Public Health

Science Of Liver Detox? Jet Fuel Seeds!

University of Illinois nutritionists say they have found compounds that boost liver detoxification enzymes nearly 5X, and they've found them in the crushed seeds left over after oil extraction from an oilseed crop, Camelina sativa, used in jet fuel. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2014 - 7:00pm

How long until the California Legislature Gets It: What’s Wrong with SB1283

How long until the California Legislature Gets It: What’s Wrong with SB1283 ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Sep 30 2014 - 10:21am

Americans Get Too Many Colonoscopies

Colonoscopies are a very valuable procedure by which to screen for the presence of colorectal cancer but healthy Americans who undergo the uncomfortable examination often have repeat screenings long before they actually should, finds Gina Kruse of Massach ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2014 - 1:22pm

Multiple Sclerosis Patients Benefit From Exercise

A new study has found that people with multiple sclerosis may reduce perceived fatigue and increase mobility through a series of combined strength training and fitness exercises.  The research from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, supervised by Pr ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 30 2014 - 6:01pm

Study Of Identical Twins Reveals Type 2 Diabetes Clues

By studying identical twins, researchers from Lund University in Sweden have identified mechanisms that could be behind the development of type 2 diabetes. This may explain cases where one identical twin develops type 2 diabetes while the other remains he ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2014 - 11:31am

Sandwiches: The Little Discussed Factor In Dietary Sodium Intake

Sodium is back in the health concern cycle and an analysis of data in the federal nationwide dietary intake survey known as "What We Eat in America NHANES 2009-2010," has led a team of Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conclude that, on any gi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2014 - 10:06am

Ebola Won’t Gain A Foothold In Western Countries – Here’s Why

Commotion outside house of infected nurse Teresa Ramos near Madrid. Credit: EPA By Peter Barlow, Edinburgh Napier University ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 8 2014 - 8:30pm

Bushmeat Linked To Ebola: Why Industrial Agriculture May Be Safer

Sometimes organic food kills and there is nothing more natural than locally-hunted wild meat bought at a local market.  Now it turns out that ebola, as with many emerging infections, may have arisen due to the practice of eating wild meat known as 'b ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2014 - 9:24am

Preventing Ebola: Screen — Or Screen Door?

It is pretty hard to trust or admire our government on a good day. However, this is more of a theoretical concern than a practical one, since they haven't had a whole lot of them lately.  ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Oct 24 2014 - 8:30am

PCBs May Have Altered Thyroid Hormone Activity During Pregnancy

A new study of human placenta has provided evidence that  flame retardant chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), implicated as being endocrine disrupting chemicals, and find they can interfere with thyroid hormone action in pregnant women. The ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2014 - 8:30am