Public Health

An on-board air filtration system called  high-efficiency cabin air, or HECA, developed specifically for school buses reduced exposure to vehicular pollutants by up to 88 percent, according to a…

Known for years as the “career woman’s disease” based on the idea that women without children develop disease in their reproductive organs, endometriosis is a painful condition thought to affect one…

Emulsifiers are one key group of food ingredients that is broadly used in formulation of packaged food products. Scientists have shown that it may cause disruption of the mucosal layer in our…

Nature is all about booms and busts - it is common for species to grow too large to be sustainable. Humans were once that way too, but science has now made it possible for even the poorest people to…

A connection between persistent insomnia and increased inflammation and mortality from all causes has been identified by a group of researchers in The American Journal of Medicine. The results apply…

Sunlight may have benefits not yet discovered. Joseph D'Mello CC BY-NC Summer sunshine makes most of us feel better, but there may be more to the benefits than just feeling good. A growing body of…

Sleep is essential for overall health. Without regular age appropriate amounts of sleep, adolescents are at risk for developing a variety of conditions such as depression, anxiety, weight change, and…

Can he be the global warming culprit? Link Could our meat-loving Western diets push climate change over the edge? That was the message of a recent report from UK think tank Chatham House that, even…

Do you care where the food you buy comes from? amy, CC BY-NC The public reaction to the Hepatitis A scare linked to contaminated frozen berries imported from China continues. Consumer confidence in…

A new paper based on a series of theoretical calculations using applied physics says that if you smoke 15 cigarettes in a sealed car in just over an hour, you could lose consciousness. So crack a…