Public Health

Frozen Food Latches On To The Organic Health Halo

With organic food a $105 billion industry juggernaut, various groups are looking to don that health halo. Even frozen food. If you don't think food can be "fresh" and "healthy" while still being frozen, you probably also do not bel ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 14 2015 - 8:30am

Lack Of Exercise Causes 2X As Many Deaths As Obesity

For most people, they can extend their healthy lifespan by walking for 20 minutes a day. Yet most people don't do it. It's become a popular sport to criticize obese people while lamenting that our pop culture encourages people to be too thin. We ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2015 - 5:11pm

Folic Acid Fortification Saves 1,300 Babies Per Year From Brain And Spinal Birth Defects

Fortifying food with folic acid saves about 1,300 babies each year from serious birth defects of the brain and spine known as neural tube defects (NTDs), according to new data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Morbidity and ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 22 2015 - 3:59pm

It’s Harder for Women to Quit Smoking than It Is for Men

Women are at an increased risk of relapse after a smoking cessation attempt.  Research  indicates that both the hormonal fluctuations of the menstrual cycle and the negative symptomatology experienced while quitting play a role during smoking cessation an ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Jan 22 2015 - 2:34pm

Organ Transplants Have Added 2 Million Years Of Life In The U.S. Since 1987

More than 2 million years of life have been saved by solid-organ transplants since 1987, according to a new report in   JAMA Surgery. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2015 - 12:30pm

Use Of Video Games Correlated To Consumption Of Toxic Substances

89 percent of young people in one region of Spain own their first mobile phone before they reach the age of 13 and a recent study has analyzed the use of information and communication technologies by using a sample of 5,538 students from the Vallès Occiden ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2015 - 4:14pm

80 Percent Of Neurosurgeons Now Practice Defensive Medicine

Much of the public think malpractice insurance is a big cost of health care and so they rightly think that if there were reasonable checks on lawsuit judgments health care would be affordable without government intervention. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2015 - 7:51pm

How Much Food Should You Eat?

By Amanda Salis, University of Sydney Dietary guidelines broadly recommend a daily intake of 10,000 kilojoules (2,400 calories) for men and 8,000 kilojoules (1,900 calories) for women. But what do these figures mean in the context of the number of kilojou ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 30 2015 - 11:03am

Will More Midwives Mean Fewer Cesarean Deliveries?

An upcoming presentation at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting argues that more midwives and a general change to the American child delivery process can reduce cesarean delivery rates- the very thing doctors were sued for not doi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 10:42am

Maternal Glycemia Lnked To Childhood Obesity

A secondary analysis of a mild gestational diabetes mellitus treatment trial long-term follow-up study looked at the relationship between maternal oral glucose tolerance testing and childhood body mass index, fasting glucose, insulin and anthropometrics in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 2 2015 - 10:51am