Breastfeeding Reduces The Risk Of Suffering Allergy

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

Today, about one in four European children suffer from allergy, which makes this disease the non-infectious epidemic of the 21st century. Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors and nutritional patterns, such as breastfeeding, help to reduce the early symptoms of allergy. The detection and reduction of the early causes of childhood ...

Sepsis Nationwide Trends In The 21st Century

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

Severe sepsis is common and often fatal, although evidence-based therapies have improved patient outcomes. In recent study, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Orlando Regional Medical Center found that the number of severe sepsis hospitalizations per 100,000 people increased from 143 in 2000 to 343 in 2007. ...

IPF Lung Disease Numbers Are Rising Quickly To Become A Significant Causeof Mortality In UK

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

The number of cases of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has continued to rise significantly in the first decade of the 21st century and could lead to more deaths than ovarian cancer, lymphoma, leukaemia, or kidney cancer, reveals research published ahead of print in the Thorax journal. IPF is ...

Pop songs reflect our ‘me me me’ attitudes

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

A new study suggests that the popular music we listen to today has become more "me"-centric, less "we"-centric, when compared to hits from decades past. What's more, the researchers argue that the increase in "me me me" lyrics reflect a nationwide increase in that 21st century affliction: narcissism. Find more info ...

Saudi Arabia’s Social Lubricant

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

To buy stability, Saudi Aramco—a 21st century corporation in a premodern monarchy—must keep the oil flowing Find more info about Saudi Arabia's Social Lubricant photos videos pictures. read more