INCREASED STROMAL CELLS WORSENS SURVIVAL IN COLORECTAL CANCER

Medscapers ahoy. I am David Kerr, Professor of Cancer Medicine at University of Oxford and past President of the European Society for Medica...

Food Reward Friday

This week's lucky "winner"... Yoplait Go-Gurt! Read more »

Groundwater: Out of sight, but not out of mind

National Groundwater Awareness Week , March 10-16, 2013, is a good time for the owners of household drinking water wells to test their water...

Spread the word: It’s almost time to set your clocks and check your stocks!

How often should you refresh your emergency supplies? At least every six months on any easy-to-remember date. That's the reasoning behin...

Does the Mediterranean Diet Reduce Cardiovascular Risk?

By now, most of you have probably heard about the recent study on the "Mediterranean diet" ( 1 ), a diet that was designed by diet...

FLU VACCINE LINKED TO NARCOLEPSY

A study from England shows a significant 14-fold increased risk for narcolepsy in children vaccinated with AS03 adjuvanted pandemic A/H1N1 2...

SCREENING FOR LUNG CANCER

If all screening-eligible current and former smokers underwent low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening, 12,000 deaths from lung cancer...

Check out our new emergency preparedness cookbook, “Recipes for Disaster”

Did you know that March is National Nutrition Month ? We know what you’re thinking: “What’s nutrition got to do with emergency preparedness?...

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

We know that colorectal cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented as well as detected early with screening. Colon cancer starts...