Epidemiology

Yogurt Diet Tied To Testicle Size In Strange Mouse Study

| Elie Dolgin | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Mouse Testicles, Mice, Testicles, Yogurt, Probiotics, Video, Sex Research, Nutrition, New Research, Reproductive Health, Epidemiology, Animals, Science News

Last sum­mer a team of researchers from the Massa­chusetts Institute of Technology set out to better understand the effects of yogurt on obesity. T...

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Re-understanding Violence as We Had to Re-Understand Plague..To Cure It

Gary Slutkin | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Baltimore, Mit, Violence, Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Ceasefire, The Project on Justice in Times of Transition, Bubonic Plague, Gun Violence, Neuroscience, John Hopkins University, Chicago, Epidemic, Epidemiology, The Plague, Conflict Resolution, Saxelab, Chicago News
Gary Slutkin

Human history is filled with tragic blunders that fail to put their finger on the problem, and actually compose a "solution" that has no value. This is where we are today, relying on prisons as solutions to reducing the epidemics of violence.

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Did Columbus Bring Syphilis to Europe?

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Syphilis, Columbian Theory, Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Pre-Columbian Theory, Columbian Exchange, Columbus Syphilis, Epidemiology, Archaeology, The New World, Emory University, Science News

When Columbus returned to Europe from his voyage to America, he and his crew brought news that would reshape the world. And according to recent resear...

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Update on the Pandemic Disease of the 21st Century

Bernard Starr | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Twitter, Amtrak, Medical Research, Violence, Addiction, Public Health, Pandemic, Cure, Facebook, Texting, Internet, Bill Maher, Suffering, South Korea, Disease, Gaming, Epidemiology, Comedy News
Bernard Starr

The chief symptom of Posterior Alimentary Canal Syndrome resists any potential cure. Sufferers have their heads up the posterior end of the alimentary canal (also known as the rear end).

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Weekly Pulse: New Anti-Choice Bill Suggests More #DearJohn Letters Needed

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Socialized Medicine, Vietnamese, Choice, Hmo, #DearJohn, CAROL JOFFE, NAIL SALON, Grittv, SOLVENT, Toxin, National Radio Project, SIMEON TALLEY, Rape, SADY DOYLE, Pregnancy, hr3, California, Epidemiology, Insurance, Cancer, Campus Progress, Laura Flanders, Mandate, RH Reality Check, Health, Women, Brie Cadman, Abortion, Forcible Rape, NOREEN EVANS, Republican, change.org, Immigrant, TIGERBEATDOWN, Home News
The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Health advocate Eesha Pandit and blogger Sady Doyle join GRITtv host Laura Flanders for a discussion...

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Medical Research, Lifestyle Choices and Your Health Destiny

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health, Dr. David Katz, Epidemiology, Health Funding, Funding Health, Medical Research, Health Research, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Premature death and chronic disease are overwhelmingly the result of a short list of behaviors we control; that list is dominated by just three: tobacco use, dietary pattern and physical activity.

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Swine Flu and You: Emotional Epidemiology

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Primary Care, Swine Flu, H1n1, Vaccination, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Psychology, Doctor, Epidemiology, Immunization, Patients, Health, Video, Healthy Living News
Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD

The only preventative measures that actually prevent disease are vaccinations. Our world is an immeasurably better place since the advent of vaccines.

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Cell Phone Dangers And Air Pollution Risk Overblown

Columbia University Press Blog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epidemiology, Health Risk Hype, Cell Phone Dangers, Health Risks, Authors, Hyping Health Risks, New Books, Books, Air Pollution, Geoffrey Kabat, Books News

I would contend that one can't really understand what is going on with the hyping of health risks without considering the social context in which mess...

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Dust Storms Spread Deadly Diseases Worldwide, But May Ease Effects Of Climate Change: Researchers

The Observer | John Vidal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia, Desertification, Diseases, Africa, Flu, Sahara, Health, Influenza, Climate Change, Asthma, Drought, Desert, Storm, Dust Storms, Health Effects, Emissions, Valley Fever, Epidemiology, Dust, Deforestation, Environment, Green News

Huge dust storms, like the ones that blanketed Sydney twice last week, hit Queensland yesterday and turned the air red across much of eastern Australi...

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