Public Health

New Sleep Guidelines to Keep Youth Healthy

Sleep is essential for overall health. Without regular age appropriate amounts of sleep, adolescents are at risk for developing a variety of conditions such as depression, anxiety, weight change, and sometimes insomnia. ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Feb 24 2015 - 4:16pm

Not Just Vitamin D- The Radiation In Sunshine May Be Healthy

Sunlight may have benefits not yet discovered. Joseph D'Mello CC BY-NC Summer sunshine makes most of us feel better, but there may be more to the benefits than just feeling good. A growing body of evidence suggests sunlight itself – with adequate pro ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 25 2015 - 8:30am

Persistent Insomina A Harbinger Of Increased Mortality Risk From All Causes

A connection between persistent insomnia and increased inflammation and mortality from all causes has been identified by a group of researchers in The American Journal of Medicine. The results apply to those with persistent insomnia, not intermittent insom ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2015 - 12:21pm

Feast And Famine Is A Pretty Good Diet For Longevity

Nature is all about booms and busts- it is common for species to grow too large to be sustainable. Humans were once that way too, but science has now made it possible for even the poorest people to be fat. We no longer have a feast or famine existence. And ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2015 - 10:00am

Of Mice... And Men?

Emulsifiers are one key group of food ingredients that is broadly used in formulation of packaged food products. ...

Blog Post - Akiva Gross - Mar 5 2015 - 5:49pm

Women With Endometriosis Need More Support, Less Judgment

Known for years as the “ career woman’s disease ” based on the idea that women without children develop disease in their reproductive organs, endometriosis is a painful condition thought to affect one in ten women worldwide. ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 2 2015 - 6:04pm

HECA School Bus Filtration System Reduces Pollutants 88 Percent

An on-board air filtration system called  high-efficiency cabin air, or HECA, developed specifically for school buses reduced exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a new paper. study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School o ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2015 - 9:45am

Peanut Consumption Decreases Mortality

Want to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack? Go a little nuts. Peanuts are getting a modern rehabilitation.  Except for severe cases, it has been found that peanut allergies will go away if kids eat them early, and when they reach adulthood they w ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2015 - 9:45am

The New York Times On Drugs- Wrong, Naive Or Misleading?

I never know what I'm going to find on the editorial pages of the New York Times. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I don't. But, they usually, at the very least, make sense.  That streak ended on March 2nd, when the Times printed an edi ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Mar 4 2015 - 6:31pm

Are You Allergic To Marijuana?

There are lots of good reasons not to smoke marijuana and you probably heard or read them all growing up- what you may not have heard is that marijuana, like other pollen-bearing plants, is an allergen which can cause allergic responses. A new article summ ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2015 - 2:00pm