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Hands Up, Feet Apart: Government Says Airport Scanners Are Safe
A new government report issued this week assures fliers that full-body X-ray scanners in U.S. airports are safe. According to the report by the Department of Homeland Security, the machines use so low...
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Soda Wars: Can the Color in Your Cola Give You Cancer?
If some public-health advocates have their way, sodas could become the cigarettes of food. Doctors already dislike the sugary drinks for their teeth-dissolving properties and for the role they may play...
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The Healthiest Places to Live in the U.S., Ranked
You may pride yourself on having a healthy home and living a healthy lifestyle, but how good-for-you is your neighborhood? You can find out, thanks to the 2012 County Health Rankings, the annual tally...
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Americans May Be Fatter Than We Think, Study Says
It’s no secret that as a population, Americans been getting heavier, but researchers now say that our weight problem may be worse than we thought. In a study published in the journal PLoS One, lead...
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Study Explains How the First Effective HIV Vaccine Worked
In 2009, researchers reported that an AIDS vaccine had for the first time protected people against HIV. Since then, the researchers have been wondering, How did it work? One of the biggest black boxes...
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TEDMED: How the Power of Self-Identity Affects Your Health
When is a label a badge of honor, and when is it a harmful stigma of sickness or deviance? This question is of critical importance to public health and has been a theme running through this week’s...
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Why Up to 90% of Asian Schoolchildren Are Nearsighted
Scientists say an epidemic of myopia, or nearsightedness, is sweeping through Asian children, and is likely due to students’ spending too much time indoors studying and not enough time outside in the...
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Fat Forecast: 42% of Americans Could Be Obese by 2030
The increase accounts for an additional 32 million obese Americans and a whopping $549.5 billion in medical expenditures.
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Can Laxative-Free Colonoscopy Improve Colon Cancer Screening Rates?
There’s no question that colonoscopy can save lives by detecting colon cancer early, but there are a couple of very good reasons why so few people actually get screened — namely, to get the test, you...
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CDC: Higher Income and Education Levels Linked to Better Health
More educated people who make more money have lower rates of several chronic diseases, including obesity, compared to people with lower education and income levels, according to Health, United States,...
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Prostate-Cancer Screening: Men Should Forgo PSA Testing, Panel Advises
Men should not get routinely screened for prostate cancer using the PSA test, a government panel recommends. The panel finds there is little evidence that testing for PSA, or prostate-specific antigen,...
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Blessed Are the Sleek? Why God Wants You to Be Thin
Let’s say you believe in God (most Americans do). Let’s say you’re deeply religious (most Americans say they are). So what does God want for you? You can be pretty sure God wants you to be happy, to be...
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The New York City Soda Ban, and a Brief History of Bloomberg’s Nudges
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is hoping city residents will drink a lot less this summer — less soda, that is. On Wednesday the famously public health-focused mayor proposed a ban on the sale...
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Bed Bugs vs. Bug Bombs: The Bugs Win
If you’ve ever had bed bugs, you’ve probably tried everything to get rid of them, including setting off a bug bomb. But a new study shows that these popular consumer products are no match for the...
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Drug-Resistant Gonorrhea Spreading Worldwide, WHO Warns
Officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) are urging governments and doctors to increase surveillance of potentially untreatable strains of drug-resistant gonorrhea and are calling for more...
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Officials Investigate E. Coli Outbreak in Six States
Health officials are investigating a mysterious and scattered outbreak of the E. coli bacteria linked to 14 illnesses and one death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said no form of...
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Too Many Scans? Use of CT Scans Triples, Study Finds
The use of CT scans, MRIs and other imaging tests has skyrocketed over the last 15 years, leading some experts to raise alarms over the potential risks of patients’ increased exposure to radiation. Dr....
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Is NYC’s Ban on Big Sodas Actually Legal?
If New York City bans big sodas, what’s next on the list? Large slices of pizza? Double-scoop ice cream cones? Tubs of movie-theater popcorn? The 16-ounce strip steak? The proposed crackdown on...
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Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels Stick Better in Your Memory
If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way, warning labels on cigarette packs and advertisements are going to get a lot more grisly this fall. Under the Family Smoking Prevention and...
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