Public Health

WNBA star Brittney Griner is in a Russian jail because the laws of the country you enter no matter what country you live in. A visitor to the US with banned substances is going to jail the same way.…

Vaping devices, e.g. the unfortunately named e-cigarettes, were a valuable tool for smoking cessation and harm reduction, with better results in ending smoking than nicotine patches and gums. Then…

There is some produce advice coming from the activist camp yet again, but what they are selling is rotten. A recent paper senior authored by famed organic industry proponent Dr. Michael N. Antoniou…

Seeing a doctor can be crucial to managing and preventing chronic disease but there has long been a racial gap in routine visits that can't be explained by racism or income.  Maybe people didn't…

Though nearly everyone recognizes that smoking cigarettes is a known carcinogen, many marijuana users think marijuana smoke is safe. They may not realize it is inhaling the smoke, not that the smoke…

"Live cold, die old" may soon become folk wisdom if a new study holds up in mice is true for people. Most of us have heard some form of the phrase "live fast, die young" and take it to mean reckless…

A small pilot study has concluded that even one night of exposure to moderate room lighting during sleep can impair glucose and cardiovascular regulation. In the experiment, 10 people slept for one…

Though there are examples of fit older men, they are the exception, just as attractive young people are the exception. Yet in youth people just accept that, while in middle age men seem to take it…

Some people believe the immune system is dormant when you are healthy and only kicks into action when a threat is present. Biologically, nature is always trying to kill things, we are just evolved…

In the last few decades more has been learned about the impact of oral health on the entire human biological system. And more is being done to reduce factors that lead to an estimated 15 million…