Public Health
- Acupuncture Works, At Least In Some Patients With Non-Specific Pain
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A randomized controlled trial of the use of acupuncture in emergency departments has found the treatment is a safe and effective alternative to pain-relieving drugs for some patients who visit looking for relief from things like a self-reported ankle sprai ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2017 - 6:30am
- Did BPA Bite The Dust?
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A common definition of the word dust refers to fine, dry particles of matter. From dust storms on earth to cosmic dust, just about everywhere that any form of matter is present, dust will also be present. That includes the ubiquitous household dust that ...
Article - Steve Hentges - Jul 11 2017 - 12:19pm
- A Small Number Of Physicians Prescribe The Majority Of Methadone
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It's not an 80/20 rule but if you are addicted to opiods you are likely to be visiting a small number of physicians in Ontario, according to a new analysis. ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2017 - 5:52am
- Is Anyone Safe From BPA?
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Everyone has heard about bisphenol A (BPA). It’s primarily used as a raw material to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins, both of which are high performance materials < ...
Article - Steve Hentges - Jul 19 2017 - 12:36pm
- Metabolically Unhealthy Thin People
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Just like some people are overweight but healthy- an obesity paradox- some people are thin but have a three-fold higher risk of mortality and/or cardiovascular events. Weight is not the best way to understand metabolic health, according to an analysis of l ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2017 - 3:20pm
- 'Good' Cholesterol Also Linked With Excessive Mortality
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Center for Science in the Public Interest, a litigation group that sues food companies, may be dusting off some of its old materials after new report which finds "good" cholesterol, also known as HDL, might not be as good as we think. The new pap ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2017 - 11:57am
- BPA Exposure In Canada- How Low Can You Go?
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A recent analysis of published data on human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA ...
Article - Steve Hentges - Sep 8 2017 - 7:28am
- Moms Told They Must Sleep On Their Side In Late Pregnancy- But Evidence Is Lacking
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Expectant moms get a lot of advice from the Internet, friends, and even strangers. It's a lot of judgment, given that this miracle of birth has already happened 13 billion times without anyone telling mothers to eat purple vegetables or their child w ...
Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2017 - 2:59pm
- BPA – Nothing New Under The Sun?
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It’s been shown that the primary route of human exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) is through the diet. One source of BPA in the diet is the protective coating inside many food and beverage cans, which helps to protect the safety and integrity of the food. ...
Article - Steve Hentges - Oct 17 2017 - 9:55am
- About The 2017 NAS Report On Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals And Low-Dose Effects
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In 2017 the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) published a report that it developed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to evaluate the evidence that chemicals are capable of causing health effects at low-doses. ...
Article - Gregory Bond - Jun 23 2018 - 11:55am