Public Health

Is there a Connection between Intelligence, Creativity and Mental Illness?

Plagued by mental health disorders such as depression,bipolar polar disorder, and schizophrenia, are a host of artists, writers and famous people throughout history. In fact, many times the eccentric tendencies of genius are associated with mental illness. ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Mar 10 2015 - 11:09pm

How Much Vitamin E Is Enough? High Cholesterol May Make A Difference

A new study has found that high levels of blood lipids such as cholesterol and triglycerides can keep Vitamin E, an essential micronutrient, tied up in the blood stream, and prevent vitamin E from reaching the tissues that need it. That means measuring onl ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2015 - 1:21pm

How OxyContin Was Allowed to Kill so Many

In The Week, reprinted from Pacific Standard, Mike Mariani outlines how OxyContin, which was allegedly known to be addictive by its manufacturers, was pawned off on the public as a safe and effective, and decidedly non-addictive, painkiller. Now, the Stat ...

Blog Post - Richard Taite - Mar 18 2015 - 11:12am

Over 40? A Healthy Diet Will Reduce Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease By One Third

Men and women who change their diet to meet current dietary guidelines could reduce their risk of a heart attack or a stroke by up to a third, according to a new study. Scholars at King's College London recruited healthy middle-aged and older men and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2015 - 1:56pm

The Shame Of America's "Public Health"

Our nation’s most influential, respected and powerful public health officials and academics are engaged in a vast,corrupt and fraudulent conspiracy to keep desperate smokers ignorant of the facts about how reduced-harm devices (such as e-cigarettes) are l ...

Article - Gil Ross - Mar 20 2015 - 3:16pm

Crazy Joe Mercola Is Behind The "Times"

Let’s give a big shoutout to  Gawker . They really stuck it to the Times by pointing out that their  columnist Nick Bilton, who writes about technology, business, culture, and style (and should probably stick to... ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Mar 22 2015 - 6:48pm

Facial Movements Of Unborn Babies Show Effects Of Maternal Smoking?

High-definition scans lead a team of researchers to conclude that the harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy may be reflected in the facial movements of mothers' unborn babies. In the small pilot study, the scholars observed 4-d ultrasound scans ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 23 2015 - 12:46pm

Changing Our Perspectives on Mental Illness and Mental Health

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Blog Post - Richard Taite - Mar 25 2015 - 7:59pm

Get Some Sun: More Than A Third Of College Athletes Have Low Vitamin D

Up to 1 billion people globally have insufficient or deficient vitamin D levels even though many western nations fortify milk with it. The reason is lack of sun exposure in some places but with a culture war on both sunshine and diet low vitamin D levels ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2015 - 9:00am

Terrible At Sports? Low Vitamin D Is To Blame. Or Not. Turns Out It's All Hype

In 2015, I predicted that someone was going to end up in the hospital due to overdoses on supplements. But don't you always say they are useless placebos? a friend asked. No, they are not all placebos, but products sold as supplements that do somethin ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 29 2019 - 1:16pm