Public Health

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

Cohort Study- Avoiding Foods Early Leads To More Allergies

A long-term study of a cohort of young people, 12,000 people now six years old, from Iceland to Greece, who have been tracked from birth and whose diets and allergies have been recorded, is evaluating maternal diet’s impact on food allergy in later life is ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2014 - 8:45am

The War On Food: New Government Report Wants Meat And Dairy In Europe Halved

A new executive summary of an upcoming report adds to vegetarian claims that a normal human diet affects pollutant nitrogen emissions, climate change and land-use across Europe. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2014 - 11:50am

2030- Get Ready For Common Facial Transplantation

Over the next decade, facial transplants will become more common, done at regional hospitals the way heart transplants are done now, according to a retrospective analysis of all known facial transplants worldwide. The surgeons behind the analysis conclude ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2014 - 9:58am

Stroke Risk Reduced If Brain Blood Vessel Disorder Arteriovenous Malformation Is Left Alone

Treating patients who suffer from a common condition known as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which causes blood vessels in the brain to tangle, increases their risk of stroke, a study has found. People rteriovenous malformation have a better outcome if ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2014 - 10:30am

End of Persuasion: Paul Offit on Vaccine Requirements

Philadelphia was under attack through the winter and spring of 1991. The name of the enemy? Measles. The Philadelphia outbreak – the city’s first since 1954- began in October 1990, and quickly spread throughout the unvaccinated population. Within six mont ...

Blog Post - Brandon T. Bisceglia - Apr 29 2014 - 12:17pm

Remember This One Safety Tip To Avoid Getting A Disease At The Community Pool

It's community pool season and while urban moms think that a chlorinated municipal pool is cleaner than a rural pond, microbiologists know that isn't really true. Bacteria and parasites can lurk in all kinds of water and put a real damper on summ ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2014 - 3:00am