In June, people on three continents will know if the pills they’ve been taking to prevent HIV infection were the real thing or placebos.  As the test of tenofovir, said to be an HIV prevention …

This week marks the launching of the largest and most in-depth study of children’s health ever conducted.  To accomplish that mission, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to recruit 100,000 mothers-to-be who will allow …

The new year brought a new ban on smoking in public places in Oregon and, along with that ban, comes increased conversation about the perils of secondhand cigarette smoke.  Many veterinarians are describing how ailing …

Cognitive impairment in older patients battling type 2 diabetes is a troubling but expected effect of the disease but researchers at the University of Alberta, Canada, have just published a report that suggests cognitive damage …

Smoking cigarettes is a bad idea and medical science is continuously proving it’s even worse than originally imagined.  Science has proven that smoking often kills the smoker, by way of inhaled (first-hand) smoke.  Second-hand smoking …

Adults raised under the “don’t kiss and tell” school of thought would never consider posting tales of their sexual exploits online nor would they consider revealing their illicit drug use or acts of violence.  Their …

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 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.  …