Public Health

Ethnopharmacognosy

Ethnopharmacognosy

Ethnopharmacognosy           Includes the study of traditional concepts or methods for distinguishing between various plant parts such as bark, leaves,…
Antioxidants Reduce Stroke Risk In Women

Antioxidants Reduce Stroke Risk In Women

The debate over the actual benefit of antioxidants may be ongoing but the studies keep coming in. Regardless of cardiovascular disease medical history, Swedish women who ate an antioxidant-rich diet…
Anti-Obesity Drug?

Anti-Obesity Drug?

A new compound has been shown to reduce Body Mass Index (BMI) and abdominal circumference in obese rhesus monkeys, and imaging revealed a substantial decrease in body fat. In contrast to current ‘…
Eat Slow, Lose Weight

Eat Slow, Lose Weight

If you are of a certain age, perhaps your parents told you to eat slowly. They may have said something about better digestion but if you were one of many poor people it also had to do with feeling…
Rich Anti-Science Hippies And Vaccines (Again)

Rich Anti-Science Hippies And Vaccines (Again)

Get your 'false equivalence' disclaimers ready, uber-progressive metropolitan San Francisco is once again leading America in anti-science beliefs.  Unlike something silly and annoying, like…
Stop eating your pet's food

Stop eating your pet's food

Apparently people are eating their pet's food, and they're getting salmonella poisoning in return. Or at least, that's the impression provided by the news coverage. The FDA started a "year-long…