Public Health

Want To Keep Your Child From Becoming Obese? You Need To Know These 3 Risk Factors

Obesity is a growing problem, that is the downside to a a world where agricultural science has allowed plentiful food to be grown cheaply. With kids the problem is compounded. Obese youth are more likely to have risk factors for cardiovascular disease, su ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2014 - 5:34pm

Fast Food Not The Biggest Cause Of Rising Childhood Obesity

If you work in politics or culture, you are probably quick to attribute fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases in childhood obesity. Scholars the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report that fast-food consumption is s ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2014 - 3:14am

Eat Right For Your Type? No, The Blood Type Diet Is As Useless As Other Fad Diets

If you tried the martini diet, the tapeworm diet and going gluten-free, science has bad news; the popular blood type diet isn't going to work any better for you.  The 'blood-type' diet was popularized in the book "Eat Right for Your Ty ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2014 - 9:18pm

Alcohol Consumption And Cars: Unsafe At Any Level

Even "minimally buzzed" drinkers and drivers are more often to blame for fatal car crashes than the sober drivers they collide with, reports a University of California, San Diego study of accidents in the United States.  UC San Diego sociologist ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 16 2014 - 11:34am

Why Hospital Patients With Learning Disabilities Face More Mismanagement

It is estimated that one in 50 people in England have some form of learning disability such as Down’s syndrome, but when they become hospitalized they basically become 'invisible', according to a new paper.  Hospital patients with learning disabi ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2014 - 7:00am

Obesity And Air Pollution Lead To More Asthma In Kids

Obese children exposed to high levels of air pollutants were nearly three times as likely to have asthma, compared with non-obese children and lower levels of pollution exposure, according to a new report.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 22 2014 - 2:44pm

Your Next Diet: Just Stay Cold

A new paper in Trends in Endocrinology  &  Metabolism  finds that regular exposure to mild cold may be a healthy and sustainable way to help people lose weight. Obviously so would eating less. Their work suggests our warm and cozy homes and offices mi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2014 - 12:05pm

Marijuana Is Bad For You- But Synthetic Marijuana Is Worse

Marijuana is enjoying a golden age of cultural advocacy, to such an extent that its medical benefits are exaggerated while the obvious impact on health is trivialized. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2014 - 6:00am

Obesity Rates Stabilized- Bad Economy Or Smarter Choices?

Though media stories about obesity are still prevalent, what gets left out is that American obesity rates have stabilized. It's unclear why. Some papers claim it was due to the lingering stagnant economy. People go out to eat less, they shop smarter. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2014 - 12:34pm

Added Sugar Is Looking Less Sweet

Added sugar during processing or preparing of foods remain at unhealthy levels, according to a study published by JAMA Internal Medicine. What exactly are healthy levels? Well, there is no clear answer. Recommendations for added sugar consumption vary and ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2014 - 2:02pm