Would Taxing Unhealthy Foods Improve Public Health?
Increasing the cost of cigarettes through tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways...
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Steroid Injections for Shoulder Pain Relief May Do More Harm Than Good
Corticosteroid shots may offer brief shoulder relief, but studies show they can increase the risk of subsequent rotator cuff tears up to sevenfold.
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The Role of Poultry Viruses in Human Cancers
Does a cancer-causing herpes virus in chickens pose a public health threat?
Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
Green tea is put to the test against precancerous lesions, prostate cancer, and metastatic cancer,...
Preventing Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
One third of men in their 30s may already have tiny, cancerous tumors in their...
Does Diet Soda Increase Stroke Risk as Much as Regular Soda?
Sugar is no longer considered just empty calories, but an independent risk factor for cardiovascular...
Chocolate and Stroke Risk
Dark chocolate is pitted against milk chocolate in a test of artery function.
Egg Industry Response to Choline and TMAO
How the egg industry funded a study designed to cover up the toxic trimethylamine oxide...
Plants with Aspirin Aspirations
Should the active ingredient in aspirin be considered an essential vitamin?
Should We All Take Aspirin to Prevent Cancer?
The aspirin compounds naturally found in plant foods may help explain the lower cancer rates...
Should We All Take Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease?
The benefits of taking a daily aspirin must be weighed against the risk of internal...
Ginger for Osteoarthritis
A quarter- to a half-teaspoon a day of powdered ginger can be as pain-relieving as...
What Is the Optimal Vitamin C Intake?
Experiments showing how much vitamin C our body absorbs and excretes can give us a...
