a dump truck ran a stop sign and slammed into the family car. The force of the crash …
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects every American from discrimination in the workplace when religious differences surface. A growing and vocal group of healthcare workers say they are being discriminated against, in spite of …
No doubt, 2008 has been a rough year just about everywhere, with slings and arrows targeting everybody from an ambitious plumber to the president. Somewhere in the middle is the US Food and Drug Administration …
Medical researchers have discovered snoring is a lot of work. Snorers burn as many as 373 more calories during sleep each night than people who sleep more soundly. That’s about as much as a person …
High triglyceride levels have long been associated with the development of heart disease but until researchers at the University of Maryland tapped into the nearby Amish gene pool, no identifiable link had been found. Now …
The National Research Council and the US Institute of Medicine released a report that describes the nation’s current healthcare system as fragmented and poorly designed when it comes to the matter of health care for …
The virtues of a good night’s sleep just got better, with the arrival of the news that the immune system functions best during the night. Researchers at Stanford University used fruit flies to test their …
It’s really not news. Silent film star Gloria Swanson knew it way back when. William Duffy’s 1975 bestseller, ‘Sugar Blues,’ quotes her as saying, “That stuff is poison.” Wouldn’t even allow it in her house. …
Tamoxifen is often administered to women after surgery for breast cancer in the hope it will diminish the chance of recurrence but, other than the test of time, there has been little opportunity to know …
