What do seagull droppings and resistant bacteria have to do with each other? It turns out quite a bit. Researchers in Paris, who for some unknown reason, freely chose to study seagull feces, found that a significant number-about 8%-harbored resistant E coli.  They collected their specimens on Miami beaches (ok, [...]

Just who is more healthy men or women? Well, not surprisingly at least in this country, it appears that women have the edge. For one thing, women live on the average 4.9 years longer than men. Men live on the average 76.2 years; women 81.1. Guess what guys? That testosterone, [...]

From time to time you meet someone, who just seems to have been around the planet a few times, an old, wise soul. When you meet this person, you  try to take some of that person's wisdom with you. Sometime in the future you just might be the one, who [...]

Almost everyone has suffered from back pain, whether from that "brief" attempt to shoot hoops with your son or from just bending over to tie your shoes. Often there is shooting pain associated with this. The most common cause of this pain is a herniated disc. If the pain becomes [...]

As we humans age, systems start to wear down. Sometimes with a little help from the surgeon the ravages of the years can be reversed. Such is the case with cataracts. Normal vision requires many areas to work: the brain, which acts as a command and interpretative center, the nerves [...]

Just how similar are human and primate (read monkeys and apes) brains? Well, if you were to base your conclusions on comparisons with certain unnamed politicians, actors or athletes, perhaps quite a bit. However, for most of humanity there are significant differences. Research in many areas depends on assumptions that [...]

Just when you thought that there are some medical treatments which will never change, along comes some new research which blows the status quo  away. Appendectomy or removal of the appendix has, for over hundred years, been considered the gold standard and in fact the only treatment for acute appendicitis. [...]

You just had your physical and the lab results came back with a big Abnormal stamped somewhere on the results. You are quite convinced that your time on earth is short. Panicked, you call your hubby and ask him to take good care of the kids.  Is this a wise [...]

How many times have you, a parent of a toddler, been in a hurry? If it's not to make the Yoga for mommy (daddy) and me class, it might be to drop the little one off at day care so that you can enjoy your hard earned hour or two [...]

All of us have had a cough at one time or another. When is a cough something to worry about? Colds can cause irritation of the throat and airways, which results in a cough. Whether the sputum is clear, green or yellow really speaks nothing about the cause. Almost always [...]