A pain expert from the Atlanta Center for Behavioral Medicine has said that women have the tendency to suffer from chronic conditions that cause pain more often, for longer periods, more intensely, and sometimes with more than one condition at a time. Jennifer Kelly categorizes chronic pain as anything that causes significant discomfort for more than six [...]
Some people are able to sleep through anything, and some will fly awake at the sound of a cough three rooms away. For many years, the reason for this has been a mystery. But now scientists believe they know why. A new study has shown that there may be an extra protective quality to the [...]
A report by the Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Center for Injury Research and Policy has shown that the most common poisoning injury for children under six is still spray cleaners, though exposure has been slashed in half over the last decade. Despite the decrease in cases since 1990, 12,000 children are still treated in emergency rooms [...]
Health care reform was once one of the most heavily and passionately debated issues, overtaking the usual political platforms that will hold the traditional public interest. But now, the opposition has slowed down, and there seems to be less unfavorable opinion about the bill passed earlier this year. Since April, those opposed have declined, with [...]
A scientific study into the components making up store receipts found that 40% contain the dangerous chemical bisphenol A (BPA), and they are theorizing that there may be a serious health risk involved in their handling. BPA has long since been protested, with the last two years showing an increase in watchdog groups working to ban [...]
For a second time, studies have shown a link between the air pollution in a region, chronic breathing problems like asthma, and suicide. According to two Taiwanese research studies, asthma was likely the factor in 1 in 14 suicides among young people in Taiwan, and air particle pollution, a major problem in Asia, may have [...]
