May 17, 2019 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org. STAT does some great stuff. And some clunkers. They get enough praise for the great stuff, but not enough scrutiny of the clunkers. This is one such example. A story based on very preliminary research touted the early work in very… Read More: Tone deaf promotion of very early research on smartphone app… »
THURSDAY, April 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Many people may drive with marijuana in their system — even when they have kids in the car. That’s the upshot of a new study of drivers in Washington state, where recreational pot is legal. In roadside tests of more than 2,000 drivers, researchers found that 14% of… Read More: Many Driving on Pot, Even With Kids in the Car »
Health officials recommend that all people drink fluoridated water, and that everyone 2 or older brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste. (iStock) Young children are using too much toothpaste, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study released this week found. The CDC surveyed the parents or caregivers of 5,157 children ages three to… Read More: Too much toothpaste? Young kids are overusing, CDC says »
(Reuters Health) – Kids may be more likely to develop depression and anxiety when their parents are regular drinkers, even when neither parent drinks enough to be considered an alcoholic, a Norwegian study suggests. Researchers studied 8,773 children from 6,696 two-parent families who participated in a health survey when the kids were 13 to 19… Read More: Even `non-problem' drinking by parents tied to mental health problems… »