Public Health

The Trouble With Food Deserts

Close to supermarkets or not, fat poor kids are different than fat rich kids Over the past decade, the American obesity epidemic has provoked a wide range of possible solutions, from soda-pop bans in elementary schools to salad bars in high school cafeter ...

Article - Greg Critser - Apr 23 2012 - 12:50pm

Footballers Collapsing- The Tip Of The Iceberg?

Many of you, especially in the UK will have undoubtedly heard of the collapse of Fabrice Muamba. A Bolton Wanderer's football player, who at the time was playing in a FA cup football match watched by thousands. But is this a one-off or are we scratch ...

Article - Caezar Al-Jassar - Apr 23 2012 - 1:16am

Stress Up The Stress

I was away from the site for a while now. I have a good excuse for it since all this while- I got my Ph.D. award, my work recognized by my peers and took up a new job – all at one time. Dynamics of my life were seemingly distracting me from writing. Howeve ...

Article - Payal Joshi - Apr 26 2012 - 10:41am

Fluoride Safe? Don't Swallow, says fluoride expert

“ What really determines whether fluoride is safe, is the amount that is swallowed,” says Amid I. Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, DrPH, and Dean, Temple University, School of Dentistry in Dear Doctor Magazine. (1)   ...

Blog Post - Carol Kopf - May 2 2012 - 9:32am

Old Is New Again- Eat Less, Not Cut Foods, To Lose Weight

Fad diets have told people they need to stop eating carbohydrates to go on a diet. A UK-wide survey has revealed a common belief that these types of foods are a 'no no', with 63% thinking that successful weight loss requires cutting out certain ...

Article - Newswire - May 6 2012 - 8:09pm

Do herbal drugs harm human health?

News papers don’t stop reporting anyone get side effects of herbal drugs or side effects of taking uncontrolled amount of herbal drug. Allopathic drugs also harm or give reactions sometime but I have not seen any adverse report on allopathic drugs. The qu ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - May 7 2012 - 5:39pm

Prozac In Your Chicken? Thanks, China

Sometimes you set out to test for antibiotics but get a bonus; in this case, d iphenhydramine, arsenic, and  fluoxetine. Yikes. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 23 2012 - 1:43pm

Organic Spinach Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns

Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. of Salinas, California is initiating a voluntary recall of Organic Baby Spinach following a random test conducted on a finished package by the USDA that found salmonella. Salmonella is a bacteria that can cause infection and sympt ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2012 - 11:53pm

Withania somnifera (Ashwaganda) is one of the most valued medicinal plant in Ayurveda

Withania somnifera is one of the most valued medicinal plant in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine (Shivani and Kumar, 2000). In Ayurveda, W. somnifera is regarded as one of the most useful herbs having ‘Vata’ pacifying properties (Singh an ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - May 28 2012 - 9:50am

The Issue Is Fructose. Period.

In the last few weeks there has been a sugar tsunami in the media. CBS reported about sugar toxicity. Mayor Bloomberg banned the serving of sugary drinks greater than 16 fluid ounces in New York City. The FDA turned down a request from the Corn Industry to ...

Article - Michael Goran - Sep 13 2012 - 7:48pm