Articles By Jillian Rose Lim
- The presence of high-calorie foods at sports settings could contribute to childhood obesity.
- Members of an FDA advisory panel recommend a ban on electric shock devices as a tool for therapy.
- Georgia Tech researchers have found a batch of counterfeit and defective drugs in their survey of contraceptives in South America.
- New research suggests H5N1 Bird Flu is five gene mutations away from becoming as easily spread as the common flu.
- An expansive study presented Friday in London finds 10 times more people died from viral hepatitis than AIDS in the European Union.
- Research suggests visualizing a safe place helps patients reduce pain during surgery because it allows them to let go and focus on something else.
- A recent poll finds Americans believe drug offenders should receive treatment not just incarceration.
- Excessive sweating, which for many may cause embarrassment and ruin quality of life, is a condition physicians call hyperhydrosis.
- Adult dishonesty could lead to dishonest children, a new study suggests.
- Fad diets that promise quick fixes can often be too good to be true.
- Researchers associate wealth in low- and middle-income countries with obesity, but education could change that.
- Researchers found that breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D were twice as likely to survive, compared to those with low levels.