A new study by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) found that those with a higher level of education are less likely to be obese, and suffer from chronic diseases, compared to those with only a high school education. “Highly educated people tend to have healthier behaviors, avoid unhealthy ones and have more ... Read More

Houston’s Memorial Hermann hospital has joined the technological revolution offering a live Twitter feed of a brain surgery being performed by Dr. Dong Kim. People can follow the surgery with step-by-step tweets, and twitpics and ask questions to the surgical team by following @houstonhospital and #MHbrain. The surgery started at 10:00am and will continue for ... Read More

In recent news, helmets have been touted as a tool to help reduce the chance of suffering a head trauma during a tornado; however, there seems to be some confusion as to how effective a helmet can be. The Centers for Disease Control is finding it necessary to clarify that putting on a bike helmet ... Read More

The Citizens Medical Center in Victoria instituted a policy last year which requires potential employees to have a body mass index of no more than 35. To illustrate, that means that someone who is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 210 pounds or heavier will not be able to work for the hospital. You are ... Read More

Based on a study of data originally collected in the 1960s, the use of LSD can help people suffering from alcohol addiction quit or reduce their alcohol intake. “LSD had a significant beneficial effect on alcohol misuse at the first reported follow-up assessment,” write the authors of the new paper, published in the Journal of ... Read More