Public Health

Technology Made Civilization- It Also Spread Disease 6,000 Years Ago

6,000 years ago, farmers were truly organic- and the diseases that can bring were even more prevalent then. But prehistoric people can be absolved of any guilt, they had no way to know that agricultural irrigation systems could add to their disease burden. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2014 - 7:15pm

For Obese Women, Pregnancy Is A Good Time To Gain Less Weight

For obese people, food is a habit. They associate a movie with chips or cake and a movie is not a movie without the snack. Taken out of their routines, people quickly unlearn such habits. Nothing overturns routine like pregnancy- and that may a great inro ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2014 - 8:41am

Are Pesticides Linked To Autism? Here Are 3 Big Concerns About A New Paper

If you haven't yet read that mothers who lived near farms have more kids with autism, you will. The reason, it is said, is because farms use pesticides. You're not off the hook, organic farmers. The results are from California and there are lots ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 2 2014 - 9:02am

Gavage Testing In Animals Is Not An Accurate Way To Measure Toxicology

If you have read about feminized frogs due to pesticides, or other scary claims by environmentalists, you may wonder why the EPA does not use those studies when registering chemicals. The reason is because they often have no parallel to the real world. Ch ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2014 - 7:23pm

Study Implicates Smog In Autism And Schizophrenia

A recent paper found that exposure to air pollution early in life produces harmful changes in the brains of mice, including an enlargement of part of the brain that is seen in humans who have autism and schizophrenia, and that led them to conclude that smo ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2014 - 7:00am

How To Make A High-fat Western Diet Worse: Add Sugar

A new study in mice shows that even short-term consumption of a Western diet rich in saturated fats and fructose is more damaging for healthy liver development than following a high fat diet alone, which provides new insight into the effects of adding fruc ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2014 - 6:05pm

How Hygienic Is Your Anesthesiologist?

In a recent study, researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center used video observation to assess  anesthesia provider hand hygiene compliance. They observed an average of 149 hand hygiene opportunities per hour of anesthesia time. Hand hygiene compli ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2014 - 12:05pm

Environmentalists Almost Killed My Friend

I am fortunate enough to own a small cottage on Fire Island. The island is a barrier beach, located about five miles off the south shore of Long Island. It is a wonderful, unique place. There are no roads or cars. And no stress, which is especially astound ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Aug 15 2015 - 10:59pm

Sunscreen Users Motivated By Emotion, Not Data

There's a reason scare journalism is so popular- people respond to it. If you ask most people why they should use sunscreen, they will tell you it prevents skin cancer, though humanity survived forever without it. And they can't tell you what di ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 6:31pm

Fondue Linked To Campylobacter Infections In Switzerland

In Switzerland, 7,000 to 8,000 persons each year fall ill with a campylobacter infection, making it the most frequent bacterial disease transmitted through food. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2014 - 9:30pm