Should All Children Have their Cholesterol Checked?
The current generation of American kids may be one of the first generations to be less healthy and have shorter lifespans than their parents. Article…
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BPA on Receipts: Getting Under Our Skin
Using skin lotion or hand sanitizer before touching thermal paper (cash register receipts and printed tickets) can facilitate the absorption of BPA into the body….
What Causes Insulin Resistance?
Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes are caused by a drop in insulin sensitivity blamed on “intramyocellular lipid,” the buildup of fat inside our muscle cells.
The Mediterranean Diet vs. a Completely Plant-Based Diet
Recent studies have shown that higher Mediterranean diet adherence scores are associated with a significant reduction of the risk of death, heart disease, cancer, and…
What’s the Mediterranean Diet’s Secret?
The Mediterranean Diet is an “in” topic nowadays in both the medical literature and the lay media. As one researcher put it, “Uncritical laudatory coverage…
Vitamin D for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Vitamin D supplements were put to the test for Crohn’s disease.
Vitamin D for Asthma
Vitamin D supplements are put to the test in childhood asthma.
Would Taxing Unhealthy Foods Improve Public Health?
Increasing the cost of cigarettes through tobacco taxes is one of the most effective ways to decrease the harms of smoking—so, what does the science…
The Role of Poultry Viruses in Human Cancers
Does a cancer-causing herpes virus in chickens pose a public health threat?
Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
Green tea is put to the test against precancerous lesions, prostate cancer and metastatic cancer and compared to the effects of black tea.