Health & Wellness

Supreme Court to Kids: Resume Fire (Update)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2011 American kids scored a victory Monday over parents who just don't understand how the U.S. Supreme Court could uphold an appellate court's decision striking down a California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. (more) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Medical Research: Seeking a Better Return

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2011 Critics of the National Institutes of Health argue that the $30 billion the government pours into medical research and innovation through the organization each year is not making Americans healthier. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Poverty Wrecks the Mind, Not Just the Wallet

Staff / Truthdig Jun 12, 2011 Research conducted over the last two decades lends powerful credence to the claim that chronic poverty cripples an individual's ability to make sound financial choices, with each decision exacting a "psychic cost" that diminishes the mental fortitude needed to make subsequent tough choices. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scientists Find the ‘Holy Grail of Heart Research’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2011 Researchers in the U.K. have found a way to make the hearts of mice repair themselves -- a feat that the British Heart Foundation calls the "holy grail" (when applied to humans, we're guessing). (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New, Killer Strain of E. Coli Crops Up in Europe

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2011 Here's a reason to postpone travel plans to Germany: A new kind of E. coli bacterium has been discovered and has already killed 18 people and infected more than 1,500, according to the BBC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cellphones Might Cause Cancer, Maybe

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2011 If you're feeling confused about this issue, you're not alone: Conflicting reports have been released, but now a group of experts from the World Health Organization is claiming that cellphones, under certain heavy-use circumstances, may cause cancer in humans. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

News Flash: Kids Don’t Need Energy Drinks

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2011 Energy drinks might have more serious side effects for children and teenagers than just getting them good and hyper, according to a group of doctors who released a cautionary report in the journal Pediatrics, warning that the amped-up beverages might trigger seizures and other highly undesirable reactions in rare cases. As it happens, they should also lay off the Gatorade. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Vermont Approves Universal Health Care

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2011 With the governor's blessing, Vermont made history Thursday as the first state to enact a comprehensive single-payer health care system. There's hope for the rest of us, as Amy Goodman pointed out: "Canada’s single-payer health care system started as an experiment in one province, Saskatchewan." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How the IMF Raped the Globe

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2011 Disregard for human rights runs rampant in the International Monetary Fund; computers are being designed with human DNA; and Playboy reveals the ins and outs of Americans' sex lives. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Voters to GOP: Leave Medicare and Medicaid Alone

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2011 Republican lawmakers who planned to ride Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed Medicaid overhaul to glory can think again, as polling confirms the voter opposition demonstrated in New York's 26th Congressional District on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Baby ‘Like’ Named After the Facebook Button

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2011 Lior and Vardit Adler of Israel were looking for a unique name for their baby daughter, and boy did they find it. Like Adler was named after the Facebook button, and papa Adler says it's "the modern equivalent of the name Ahava [Love]," except it's not, because it's like. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Research Finds Straight Men Like Looking at Fat Women, Penises

Staff / Truthdig May 16, 2011 A couple of neuroscientists looked through a billion publicly available Web searches from about a million people and told Salon, "There are almost three times as many searches for fat women as there are for skinny women" and "men search for penises almost as often as they search for vaginas." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )