Public Health

Scottish Kids Are Among The Least Active In The World

The first "Global Matrix" using nine indicators of children's physical activity has ranked video game-obsessed Scots among the least active in the world. ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2014 - 10:43am

Mobile Phones Linked To Allergic Reactions In Review

Some studies have identified mobile phones and related devices as sources of metal sensitization and potential causes of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). The belief is that many phones on the market release levels of metals, such as nickel and chromium, ...

Article - News Staff - May 25 2014 - 10:07am

Despite Ineffectiveness, Antibiotics Continue To Be Prescribed For Bronchitis

Antibiotics for acute bronchitis don't work.  Yet despite clear evidence of ineffectiveness, guidelines and more than 15 years of educational efforts stating that the antibiotic prescribing rate for acute bronchitis should be zero, the rate was about ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2014 - 6:00pm

Save Lives With Golden Rice

If you could save the lives of 2.7 million children would you do it? I think it is safe to say that most people would answer “yes.” You may be thinking, "But I am only one person—how could I make a difference?" You have family, don’t you? You hav ...

Article - Steve Schuler - Mar 12 2015 - 8:32am

Double Mastectomy: Most Breast Cancer Patients Don't Need It, So Non-Cancer Patients Certainly Don't

Following a genetic marker for breast cancer, the actress Angelina Jolie had a preventative double mastectomy. Cancer experts were horrified- and with good reason. About 70 percent of women who have both breasts removed following a breast cancer diagnosis ...

Article - News Staff - May 21 2014 - 10:00pm

Rising Obesity Reason: Poor People Can Finally Afford To Be Fat

A new review in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians summarizes what is known about economic factors tied to the obesity epidemic in the United States. It includes what most people knew; despite claims of 40 years ago that a population bomb was going to ca ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2014 - 12:01pm

ODIN: Scientific Optimization Of Dietary Vitamin D

If you're in a country that has a Vitamin D Winter- 2 to 6 months without sunshine- there may be good news on the way. Vitamin D is essential. Without it, kids are  at risk of bone diseases like rickets and older children and adults are at risk of bon ...

Article - News Staff - May 25 2014 - 2:17pm

E-cigarettes May (Not) Be A Healthy Alternative To Smoking

When it comes to e-cigarettes, critics seem to prefer regular cigarettes. Or snuff. Or snus. Or they just want to ban behavior. And the biggest tool they have is the precautionary principle. Sure, there are no known health effects but that is easy to fix- ...

Article - News Staff - May 27 2014 - 5:44pm

Label Them: All Drinks With Sugar Should Carry A Warning Label, Says Academic

Professor Simon Capewell, professor at the University of Liverpoolthinks there should be health warning labels on sugary drinks. He seeks the political climate of California, which is effectively a one-party state so if a current bill to put warning label ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2014 - 12:45pm

Fat Is The New Normal: Nearly One-third Of The World's Population Is Overweight

2.1 billion people, nearly 30% of the world's population, are overweight, according to a new analysis of data from 188 countries.  In 1980, the world was still worried about doomsday prophets and a population bomb that would lead to mass starvation, ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2014 - 2:30am