Public Health

Crazy Joe Mercola Is Behind The "Times"

Let’s give a big shoutout to  Gawker . They really stuck it to the Times by pointing out that their  columnist Nick Bilton, who writes about technology, business, culture, and style (and should probably stick to... ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Mar 22 2015 - 6:48pm

Facial Movements Of Unborn Babies Show Effects Of Maternal Smoking?

High-definition scans lead a team of researchers to conclude that the harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy may be reflected in the facial movements of mothers' unborn babies. In the small pilot study, the scholars observed 4-d ultrasound scans ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2015 - 12:46pm

Changing Our Perspectives on Mental Illness and Mental Health

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Blog Post - Richard Taite - Mar 25 2015 - 7:59pm

Get Some Sun: More Than A Third Of College Athletes Have Low Vitamin D

Up to 1 billion people globally have insufficient or deficient vitamin D levels even though many western nations fortify milk with it. The reason is lack of sun exposure in some places but with a culture war on both sunshine and diet low vitamin D levels ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2015 - 9:00am

Terrible At Sports? Low Vitamin D Is To Blame. Or Not. Turns Out It's All Hype

In 2015, I predicted that someone was going to end up in the hospital due to overdoses on supplements. But don't you always say they are useless placebos? a friend asked. No, they are not all placebos, but products sold as supplements that do somethin ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 29 2019 - 1:16pm

School Age Kids Are Skipping Lunch

3 percent of younger children and 17 percent of 9-13 year olds skip lunch on a given school day and 23 percent of 9-13 year olds skip lunch on the weekends- yet obesity is a growing problem. They may be eating more junk food instead. Lunch skippers had lo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 11:41am

Men Who Eat Produce That Usually Has Higher Pesticide Residues May Have Lower Semen Quality

A new paper creates a link between exposure to pesticide residues from fruits and vegetables and semen quality.  Men who ate fruits and vegetables with higher levels of pesticide residues, like strawberries, spinach, and peppers, had lower sperm count and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 30 2015 - 8:42pm

Particulate Air Pollution- Ultrafine Particles Can Influence Cardiac Function

Inhalable particles include all particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 10 micrometers (PM10), which is broken down into finer particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5), which can enter the lung, and ultrafine particles with diameters less th ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 8:06pm

Each Hour Of TV Daily Linked To 3.4 Percent Greater Diabetes Risk

A new epidemiology paper on the effects of sedentary or 'sitting' time on diabetes risk matched the curves of television watching and obesity and correlated each hour spent watching TV daily with a 3.4 percent greater risk of developing diabetes ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2015 - 3:14pm

Easter Bonus- Eggs Linked To Reduced Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly widespread throughout the world and lifestyle habits, such as exercise and nutrition, are the biggest culprits. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2015 - 9:49am