Public Health

Percentage Of Children Eating Fast Food Drops Nearly 20 Percent

A lower percentage of children are eating "fast food" on any given day, and calories consumed by children from those types of burger, pizza and chicken restaurants also dropped, according to a new study. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 3:36pm

Working Up A Sweat, It Could Save Your Life

Physical activity that makes you puff and sweat is key to avoiding an early death, a large Australian study of middle-aged and older adults has found. The researchers followed 204,542 people for more than six years, and compared those who engaged in only ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2015 - 8:56am

Diet Soda Frequency Linked To Waist Size Increases

When people start to put on weight do they drink diet soda more often, or does diet soda lead to weight increases? A new observational study says San Antonio men and women ages 65 and older got fat because of diet soda. The San Antonio Longitudinal Study o ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 11:14am

2 Major Commercial Weight-Loss Programs Actually Work (And Another 30 May Not)

Commercial weight loss plans come and go. It is hard to have a week go by without some new weight loss gimmick being listed on the New York Times bestseller list, and a diet plan and pre-packaged meals are sure to follow. Many people will ask doctors for ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 5:14pm

Blood Pressure Directly Linked To Relationship Quality

If you ever thought your spouse makes your blood pressure go up, you now have a study to show it. Sociological and epidemiological papers have long linked stress and negative marital quality to changes in mortality and blood pressure but there has not bee ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2015 - 3:35pm

WHO Sodium, Potassium Guidelines Are Unrealistic

Is there any point to the World Health Organization (WHO) making a recommendation that 3 people out of 1,000 can achieve? If not, Americans won't take WHO seriously, and the British respect those guidelines even less. Only 1 in 1,000 in the UK can mee ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2015 - 5:29pm

Height Directly Linked To Greater Risk Of Heart Disease

The shorter you are, the more your risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study. Every 2.5 inches change in height affected your risk of coronary heart disease by 13.5 percent- so a 5 foot 6 inch tall person has a 32% lower risk of coronary hea ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2015 - 6:05pm

Eating In Restaurants Linked To High Blood Pressure In College Students

A study of college students links eating in restaurants with high blood pressure, even in young people. Globally, high blood pressure- hypertension- is the leading risk factor for death associated with cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown that young ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2015 - 10:54am

What Just 5 Days Of Eating Fatty Food Does To Your Muscles

A new study has found that after just five days of eating a high-fat diet, the way in which the body's muscle processes nutrients changes. When food is eaten, the level of glucose in the blood rises. The body's muscle is a major clearinghouse for ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2015 - 12:21pm

E-Cigarettes: Better Than Smoking But Still Have Risk

E-cigarettes, battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution, have been sold in the United States since 2007 and are marketed as an option to help smokers kick the habit.  Instead of a nicotine patch or chewing gum, e-cigarette users inhale ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2015 - 9:00am