New research suggests that diabetics struggling to control their blood sugar (glucose) and cholesterol levels should try replacing carbohydrate-rich snacks with nuts.
ACSH has been skeptical about the recent move by various school districts (about 30 percent nationwide since 2006) to reduce the toll of childhood obesity by sending overweight or obese children home with letters reporting their body-mass index (BMI), which is a crude measure of weight relative to height.
As any regular Dispatch reader knows, vaccines save millions of lives worldwide. Now, a recent report published in the the CDC s Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report makes it clear that they also save billions of dollars and that s in the U.S. alone.
We reported yesterday that the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a summit of the world's food safety regulatory agencies, approved food labeling guidance that would allow countries to label genetically modified foods without infringing upon international free trade laws. It turns out that, in fact, the Codex has suspended deliberations indefinitely, and that no labeling guidance has been approved. As you were. Carry on.
According to a small study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, massage therapy may be a viable option for those who suffer from lower back pain. Dr. Daniel C.
Neither the chemicals that leach in tiny amounts from plastics, nor the so-called radiation from your cell phone threatens your health as much as the simple act of sitting may. While news media and activists peddle the former two scenarios as grave public health threats, the latter is actually more detrimental, since a sedentary lifestyle increases obesity and significantly increases your likelihood of cancer and death.
With two-thirds of U.S. adults and one-third of children either obese or overweight, public health officials are scrambling to come up with solutions to this growing problem. Calorie labels, which will be instituted nationwide in chain restaurants next year as part of ObamaCare legislation, have already been in place in New York for the past two years.
Scientifically unfounded fears of biotech innovation too often result in real harm to the countries that most stand to benefit. Richard Tren, Executive Director of Africa Fighting Malaria, knows this all too well. Tren s health advocacy group fights opposition to the judicious use of DDT to protect African populations that are consistently ravaged by mosquito-borne malaria.
In welcome news for the people of Kenya, a set of new laws will allow the production and importation of genetically modified (GM) crops. Kenyans have been suffering the effects of a long drought on food supplies, with price spikes and malnutrition becoming frequent problems due to grain deficits.
How often is it actually useful to have a mammogram? A common recommendation, like that of the American Cancer Society, is to get screened every one to two years beginning at age 40. More recently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advised a less stringent schedule: screening for women ages 40 to 49 should be based on individual risk factors, while women ages 50 to 74 should get screened every two years.
