by Ashley Staker on April 29, 2010
A recent study reported that in some communities people regularly shower with a dangerous microbe called Mycobacterium avium — a cousin of the tuberculosis-causing bacteria and one that is quite infectious in its own right. The University of Colorado-Boulder study is part of a larger research project focused on bacteria to which people are regularly [...]
by Ashley Staker on January 29, 2010
We’ve long considered most cases of diabetes a lifestyle disease, associated with poor diet and a lack of exercise, but now researchers have found that other factors beyond heredity may also play a role, specifically environmental ones. I spoke with one of the leading researchers in this area, Ana Navas-Acien, MD, PhD, assistant professor and [...]
