Organic Authority.com, 1/24/12

web's leading resource for all things organic

A comprehensive study published in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of Applied Technology shows more evidence of a correlation between parabens and incidences of breast cancer.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D., 1/23/12

Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai

Preliminary figures from the Centers for Disease control include a promising bit of news for women's health: for the first time in a decade, the rate of cesarean section births dropped.

Nancy Berk, Ph.D., 1/23/12

Clinical Psychologist, Comic, Author

The fact is, medical crises jeopardize careers every day. Some people make wise decisions, others make foolish ones. And none of these choices are ever easy.

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, 1/19/12

Executive Director and CEO, Healthy Child Healthy World

Think the flame retardant Tris is a thing of the past? Think again. Last week the Washington Toxics Coalition and Safer States released a study that found 80 percent of new baby and children's products tested positive for chlorinated Tris (TDCPP).

Dr. Gary Ginsberg, 1/19/12

Toxicologist; Faculty, Yale and the UConn School of Community Medicine

The U.S. has identified safer ways to limit mold growth on citrus in Florida and California. The U.S. should demand the same from our overseas suppliers.

John Whyte, M.D., MPH, 1/18/12

Chief Medical Expert and VP, Health and Medical Education at Discovery Channel

Sometimes the doctor will say "If you don't hear from me, everything is fine." Well, given the complexity and comprehensiveness of medical exams nowadays, that's probably not a good idea. And honestly, it's never been a good idea to assume no news is good news.

Allen Frances, 1/19/12

Professor Emeritus, Duke University

Preventive psychiatry may someday be of significant service in reducing the burden of human suffering -- but only if it can be done really well. And the sad truth is that we don't yet have the necessary tools.

Stanton Peele, 1/11/12

Addiction expert

Although clinical trials show nicotine replacement therapy patients do better at quitting cigarettes, surveys of smokers who have quit or tried to quit typically do not find any advantage for those who rely on NRT.

Kaitlin Bell Barnett, 1/9/12

Author, 'Dosed: The Medication Generation Grows Up;' Blogger, PsychCentral.com

For what might strike a lot of people as inside baseball, the debate over the upcoming edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is garnering a lot of media attention.

Scott Mendelson, M.D., 1/9/12

Author of Beyond Alzheimer's: How to Avoid the Modern Epidemic of Dementia

It might very well be the case that adequate adiponectin activity may help reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's. However, resistance to the hormone may prevent the body from benefitting from the those effects. Further research is needed to resolve this new puzzle.

Gregory Bunt, M.D., 1/9/12

Medical Director and Senior Vice President of Health Services, Daytop Village; President-elect, New York Society of Addiction Medicine

Plans for the manufacture and sale of hydrocodone pills five to 10 times more potent than is now available is a warning sign of an escalation of what we might call the "prescription opiate arms race" among pharmaceutical companies.

Wray Herbert, 1/5/12

Author, 'On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits'

Is it possible that health workers might be more motivated by messages that emphasize patients' welfare rather than their own?

Claire McCarthy, M.D., 1/4/12

Pediatrician, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

I am hoping that what you want for your children is for them to be healthy, happy, kind and self-sufficient adults. To make this happen, we need to get over ourselves and let our kids be kids.

Karl Hofmann, 12/29/11

President and CEO, PSI

Despite real economic pressures and many competing priorities, across the world, governments, private companies, foundations, doctors, and individual volunteers worked to create a world where opportunity and hope are not crippled by poor health.