Coming Clean on Triclosan
If you’re grocery list includes detergents, dishwashing liquids, soaps, deodorants, cosmetics, lotions, anti-microbial creams and toothpaste, you should know these everyday products may also include a chemical used for its antibacterial properties — triclosan. When triclosan in liquid soaps and other household products comes into contact with water, it interacts with free chlorine in tap [...]
Prostate Cancer and the Obesity Cycle
After a careful review of the published literature, researchers at Duke University have now provided solid evidence for what many studies have already suggested; that obesity is linked to worse outcomes in patients with prostate cancer. The data shows that obese men are at increased risk for high-grade, advanced disease, and higher levels of cancer [...]
Conflict of Children’s Interest Inside the American Academy of Pediatrics
For years there has been a contentious debate about the influence powerful industries have over our politics. But what about industry influence on medicine and physicians? Each year, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) holds an annual conference where over 10,000 pediatricians and their families from around the world attend workshops and hear about the [...]