Flu season is almost here. Most people who get the flu feel miserable, but recover without major problem. Nevertheless, each year, the flu kills an average of about 36,000 people in the US alone. Overall, kids are the most likely to catch the flu, but not the most likely to have serious cases. Those most likely to have [...]

People who use either oral OR topical antibiotics to treat their acne are more than twice as likely to catch colds, according to a study in the September 2005 Archives of Dermatology. If the results of this study hold up to further investigation, it may change the way acne is treated. Here, the researchers analyzed [...]

.what we eat and drink and smoke. Children as young as two are already developing their own internal .scripts. about adult social life that they will want to imitate, according to a study in the September 2005 Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Researchers at Dartmouth College set up a pretend grocery store stocked with [...]

Watching broadcast images of the devastation caused by the rushing floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina was heartbreaking. But after the fury of the storm had passed, my concern continues to rise. When sanitary water systems and sewage systems are overwhelmed, contaminated water and food can lead to explosive epidemics of cholera. During the 1994 Rwandan refugee [...]