Public Health

Oligomeric Procyanidins In Chocolate Could Help Prevent Diabetes

There is a great deal of interest how cocoa flavanols (a type of antioxidant) like monomers and procyanidins might prevent obesity and type-2 diabetes, though little is actually known how they might work.  A new study compared the impacts of long-term die ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2014 - 10:12am

Benefits Of Circumcision Exceed Risks 100 To 1

Like everything else in science and medicine, there is modern controversy about circumcision. In the United States the rate of circumcision is around 81%. A paper in Mayo Clinic Proceedings finds that the benefits of infant male circumcision to health exc ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2014 - 12:39am

Bright Morning Light May Be A Weight Loss Strategy

A Northwestern Medicine study reports the timing, intensity and duration of light exposure during the day is linked to your weight-- the first time this has been shown, though take population correlations with a grain of sunshine. People who had most of t ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2014 - 11:15pm

Vegetarians Found To Have More Cancer, Allergies And Mental Health Disorders

Population-based studies have consistently shown that our diet has an influence on health- a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is recommended. But some people go overboard and just eat meat. Or just eat vegetables. Evidence for health benefits of exclusi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2014 - 12:20am

Raw Milk Is Not A Libertarian Issue- And Republicans Should Not Make It A GOP One

In American politics there is a comfortable détente about which science craziness to allow under the big tents- Republicans are okay if their members won't accept evidence of climate science or evolution while Democrats are fine if their voters don� ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 24 2014 - 4:32pm

Tilapia Fatty Acid Combination Worse For You Than Bacon

Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Diet ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2014 - 3:53pm

Entrain: Boost Jet-Lag Recovery Using Math

Want to reduce jet lag? A new app called Entrain claims it is the first to use a numbers-based approach  to "entrainment," the scientific term for synchronizing circadian rhythms with the outside hour. It's based on work by  Danny Forger, a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2014 - 10:38am

Tamiflu Helps The Flu A Little But The Nausea And Psychiatric Disturbances May Not Be Worth It

A review based on full internal reports of 20 Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and 26 Relenza (zanamivir) trials found that Tamiflu (the antiviral drug oseltamivir) shortens symptoms of influenza by half a day but there is no good evidence to support claims that it ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2014 - 12:34am

Meta-Analysis Supports Whey Protein, Resistance Exercise For Improved Body Composition

 A meta-analysis that included 14 randomized controlled trials with a total of 626 adult participants found that  whey protein, either as a supplement combined with resistance exercise or as part of a weight-loss or weight-maintenance diet, may provide me ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2014 - 11:08am

Natural Schmatural, We Want To Know What Our Food Doesn't Have In It

Sid Salter, director of public affairs at Mississippi State University, writes in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger that labels have gone too far. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 16 2014 - 7:35pm