Public Health

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

Child Deaths On Pace To Drop Another 50 Percent Globally By 2030

Public health works. In 2000, the United Nations drafted aggressive goals for both standards of living and public health. So far, they are ahead of schedule on both. Two analyses by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University ...

Article - News Staff - May 2 2014 - 10:30am

Do You Really Need To Be Afraid To Eat McDonalds French Fries?

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Article - Steve Savage - May 4 2014 - 11:09am

Type 1 And 2 Diabetes Up Sharply Among US Youth

An analysis of more than 3,000,000 children and adolescents from diverse geographic regions of the United States found that the prevalence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes increased significantly between 2001 and 2009. ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2014 - 8:00am

The Risks Of Nutritional Deficiencies In Obese Teens

A presentation at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Vancouver discussed the risk of nutritional deficiencies in severely obese teens – including in those who had weight loss surgery. At least five years after undergoing gastric byp ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2014 - 7:25pm