Pre-Travel Advice Does Not Reduce the Risk of Falling Ill While Travelling
Travelling abroad involves risk of illnesses and carriage of antibiotic resistant bacteria, especially among students. Illnesses such as travellers’ diarrhoea and respiratory tract infections...
What to Know about Tuberculosis Testing for Your Children
(StatePoint) Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious, highly contagious disease that kills about 1.5 million people each year worldwide and has become the world’s leading...
Do These Pills Make Me Look Fat? Antibiotics, Obesity and Other Negative Effects
The discovery of the antibacterial activity of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1929 represents one of the singular moments in human history. The number...
Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
By Dr. David Perlmutter, MD, FACN, ABIHM
According to the Alzheimer’s association, 5.3 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or some other form of...
Singing Calms A Baby Longer Than Talking
In a new study from the University of Montreal, infants remained calm twice as long when listening to a song, which they didn’t even...