Public Health

Gluten Fad Versus Science- Why We Can't All Just Get Along

A cookbook editor in the New York Times says I am wrong on the gluten-free fad and that, if it makes people feel better to buy gluten-free, to leave them alone.  Well, well, well, look at the New York Times embracing libertarianism and food choice when it ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 2 2015 - 12:24am

Segmentation And The Secrets Of Bowel Movement

Researchers say they have cleared up one aspect of how our bowels move that has mystified scientists for, well, forever.  It isn't all unknown. Segmentation motor activity in the gut that enables absorption of nutrients was described in the late 1800 ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2014 - 12:34pm

Periodontal Disease Bacteria Found In 1000 Year Old Dental Plaque

Periodontal disease occurs in 13 percent of humans today. Why are humans even susceptible to periodontal disease, when most animals do not get periodontal disease? Is it human behavior or something else that contributes to chronic inflammatory disease in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2014 - 12:08pm

Our Farmers Get An A+ For Low Pesticide Residues

Last week, the USDA released its  annual Pesticide Data Program (PDP) report about pesticide residues on food. This release comes from extensive sampling of crops entering the market during 2012. ...

Article - Steve Savage - Feb 24 2014 - 2:01pm

Are Depression And Smoking Equal Risks For Heart Disease?

Is depression as dangerous as smoking? A 12-person panel has published a paper in the journal Circulation saying that their review of literature indicates that depression should be listed with smoking, obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure as risk fac ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2014 - 6:30am

The FDA On BPA Safety

In June 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) answered the question “Is BPA safe?” with a simple and unambiguous answer – “Yes.”   In contrast, countless words have been written over many years suggesting exactly the opposite.   ...

Article - Steve Hentges - Feb 28 2014 - 11:03am

BPA Implicated In Primate Organ Development

Bisphenol A (BPA) has been used for decades in a wide variety of consumer products, like metal food and beverage containers, thermal paper store receipts, and dental composites. Though the FDA has found BPA safe after numerous studies, because it can exhi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2014 - 8:32am

James Watson: Type 2 Diabetes Caused By Lack Of Biological Oxidants, Not Excess

Nobel laureate James D. Watson, the co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA, has published a hypothesis on the causation of type 2 diabetes- that diabetes, dementias, cardiovascular disease, and some cancers are linked to a failure to generate ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2014 - 9:57am

Iron Deficiency Does Not Cause People To Become Vegans

Statisticians have a rule of thumb for calibrating claims made in humanities and science papers alike. Andrew Gelman, for example, talks about statistical significance filter- "If an estimate is statistically significant, it’s probably an overestimate ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 6 2015 - 7:05pm

Bedroom TVs Linked To Weight Issues In Kids

With over one-third of American children overweight, the search is on to figure out why. Happy Meals get blamed, as do sodas, trans fats and just about everything else. A new study even blames television- not necessarily how much time is spent watching it, ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2014 - 4:24pm