Untrue Blood: Scientists Examine Artificial Blood Options
"A safe product would permit vital-sign stabilization in trauma situations"
Type : Press Release
Publish Date : Thursday, July 23, 2009
Scientists associated with the American Council on Science and Health today released a report on the fascinating and controversial topic of Blood Substitutes: Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carriers...  Read Full >>

Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill (from RollCall.com)
By Jeff Stier, Esq.
Type : Editorial
Publish Date : Wednesday, July 1, 2009
By Jeff Stier. Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor...  Read Full >>

One Flu Over the Piggy's Nest (from Wall Street Journal)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Articles
Publish Date : Tuesday, April 28, 2009
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan.  The news is a-chatter about swine flu. Is a pandemic pending--where all of us are at risk of disease and death? There are more questions than answers right now. Here are a few of them...  Read Full >>

The Lesser-Known Effects of Obesity (from Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery)
By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H.
Type : Articles
Publish Date : Saturday, April 4, 2009
By Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. There is an old adage that more weight reduction diets begin in the fitting room of a clothing store than in a physician's office...  Read Full >>

Support, Disdain for Flu Shots (from the Los Angeles Times)
By Gilbert Ross, M.D.
Type : Letter
Publish Date : Monday, October 6, 2008
By Dr. Gilbert Ross.  The 1980s Japanese experience -- wherein a requirement that Japanese schoolchildren get vaccinated against the flu led to a dramatic reduction in the death toll among seniors -- should have led our own CDC to...  Read Full >>