Public Health

School Age Kids Are Skipping Lunch

3 percent of younger children and 17 percent of 9-13 year olds skip lunch on a given school day and 23 percent of 9-13 year olds skip lunch on the weekends- yet obesity is a growing problem. They may be eating more junk food instead. Lunch skippers had lo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2015 - 11:41am

Men Who Eat Produce That Usually Has Higher Pesticide Residues May Have Lower Semen Quality

A new paper creates a link between exposure to pesticide residues from fruits and vegetables and semen quality.  Men who ate fruits and vegetables with higher levels of pesticide residues, like strawberries, spinach, and peppers, had lower sperm count and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 30 2015 - 8:42pm

Particulate Air Pollution- Ultrafine Particles Can Influence Cardiac Function

Inhalable particles include all particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 10 micrometers (PM10), which is broken down into finer particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers (PM2.5), which can enter the lung, and ultrafine particles with diameters less th ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 8:06pm

Each Hour Of TV Daily Linked To 3.4 Percent Greater Diabetes Risk

A new epidemiology paper on the effects of sedentary or 'sitting' time on diabetes risk matched the curves of television watching and obesity and correlated each hour spent watching TV daily with a 3.4 percent greater risk of developing diabetes ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2015 - 3:14pm

Easter Bonus- Eggs Linked To Reduced Type 2 Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly widespread throughout the world and lifestyle habits, such as exercise and nutrition, are the biggest culprits. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2015 - 9:49am

Alcoholism Knocks Off An Average 7.6 Years Of Life And Leads To 27 More Illnesses

Alcoholism can not just ruin your life, it can shorten it- an average of 7.6 years shoter for those hospitalized compared to hospital patients without it, according to patient data from various general hospitals in Manchester, England. The long-term obser ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2015 - 10:27am

High-Fat Dairy Linked To 23 Percent Lower Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes

Multiple studies have indicated a link between high consumption of dairy products and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes but a new study goes a step farther and finds that it is high-fat dairy products specifically that are associated with reduced risk.  Th ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2015 - 11:22am

Can You Be Whole Grain And Gluten Free?

Americans have new dietary guidelines and those state that half of our daily servings of grains should be whole grain, because whole grains are higher in fiber and lower in fat, etc. 5 percent of you will actually do that. Why the Federal government would ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2015 - 2:24pm

Will Love Conquer Addiction?

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Blog Post - Richard Taite - Apr 3 2015 - 11:47am

No Brushing, No Fluoridation, No Tooth Decay- Beavers, What's Your Secret?

A new study has examined why beavers don't get tooth decay even though they don't brush their teeth or drink fluoridated water. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2015 - 8:30am