Public Health

Mom Was Almost Right: Junk Food Will Spoil Your Appetite, Except Permanently

A diet of junk food not only makes rats fat, but also reduces their appetite for novel foods, a preference that normally drives them to seek a balanced diet, according to a study in Frontiers in Psychology which helps to explain how excessive consumption ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 4:01pm

5 Myths about Healthcare Data Privacy from an Addiction Center CEO

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Blog Post - Richard Taite - Aug 28 2014 - 8:01am

Ontario Is A Worldwide Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hub

Why do so many people in Ontario have inflammatory bowel disease? One in every 200 Ontarians has been diagnosed with IBD, an increase by 64 percent between 1999 and 2008, according to a study by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Science ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 1:00pm

Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing: Why Pregnant Women Should Love Blood Tests

It has been almost 400 years since the publication of Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus ("On The Motion Of The Heart And Blood In Animals") by the British physician William Harvey, which accurately described the cir ...

Article - Susan Gross - Aug 28 2014 - 11:49am

E-Cigarettes Versus Cigarettes: 10X Decrease In Second-Hand Smoke

In the culture war on cigarette smoking that lingered long after the science and health issues were settled, nothing spoke to the fuzzy, non-evidence-based nature of arguments than claims that second-hand smoke would give someone lung cancer. Cigarette sm ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 2:30pm

Does Dr. Oz Think I'm An Idiot?

Here are four things I did not expect to happen to me on Wednesday August 13:  1) Waking up next to Scarlett Johansson  2) Bowling 300 with an Ikea bag over my head  3) Finding a bassoon in my eye  4) Getting invited to be on the Dr. Oz Show to talk about ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Sep 12 2014 - 10:06am

Low Carb Vs. Low Fat Diets: Which Is Better?

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Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2014 - 7:53pm

Research Results on Food Addiction

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Blog Post - Richard Taite - Sep 2 2014 - 12:47pm

The Diet That Works: Eat Less And Keep Doing That

There is a sure-fire way to lose weight; if you eat two cheeseburgers at McDonald's, eat one.  You don't need to read any books, slow cook, give up gluten, give up dairy, fats, carbs or booze; those can all help in the short term, because you ar ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2014 - 4:20pm

Bariatric Surgery Is Booming- Is It Needed?

Obesity is big business and as a result, so are bariatric surgeries. They are a popular fail safe for people who believe they lack the mental resolve to eat less but is it really the most cost effective way to treat obesity now that health care is governm ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2014 - 12:13am