Public Health

Alcoholism Knocks Off An Average 7.6 Years Of Life And Leads To 27 More Illnesses

Alcoholism can not just ruin your life, it can shorten it- an average of 7.6 years shoter for those hospitalized compared to hospital patients without it, according to patient data from various general hospitals in Manchester, England. The long-term obser ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2015 - 10:27am

High-Fat Dairy Linked To 23 Percent Lower Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes

Multiple studies have indicated a link between high consumption of dairy products and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes but a new study goes a step farther and finds that it is high-fat dairy products specifically that are associated with reduced risk.  Th ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2015 - 11:22am

Can You Be Whole Grain And Gluten Free?

Americans have new dietary guidelines and those state that half of our daily servings of grains should be whole grain, because whole grains are higher in fiber and lower in fat, etc. 5 percent of you will actually do that. Why the Federal government would ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2015 - 2:24pm

Will Love Conquer Addiction?

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Blog Post - Richard Taite - Apr 3 2015 - 11:47am

No Brushing, No Fluoridation, No Tooth Decay- Beavers, What's Your Secret?

A new study has examined why beavers don't get tooth decay even though they don't brush their teeth or drink fluoridated water. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2015 - 8:30am

Percentage Of Children Eating Fast Food Drops Nearly 20 Percent

A lower percentage of children are eating "fast food" on any given day, and calories consumed by children from those types of burger, pizza and chicken restaurants also dropped, according to a new study. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 3:36pm

Working Up A Sweat, It Could Save Your Life

Physical activity that makes you puff and sweat is key to avoiding an early death, a large Australian study of middle-aged and older adults has found. The researchers followed 204,542 people for more than six years, and compared those who engaged in only ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2015 - 8:56am

Diet Soda Frequency Linked To Waist Size Increases

When people start to put on weight do they drink diet soda more often, or does diet soda lead to weight increases? A new observational study says San Antonio men and women ages 65 and older got fat because of diet soda. The San Antonio Longitudinal Study o ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 11:14am

2 Major Commercial Weight-Loss Programs Actually Work (And Another 30 May Not)

Commercial weight loss plans come and go. It is hard to have a week go by without some new weight loss gimmick being listed on the New York Times bestseller list, and a diet plan and pre-packaged meals are sure to follow. Many people will ask doctors for ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 5:14pm

Blood Pressure Directly Linked To Relationship Quality

If you ever thought your spouse makes your blood pressure go up, you now have a study to show it. Sociological and epidemiological papers have long linked stress and negative marital quality to changes in mortality and blood pressure but there has not bee ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2015 - 3:35pm