by Troy Krause / EditorRedwood Falls Gazette, MNMarch 21, 2006
When I was a kid, I got the Chick-en Pox. I remember that it itched a lot, but I don’t recall there being any other real issues.
I remember my dad got them the same time that the Krause kids got them and for him it was [...]

March 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC?The proportion of U.S. physicians providing charity care dropped 8 percentage points in the last decade, falling to 68 percent of physicians in 2004-05 from 76 percent in 1996-97, according to a national study released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
The drop in physician charity care occurred [...]

Researchers a the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that, Thimerosal, the mercury preservative in vaccines, can interfere with immune system function in mice. The study is important because Thimerosal is suspected by many of being an agent in the explosion of autism, neurodevelopment disorders (Like ADHD or ADD).
The study, reported [...]

The March issue of the Harvard newsletter reports that oscar winners live longer! Oscar winners lived almost four years longer, on averages, than nominees who did not win. There is similiar longevity for directors that win the big “O”, male directors apparently live 4.5 years longer on average than actors.
Alas, for screenwriters the [...]

According to a new study by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Washington, the impact of pesticides are not the same for all newborns. The study found that some newborns may be 26 to 50 times more susceptible to exposure to organophosphate pesticides than others, and 65 to 130 [...]

New data from a four-year study of 11.5 million Medicare enrollees show that short-term exposure to fine particle air pollution from such sources as motor vehicle exhaust and power plant emissions significantly increases the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory disease among people over 65 years of age. The study, funded by the National Institute of [...]

Yet another study has found possible health benefits from drinking green tea. In this study looked at more than 1,000 Japanese adults over 70, the more green tea men and women drank was associated with lower chances of cognitive impairment.
This study is the first to associate drinking green tea with a positive impact [...]

Called the Autism Phenome Project, researchers aims to redefine autism by identifying distinct subtypes
March 8, 2006
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) ? Multidisciplinary teams of physicians and scientists at the University of California, Davis, M.I.N.D. Institute have launched the nation’s most comprehensive assessment of children with autism to detect the biological and behavioral patterns that define subtypes of the [...]

Recent comments by a former British expert on vaccinations, reported in the Daily Mail, raise continued concerns about the safety of the MMR vaccine.
Dr Peter Fletcher, no slouch in the field of vaccines, was Chief Scientific Officer at the Department of Health in the UK. According to the article, in this capacity [...]

The perfect time to Step Up to Good Nutrition and Health. National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign sponsored annually by the American Dietetic Association.
It’s not hard to figure out how to eat a healthy diet; it just requires a little planning. Fortunately, there are some valuable tools available to [...]