Public Health

Nutrition Policy Rethink- The Body Controls Salt Intake, Restrictions Aren't Needed

Worries about the amount of salt you consume may be misplaced. A new study documents in humans what neuroscientists have reported for some time: animals’ sodium (salt) intake is controlled by networks in the brain and not by the salt in one’s food. The fin ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2013 - 12:54pm

Toxic Nanoparticles May Already Be In Our Food Supply

Researchers have developed a reliable method for detecting silver nanoparticles in fresh produce and other food products.  Is there a need for that? Perhaps. Over the last few years, the use of nanomaterials for water treatment, food packaging, pesticides ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2013 - 9:08am

Weekend Science: The Sunscreen Value Of Beards

Facial hair can be a status symbol- as Sikh women say, they know their men have a full motor under the hood- but does it protect against sun damage, as commonly believed? The sun's most harmful rays are UV- ultraviolet- radiation. Though they are too ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 30 2013 - 6:00am

Recycled Sewage Water Found Safe For Crop Irrigation

Low levels of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) were in crops irrigated with recycled sewage water, according to the first study conducted under realistic field conditions.   ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2013 - 9:24am

Fitness Capitalism: Financial Incentives Inspire Exercise?

There are lots of ideas on how healthy habits transform into long-term lifestyle changes. PhD candidate Marc Mitchell,writing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, suggests that receiving coupons and vouchers for as little as five dollars can he ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2013 - 8:15am

Fight Superbugs By Being Less Liberal With Antibiotics- Study

New methods are needed to fight the infection Clostridium difficile and better use of antibiotics could be key, according to a new paper. Clostridium difficile (C.diff) causes severe diarrhoea, cramps and sometimes life-threatening complications, and has ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 25 2013 - 10:42pm

Sugar Molecule Is A Biological Link Between Diabetes And Irregular Heartbeats

Heart disease is rather common in the general population but the risk is up to four times greater for diabetics, according to the National Institutes of Health. The American Heart Association estimates that at least 65 percent of people with diabetes die ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2013 - 12:56pm

Predicting The Past Isn’t As Easy As It Sounds

A recent article discussed the question of causation versus statistical association in cross-sectional epidemiology studies that evaluate the pote ...

Article - Steve Hentges - Oct 1 2013 - 12:49pm

Fumigating Grains Naturally

Fumigation is important in reducing food waste.  Weevils, moths and borer beetles live in a very comfortable environment when in the middle of a silo or warehouse fill with grains, where they perforate the external layer of the stored products, feed freely ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2013 - 11:56am

The Government Shutdown Is Not Decreasing Food Safety

If you live in America and hadn't heard, the government is in a shutdown. We've had a full plate of political theater, with armed stand-offs at veteran's memorials and the National Zoo's Panda Cam going dark, presumably to convince us t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Sep 29 2014 - 12:34pm