Health Research

These Researchers Went to Prison But Their Work Has Not Been Retracted

Martha Rosenberg | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Research Fraud, Faked Research, Health News, Un-Retracted Research, Retracted Research, Clinical Trial Fraud, Health Research, Healthy Living News
Martha Rosenberg

According to the New York Times, scientific retractions are on the rise. But elsewhere, audacious, falsified research stands un-retracted -- including the work of authors who actually went to prison for fraud.

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More Is Not Always Better

Susan M. Love | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Bone Density, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis, Dr. Susan Love, Cardiovascular Disease, Bisphosphonates, Health Research, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, New Research, Healthy Living News
Susan M. Love

When it comes to medicine, all too often we think, "Well, if a little is good for you then more must be better!" But three recently published studies underscore why, when it comes to our health, more may actually be more than we need.

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SOPA's Killer Cousin You've Probably Never Heard About

Abdulrahman El-Sayed | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Fair Copyright in Research Works Act, Research, Medicine, Health, Taxpayer Money, Publishers, Nih, Health Research, Sopa, Nih Funding, Nih Research, Politics News
Abdulrahman El-Sayed

Findings from NIH-funded research are used everyday to help doctors make treatment and diagnosis decisions -- not just in America but all over the world. That may end with the Research Works Act.

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Janell Ross

Latino Health: An Unsolved Mystery

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: UCLA Medical Center, Longevity, Latino Health, Nih, Infant Mortality, Health Research, National Institutes of Health, Latino Health Paradox, Latino Voices News

Jonah Garcia is a social worker with what may be one of the toughest gigs in the country. Garcia is a program director at La Clinica de Familia Do...

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Searching For Evidence-Based Digital Sex Ed: Pace of Health Research vs. Tech Innovation

Deb Levine | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Technology Research, Teen Sexual Health, Healthy Living, Sexual Health, Healthy Living Body, Sex Ed, Teen Sexual Health Research, Teens Google Health, Parenting, Teen Health Google, Health-Research, Health Online Search, Health Research, Technology News
Deb Levine

We want our children to have medically accurate health education in school. What we don't want is a misinformed teacher. The government agrees.

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A Closer Look At Medical Research

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Research Health, Medical Research, Preventive Health Research, Research Biomedical Research, Preventive Medicine vs Health, Health Research, Does Medical Research Actually Solve Our Health Problems?, Medicine Research, Nih Budget News, Nih Budget, Home News
David Katz, M.D.

The luminous promise of lifestyle to public health is clearly the rich, ripe and low-hanging fruit in the orchard of biomedical advance.

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Medical Research, Lifestyle Choices and Your Health Destiny

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health, Dr. David Katz, Epidemiology, Health Funding, Funding Health, Medical Research, Health Research, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Premature death and chronic disease are overwhelmingly the result of a short list of behaviors we control; that list is dominated by just three: tobacco use, dietary pattern and physical activity.

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When Federal Employees Decide Your Family's Medical Treatment

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Medical Council, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton, Health Costs, Cancer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Health Research, Politics News
Kathleen Reardon

Medical costs must come down. But as we've learned with business bailouts, better to do it right early on, to anticipate abuse, than to be digging our way out of a mess for years to come.

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