Editorial Silly, selfish and really stupid

Facts about U.S. Health Care*• Health care in the United States costs about $2.5-3 trillion annually;• Health care is about 18% of the U.S. gross national product;• 5% of the U.S. population account for 50% of annual health care costs;• About 16% of the U.S....

Vitamin D levels linked to emphysema

By Kirsty Oswald, medwireNews Reporter Researchers have found a relationship between emphysema and serum vitamin D levels, suggesting that the vitamin may play a role in modulating lung structure. The study used data on 498 participants of the ECLIPSE (Evaluation of...

There's a pill for that

Suffering? Getting old? The pharmaceutical industry wants to help. Every night on TV, photogenic actors frolic with photogenic grandchildren, or lounge in bathtubs gazing into the setting sun, telling emotion-laden tales of 30-second Madison Avenue cures: E.D.? Low T?...