Public Health

Women With Endometriosis Need More Support, Less Judgment

Known for years as the “ career woman’s disease ” based on the idea that women without children develop disease in their reproductive organs, endometriosis is a painful condition thought to affect one in ten women worldwide. ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 2 2015 - 6:04pm

HECA School Bus Filtration System Reduces Pollutants 88 Percent

An on-board air filtration system called  high-efficiency cabin air, or HECA, developed specifically for school buses reduced exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a new paper. study by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School o ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2015 - 9:45am

Peanut Consumption Decreases Mortality

Want to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack? Go a little nuts. Peanuts are getting a modern rehabilitation.  Except for severe cases, it has been found that peanut allergies will go away if kids eat them early, and when they reach adulthood they w ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2015 - 9:45am

The New York Times On Drugs- Wrong, Naive Or Misleading?

I never know what I'm going to find on the editorial pages of the New York Times. Sometimes I agree with them, and sometimes I don't. But, they usually, at the very least, make sense.  That streak ended on March 2nd, when the Times printed an edi ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Mar 4 2015 - 6:31pm

Are You Allergic To Marijuana?

There are lots of good reasons not to smoke marijuana and you probably heard or read them all growing up- what you may not have heard is that marijuana, like other pollen-bearing plants, is an allergen which can cause allergic responses. A new article summ ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2015 - 2:00pm

Understanding Why You Can’t Get to Sleep

Everyone has an occasional bad night’s sleep, but some people struggle more than others do, often for a variety of reasons. Scientists tell us that stress or trauma are a frequent cause, but depression,  bad habits  before bedtime and even being too tired ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Mar 4 2015 - 11:32am

Celiac Disease Is Real- Gluten Sensitivity, Not So Much

It's no surprise that the authors of a study, whose work is spun by people selling diet fads into being conclusive proof that a diet fad is science, disagree with what some media outlets are doing with their work- and that their disagreement gets far ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jan 8 2019 - 1:58pm

No Link Between Testosterone Therapy And Heart Problems

Two recent studies failed to find a connection between testosterone therapy in men and heart problems, contradicting claims that prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate its safety. The new studies include a meta-analysis of data from ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 4 2015 - 6:20pm

The Myth Of Chinese Heart Health

In this country, poor diet, obesity and high rates of smoking have compounded to give nearly 75 percent of adults poor cardiovascular health. It's not the United States, it is China, yet an alarming number of health plans promoted by American nutritio ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2015 - 5:30pm

Overweight? The Clue In Your Poo

We are all populated by microbes – helpful or otherwise – which form a community known as a microbiome. Recent research by Ryan Newton and co-workers has shown that sewage-based analysis of the human microbiome can be used to diagnose health issues at a p ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2015 - 11:00am