Category: 4. Health

A research group led by Dr. Hirotaka Takita and Associate Professor Daiju Ueda at Osaka Metropolitan University’s…

To reduce traffic crashes involving older drivers, driving lessons and cognitive assessments have long been part of driver’s license…

Twenty percent of global deaths are associated with sepsis, and it is the leading cause…

_Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not “cruel and unusual punishment”, many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have misbehaved.

_Today, over a third of the states allow teachers to paddle or spank students. More than 100,000 students are paddled in U.S. schools each year.

Christina Erickson, an associate dean and professor of social work at the University of North Dakota, wrote a book on the subject:…

New research published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport suggests that proper nutrition is a key component of injury prevention in athletes, with a particularly pronounced effect in female athletes.

The systematic review and meta-analysis included fifteen studies that compared dietary intake and disordered eating risk in long-distance runners who had sustained injuries versus those who had not. In total, nearly 6,000 runners were included…

A new statement from the American Heart Association that was recently published in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes suggests that many aspects of healthy sleep, including timing, number of hours per night, and self-reported satisfaction, can impact cardiovascular health and related risk factors.

The scientific statement included a description of the various components of sleep health as well as a review of the most recent…

President Trump released another EO on April 15. He had promised to do something about pharmaceuticals, and this EO focused on how he intended to lower drug prices for American consumers. The EO was met with a wide range of reactions from insiders across the…

Previous research indicates the rate of ischemic (clot-caused) stroke among adults 18-49 years old is increasing and propelled…

However, these patients are often treated with medications that may not align with the underlying type of symptom they’re experiencing.

This disconnect can lead to adults with cerebral palsy being prescribed medications that aren’t the correct treatment for the source of their concerns, creating patterns of people taking drugs that are unnecessary and could potentially worsen their health or…