Public Health

Why Smoking Doesn’t Always Mean A Shortened Life Span- Or Cancer

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Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2015 - 10:03am

Diet Soda Drinkers Often Offset That With More Unhealthy Food

Want fries with that diet soda? You aren't alone, and you may not be saving as many calories as you think by consuming diet drinks, according to a new examination of the dietary habits of more than 22,000 U.S. adults which found that diet-beverage co ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 12 2015 - 11:18am

Study Links Marijuana Use To Poor Blood Sugar Control In Middle Age

New research shows that current and former users of marijuana are more likely to have the poorly-named prediabetes, poor blood sugar that might progress to type 2 diabetes, thanpeople who have never used marijuana. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2015 - 7:00am

Banning Trans Fats Won't Stop Heart Disease

Imagine if you could ban a certain, easily replaceable food component and save thousands of lives as a result. That’s the claim of new research that says a ban on trans fats in England could prevent 7,200 deaths between 2015 and 2020. The problem is that ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 16 2015 - 11:26am

Young Adults Approve Of Marijuana- Adolescents Not So Much

A new paper finds that adolescents have become less likely to approve of and use marijuana over the last decade when compared to young adults. This is coming during a time where a majority of Americans support the full legalization of marijuana, according ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2015 - 10:00am

You Knew This: Larger Portions Lead To Higher Consumption Of Food And Drink

A new review finds that people consume more food or non-alcoholic drinks when offered larger sized portions or when they use larger items of tableware. Overeating increases the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and many cancers, which are among the leading ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 16 2015 - 9:32pm

Eat Peanuts- And 4 Other Ways Science Can Help You Raise Healthy Children

There are countless parenting questions that science can’t answer: “is it gross to eat food my child spat out?”, “why do my kids hate wearing pants?” and, of course, “when they grow up, will my kids remember how much I loved them, or just that I made them ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 18 2015 - 8:00am

Politics, Pain, And Percocet In Vermont

It’s always heartwarming when an elected official jumps on a hot topic, opens his or her yap, at which point very little resembling the truth comes out, and scores a few cheap points with the public. If this makes things worse, hey, no one is perfect. And ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Sep 23 2015 - 7:58am

Targeting Exercise Is Not The Best Way To Reduce Prolonged Sitting

Targeting sitting time, rather than physical activity, is the most effective way to reduce prolonged sitting, according to the first comprehensive review of strategies designed to reduce sitting time.   Prolonged sitting has become a serious public health ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2015 - 7:30am

Review: Three Books On Anorexia

Portia De Rossi became famous playing Nelle on Ally McBeal in the 1990s and more recently as Lindsey Bluth on Arrested Development. She's a talented, funny actress, but more importantly: Portia De Rossi can write! Her 2010 anorexia memoir, Unbearable ...

Article - Ignatius Brady - Jul 24 2016 - 7:46pm