The nation who passes the ball to the fellow players wins the world cup ? Its team work and working together. Come together to win. Its friendship and brother hood that will win in the world and so…

Aschner and Ceccatelli (2010) review the relevant data for thimerosal as a cause of autism. They conclude there is "no reliable data indicating that administration of vaccines containing thimerosal…

With an increasing trend toward what marketing groups call 'natural' food, some companies have reduced preservatives.  A common preservative, acetic acid, is used to stop bacterial growth in…

My mother used to keep fasts on holy 11th day of the moon calender called Ekadashi. We waited as c hildren that she will make her special meal for fasting day. It consisted of Kutu ka atta a sort of…

Dengue fever has emerged as a worldwide problem only since the 1950s. The name ‘dengue’ is thought to have origins in the Swahili language, “Ki-Dinga pepo” used to describe a dengue-like illness…

What is the best way to address the obesity epidemic? Several experts debated the subject in the most recent issue of the British Medical Journal.  Researchers from the Children's Hospital at…

The more TV parents watch, the more their children watch and are less active as a result, say the authors of a new study in BMC Public Health.  The study found that higher parental TV viewing…

For some people, raising "good" cholesterol levels isn't necessarily a healthy choice, according to a new study in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. The study is the first to find…

A Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or above, a standard indicator of obesity, is not associated with poorer health among adults under age 40, according to a new study. In addition, researchers found that…

Thanks to his fearmongering, as Josh notes in his blog, the UK stripped Andrew Wakefield of his medical license. Not only did Wakefield act unethically, dishonestly and irresponsibly, Britain's…