Public Health

Want To Eat Less? Keep Food Out Of Sight

 Researchers from Cornell University say eating less may be as simple as leaving serving dishes on the stove and off the table. The team conducted a study involving 78 men and women and found that people eat a lot less, almost 30 percent less, if food is n ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2010 - 6:24pm

Eating Peppers Encourages Weight Loss?

Hot peppers contain a substance called capsaicin that not only adds spice to our foods but may actually help us lose weight. A new study conducted by UCLA researchers found that a substance in hot peppers called capsaicin can actually increase our energy e ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2010 - 12:30pm

Advertising Against Lung Cancer

I cannot but be happy about the decision of the Australian government led by Kevin Rudd to further tighten the moral suasion against smoking. They decided that starting in 2012, the name of the brand of cigarettes and other logos will be moved away from th ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 29 2010 - 7:25am

Roller Coasters May Damage Your Ears

Roller coasters are a lot of fun, but conditions experienced during the rides may cause damage to your ears. Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit say they have found a link between the force of acceleration in roller coasters and a common ear injur ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2010 - 10:38am

Curing Through Capitalism

Support for science comes in many forms. I've discussed being a research scientist and what citizen scientists can do when they donate their time. Now let's bring up the third leg of the Tripod of Science-- cash. This is about the triumph of capi ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 30 2010 - 9:12pm

Teens Who Sleep Less Gain More Weight, Study Finds

Researchers from the Seattle Children's Research Institute have found that teenagers who sleep less are more likely to gain weight. Their study, they say, is one of the first studies to document an association between sleep duration and weight in adol ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2010 - 11:07am

Kung Fu Fetus

This little girls seems ready to kick her way out of the womb and into the big wide world! ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - May 4 2010 - 12:36pm

Insulin Resistance Harms Arteries, Too

A new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism shows that our arteries can also suffer the effects of insulin resistance, though for entirely different reasons than other areas of the body. Earlier studies showed that in the context of systemic insulin r ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2010 - 12:43pm

Young Smokers Don't Recognize Early Signs Of Addiction

Children who pick up smoking may not recognize the symptoms of nicotine dependence early on in the habit, say researchers writing in Pediatrics. Their study found that sixth-graders who started smoking in the 4-year period 2002–2006 were unable to recogniz ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2010 - 4:08pm

Obese People Should Lose Weight Quickly

Previous research has suggested that the best approach to significant weight loss is a slow and steady one. But a new study in the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine indicates that the key to long-term weight loss and maintenance is rapid weight ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2010 - 10:53am