(Natural News) Limited knowledge on the difference between an emergency room and a freestanding emergency room may be contributing to the rising out-of-pocket costs among U.S. patients, a report showed. According to the National Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers, long ER wait times and limited ER access across the country have resulted in the increasing number of freestanding […]

(Natural News) Giving babies antacids may increase the risk of bone fracture later in childhood, a recent study revealed. To carry out the study, the researchers pooled health records of 874,447 healthy children born within the Military Healthcare System between 2001 to 2013. The children received medical care from the institution for at least two years. According to […]

(Natural News) Some medication side effects are easier to ignore than others. You might be willing to overlook the occasional headache, for example, but a bacterial infection that eats away at the flesh of your genitals? That’s a dealbreaker for most people. It sounds like the kind of obscure side effects you might expect from […]

(Natural News) Using bright lights at night in your home can be harmful to your children. A study published in the journal Physiological Reports found that exposing preschool children to bright electric light at night hampers melatonin production completely. Melatonin is a hormone essential for healthy circadian rhythms and good sleep; the suppression of melatonin […]

(Natural News) In addition to the side effects that come with antibiotic use, it turns out that most of them are ineffective. A study led by Cardiff University revealed that using either oral or topical antibiotics do not provide any beneficial effect for mild eczema in children. Furthermore, their use of antibiotics can even promote antibiotic […]

(Natural News) The New York Times is on a mission: Get people to believe that at least 80 percent of them have normal vitamin D levels; that the nutrient is only important in the prevention of rickets in children and osteomalacia (a softening of the bones) in adults; that normal levels of vitamin D are […]

(Natural News) A recent U.S. court ruling that forced Monsanto to pay out more than $289 million to school a groundskeeper who got terminal cancer after using its Roundup weed killer is reigniting calls by Vietnam for the company to compensate victims of its Agent Orange chemical. Monsanto supplied Agent Orange to the U.S. military […]

(Natural News) Too much is too much, regardless of how you put it – especially in conversation. We’ve all fallen victim to it: A person who has the tendency to incessantly share everything, or anything, that he feels like, and we’ve probably said that we’re never going to be that person. However, a study from […]

(Natural News) You have probably heard about researchers investigating sewer water to find out all sorts of things about the health and drug habits of the people in that town or municipality. But it appears that a lot of the pharmaceutical drugs found in wastewater are directly coming from the drug manufacturers themselves, an article […]

(Natural News) Data from A*STAR research has revealed that mothers who consume a lot of sugary foods during pregnancy could be putting their children at higher risk of becoming overweight. However, this is only the case if the mothers are not already obese. Yung Seng Lee, the principal investigator from the A*STAR Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences […]