Public Health

Everyone Hates Daylight Savings Time- But It Might Improve Public Health

It's not easy to blame childhood obesity on sunsets but scholars at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Bristol say that later daylight couldn't hurt- and they even defend daylight savings time, which most pe ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 28 2014 - 3:55pm

Culture Matters In Medicine Acceptance And Public Health

It's great to insist that people should just accept science and medicine but it isn't really practical. The nature of coastal California is that they don't trust vaccines the way religious people in the American south do, Asians are going t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 29 2014 - 9:56am

Mindfulness and Meditation: Two Steps Toward Better Health

Regular meditation along with a mindful lifestyle path can help individuals control and recover from many mental health disorders. Meditation is a practice of training the mind to induce another state of consciousness or bring attention to a particular po ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Oct 29 2014 - 9:55am

Now That People Are Thinking About Ebola Vaccines, Pay More Attention To Measles

Measles is one of the most contagious of vaccine-preventable diseases, with the average person with measles capable of infecting 12-18 people if susceptible, and the contagiousness of measles infection highlights gaps in vaccination in the United States t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2014 - 9:31am

Mediterranean Diet Linked To Better Kidney Health

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Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2014 - 7:01pm

Happy Halloween From "The Food Boob"

It is just about impossible to find any written entity that is essentially 100% incorrect. Yet, Vani Hari, formerly known "The Food Babe," (and henceforth as "The Food Boob") manages to come pretty damn close. It was a Herculean effort, ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Nov 12 2014 - 3:07pm

Abortion Paradox: Banning It Does Not Lead To More Harm From Illegal Ones

 Another American election season has come and gone.  In San Francisco, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the House, campaigned only modestly, even in a year when voters turned on Democrats nationwide she was sure to get 80 percent of the vote, and on ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2014 - 10:48am

Sugary Drink Impact On Adolescent Metabolic Health Overstated

Trans fats are bad, they damage metabolic health in kids, according to experts and policy makers. So they were banned. Happy Meals too. And drinks with sugar. It's fashionable in nutritional circles to demonize sodas but they also embrace a lot of un ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 12:19pm

Coffee Consumption Reduces Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes By 25 Percent

If you like coffee, here is a delightful taste of confirmation bias. If you usually make fun of epidemiology, put your skepticism back in the pot, because coffee reduces diabetes. As many as 380 million people worldwide have diabetes, with an economic est ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 14 2014 - 8:30am

Inside India's Sterilization Camps

India's sterilization program focuses on women. EPA/STR By Sabu S Padmadas, University of Southampton ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 14 2014 - 12:31pm