Public Health

Congratulations, Saxony- You Have The Fattest Germans!

During the last 20 years, the prevalence of obesity in Germany has increased by 39% in men and 21.2% in women. The population of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt most often suffers from obesity and has the greatest waist circumference, followed by Brande ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2008 - 10:27am

Eggs Vindicated In New Study

Since the early 1960s, it's become fashionable to use scare tactics about food and food groups to generate publicity and generate fundraising dollars.   The DDT mistake is forgivable but Alar?   Pure money-driven hysteria. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2008 - 10:49am

Keep yer 'at on!

The British Medical Journal has been busy overturning medical myths, according to BBC News.   "Both physicians and non-physicians sometimes believe things about our bodies that just are not true," wrote Dr Rachel Vreeman and Dr Aaron Carroll in t ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Dec 18 2008 - 1:16pm

How Dangerous is LDL Cholesterol?

We all know the term bogeyman — a fictional monster that empowers its inventor. According to Wikipedia, “parents often say that if their child is naughty, the bogeyman will get them, in an effort to make them behave.” I always think of the Falkland Island ...

Blog Post - Seth Roberts - Dec 19 2008 - 8:37am

Re. New Rules to Protect Health Care Workers Beliefs

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Blog Post - Anonymous - Jan 3 2009 - 7:11am

Sensible Christmas Snacking

We all know how hard it is to avoid tasty treats such as chocolate and crisps but it is even more challenging over the festive season. According to the British Heart Foundation, the average person will consume around 7000 calories on Christmas Day alone; ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 25 2008 - 9:43am

Earlier Menstrual Age Linked To Higher Body Fat In Adult Women

A South Dakota State University study showed that women who began menstruating at an earlier age had a higher percentage of body fat as adults than women who began menstruating later. But women who began menstruating earlier also had higher bone mineral de ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 23 2008 - 6:13pm

Third Hand Cigarette Smoking- Legitimate Worry Or Shark Jumping By Zealots?

For the dwindling minority that still smokes and don't feel oppressed enough, here's something new to worry about;  even if you choose to smoke outside of your house, thinking that you're keeping your kids away from second-hand smoke, you� ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 31 2008 - 5:45pm

Pediatrics Journal Takes On New Year's Weight-loss Resolution

If your New Year's resolution is to lose weight, you aren't alone. (Although given the lack of follow-through among many of us, it should be named a New Year's dissolution.) But this year, the ranks of tens of millions of adults trying to sh ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Dec 31 2008 - 9:48pm

High Fat Diet Disrupts Biological Clock- Study

Indulgence in a high-fat diet can not only lead to overweight because of excessive calorie intake, but also can affect the balance of circadian rhythms – everyone's 24-hour biological clock, Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have shown.  The ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2008 - 1:12pm