Public Health

Acidity Of Urine May Affect Susceptibility To Urinary Tract Infections

The acidity of urine-- as well as the presence of small molecules related to diet-- may influence how well bacteria can grow in the urinary tract, a new study shows.  Urinary tract infections (UTIs) often are caused by a strain of bacteria called Escheric ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2015 - 6:43am

Math, Time and Obesity

Searching for the perfect equation You can discuss obesity and weight loss without using math...in the same way you can discuss Astronomy without using math. While there may be a way to present a conjecture in either field using just logic and pure reason ...

Blog Post - Ignatius Brady - Oct 22 2015 - 8:46pm

90 Outbreaks, 95 Hospitalizations Linked To Recreational Water

In 2011–2012, the most recent years for which finalized data were available, public health officials from 32 states and Puerto Rico reported 90 recreational water–associated outbreaks to CDC's Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System (WBDO ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2015 - 2:32pm

Homeopsychopaths

When it comes to educating the public about all matters chemical, there is no one better than Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a wildly popular professor at McGill University in Montreal. "Dr. Joe," as his students call him, is one sharp dude. He has written ab ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Jul 6 2015 - 5:05pm

Is Marriage Good Or Bad For Your Weight? A Comparison By Countries

If you ask some people why they would never want to get divorced, they joke that they would not want to have to 'get back down to dating weight', but do married people really give up and get heavier? ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2015 - 8:17am

Vegan Diets Works Better For Weight Loss Than Vegetarian Or Atkins

A vegan diet remains controversial because it is in defiance of our evolutionary mandate- it is unnatural in humans to only eat meat the same way it is in cats. But diets are popular for lots of reasons that defy scientific explanation and regardless of th ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2015 - 2:47pm

Obese Teens Are Less Likely To Use Contraception

A study of nearly 1,000 teens found that sexually active obese adolescents were significantly less likely to use contraception than normal weight peers, putting them at higher risk of unintended pregnancy. Obese adolescents who did use contraception were ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2015 - 6:42pm

Sepsis Is Largely Unknown But It Puts One Million People In The Hospital Each Year

Most Americans have never heard of it, but according to new federal data, sepsis is the most expensive cause of hospitalization in the US. ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 1 2015 - 2:30pm

True Weight Loss Is Rare

When you are a weight loss doctor, your friends and colleagues cannot help but comment on your work. Many conversations contain the question, "Isn't it all just....(carbs, laziness, fast food, inactivity, genes, fructose- fill in speculation here ...

Blog Post - Ignatius Brady - Oct 22 2015 - 8:48pm

Is Lack Of Education As Deadly As Smoking?

After examining decades of data, researchers from the University of Colorado Denver have found that a lack of education may be as deadly as smoking. The study, which included researchers from New York University and the University of North Carolina at Cha ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 16 2015 - 8:02am