Public Health

Pregnancy Pressure: Now You Should Watch Diet And Exercise Too

Mothers are already responsible for propagating the species, a thankless job which men wisely avoid in all ways, but now they may be tasked with a better diet and exercising more also, because it has been directly associated with a range of improved outco ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2014 - 12:31pm

Complacency: Is Ebola Really The Biggest Pandemic Threat?

The Ebola crisis in Africa is getting a lot of attention but coverage of a regional problem is displacing concern over a more pressing problem worldwide; influenza.  The pandemic risk from strains of influenza virus is far more worrisome than Ebola. Influ ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 12:01pm

European Pensions Add Three Hours Of Life Per Euro To East Germany

A joke in the European business community is that most young people turn 18 and start thinking about their pensions. They may have good reason, according to a study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), which found that for each ad ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2014 - 10:05am

Telomere Length Links Soda To Cell Aging Associated In New Study

Soda consumption has been linked to obesity but a new study in the American Journal of Public Health links it to disease independent from its role in fat. The paper finds that telomeres, the protective units of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes in cell ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2014 - 7:00am

The Physics Of Manicures Reveal A Public Health Warning

Do you like to keep your fingernails and toenails aesthetically pleasing? You could be putting yourself at risk of serious nail conditions, say researchers at the University of Nottingham who have devised equations to identify the physical laws that gover ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2014 - 8:11pm

Ebola Transmission Via Public Transport

Millions of Americans are continually losing hope on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ability to identify and stop the spread of infectious disease.  The gold standard agency has been enjoying the respect across the globe due to its ar ...

Blog Post - Kelly Everson - Feb 10 2015 - 10:15am

Amenhotep III: Ancient Egyptian Mummies Didn't Have Spinal Arthritis

A systemic disease that causes inflammation in the spinal joints and was thought to have affected members of the ancient Egyptian royal families may have been another condition, according to a new study published in Arthritis&Rheumatology. The authors ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2014 - 1:32am

HPV Vaccine Does Not Cause Multiple Sclerosis

Vaccines have been associated with autism and various other conditions and diseases. Most recently, the hepatitis B (HepB) and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been linked to increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) and other acquired central nervo ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2014 - 5:01pm

CDC: Mississippi Leads US In Vaccination Coverage Among Kindergarten Children

State and local vaccination requirements for school entry seek to protect schoolchildren from vaccine-preventable diseases.  But not all parents agree medicine is a good thing and the newest CDC results show what states are leading and what states are lagg ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2014 - 4:25pm

Children Who Drink Milk Substitutes Have Lower Vitamin D- But Why?

Some children are allergic to milk, so they drink milk substitutes such as soy or rice. And almond milk has become a well-marketed fad to due health claims. But there may be negatives: though many of those products are fortified, children who drink them h ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2014 - 9:29am