Public Health

Happy Halloween From "The Food Boob"

It is just about impossible to find any written entity that is essentially 100% incorrect. Yet, Vani Hari, formerly known "The Food Babe," (and henceforth as "The Food Boob") manages to come pretty damn close. It was a Herculean effort, ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Nov 12 2014 - 3:07pm

Abortion Paradox: Banning It Does Not Lead To More Harm From Illegal Ones

 Another American election season has come and gone.  In San Francisco, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the House, campaigned only modestly, even in a year when voters turned on Democrats nationwide she was sure to get 80 percent of the vote, and on ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2014 - 10:48am

Sugary Drink Impact On Adolescent Metabolic Health Overstated

Trans fats are bad, they damage metabolic health in kids, according to experts and policy makers. So they were banned. Happy Meals too. And drinks with sugar. It's fashionable in nutritional circles to demonize sodas but they also embrace a lot of un ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 12:19pm

Coffee Consumption Reduces Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes By 25 Percent

If you like coffee, here is a delightful taste of confirmation bias. If you usually make fun of epidemiology, put your skepticism back in the pot, because coffee reduces diabetes. As many as 380 million people worldwide have diabetes, with an economic est ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 14 2014 - 8:30am

Inside India's Sterilization Camps

India's sterilization program focuses on women. EPA/STR By Sabu S Padmadas, University of Southampton ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 14 2014 - 12:31pm

Air Pollution Linked To Higher Rates Of Chronic Kidney Disease

Air pollution may play a role in the development of kidney disease, according to a study upcoming at ASN Kidney Week 2014 November 11-16 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are wide variances in the prevalence of chr ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 15 2014 - 12:13pm

Home Dialysis May Be Better Than In-Center Hemodialysis For Kidney Failure Patients

Home dialysis therapies may help prolong the lives of patients with kidney failure compared with hemodialysis treatments administered in medical centers, according to an upcoming study at ASN Kidney Week 2014 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Phila ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 15 2014 - 1:00pm

Secondhand Marijuana Smoke As Bad As Tobacco Smoke For Blood Vessels

Breathing secondhand marijuana smoke could damage your heart and blood vessels as much as secondhand cigarette smoke, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2014. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 16 2014 - 11:03am

Death Rate From Heart Disease Declines 4 Percent Since 2000

Since the year 2000, mortality rates for heart disease declined by almost 4 percent even as higher blood pressure and obesity role, according to a new paper in JAMA. Matthew D. Ritchey, D.P.T., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atla ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 16 2014 - 4:00pm

Emergency Room Visits For Irregular Heartbeat Up, Deaths Have Gone Down

A generation ago, there were awareness campaigns to tell people with an irregular heartbeats to go to the emergency room to prevent possible heart attacks. It worked. People now go to the emergency room as they have been told but with the gradual governme ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 16 2014 - 7:13pm