Public Health

Sorry, But Drinking Alcohol Provides No Heart Benefit

People love to latch onto studies that match their confirmation bias, so studies claiming health benefits for red wine, chocolate and organic food get a lot of attention and not much skepticism about controls. Any epidemiology claim will do when it comes ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 10 2014 - 2:53pm

Smoking: Handicapped People Don't Have The Same Incentives To Quit

Researchers have found that people with mobility impairments, such as using special ambulatory equipment and having difficulty walking one-quarter mile without equipment, under age 65 have significantly higher rates of smoking than those without mobility ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2014 - 10:43am

Is Organic Food More Nutritious And Safer Than Conventional? Reviewing A Recent Systematic Review

A recent review in the British Journal of Nutrition concluded that the nutritional quality and safety of organic food was higher than conventional food. Fruits, vegetables, and grains, organic versions were better in all ways than conventional farming, th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 28 2017 - 12:21pm

AP39: Fart Smell Compound May Prevent Diabetes, Heart Attacks And Dementia

We know that healthy mitochondria, the energy factories of cells, rely on proper reduction and oxidation to keep us converting food to energy and staving off mitochondrial pathologies. Any number of compounds have been created to try and keep that going as ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 12 2014 - 9:57am

Stress, High-Fat Diets Slow Metabolism In Women

A new study suggests that experiencing stressful events the day before eating a single high-fat meal can slow metabolism in women. Researchers questioned study participants about the previous day's stressors before giving them a meal consisting of 93 ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 14 2014 - 11:00pm

It's Time To Jettison The Pre-Diabetes Label

You don't have a pre-pregnancy and your computer doesn't have a pre-power switch. Calling someone who has moderately high blood sugar a prediabetic is premature and creates unnecessary alarm and financial burdens. Imagine being at a party with g ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2016 - 7:16am

Arsenic: Kids Shouldn't Have Rice Drinks At All, Say Gastroenterologists

If your baby is allergic to milk, your choices might get a little more narrow, if the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) and the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrit ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 15 2014 - 1:18pm

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Who Needs Screening And Treatment

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a potentially life-threatening condition: If the body's major blood vessel ruptures, it can prove deadly. Abdominal aortic aneurysms are a bulge in the aorta, which is the body's largest artery and is located in t ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 16 2014 - 1:01pm

More Antioxidants. Less Filling.

Last Friday a group of researchers announced their findings ahead of their report on the nutrition of organically produced food to be published in the British Journal of Nutrition. ...

Blog Post - Norm Benson - Jul 17 2014 - 8:46am

Probiotics Linked To Diminished Fat Accumulation In The Liver- Study

Spanish scientists did an experiment using obese rats and found that the consumption of probiotics over 30 days (equivalent to almost four years in human terms) helped diminish the accumulation of fat in the liver. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 18 2014 - 10:30am