The Rx Meds That Do More Harm Than Good

by | Jan 9, 2015 | News and Notes

Prevention News (prevention.com/health) by Markham Heid October 2, 2014 A class of powerful prescription painkillers called opioids—which includes name-brand drugs like Vicodin and OxyContin—comes with more risks than benefits, argues a new position paper in the...

Don’t Drink the (Warm) Water, Study Says

by | Jan 7, 2015 | News and Notes

Science Daily (sciencedaily.com) -By University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Monday, September 22, 2014 Americans can take a warning from a University of Florida study of bottled water in China ─ don’t drink the liquid if you’ve...

Training Your Brain to Prefer Healthy Foods

by | Nov 25, 2014 | News and Notes

Science Daily (sciencedaily.com) by Tufts University September 1, 2014 It may be possible to train the brain to prefer healthy low-calorie foods over unhealthy higher-calorie foods, according to new research by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition...

In Plastics and Cans, a Threat to Women

by | Oct 1, 2014 | News and Notes

The New York Times (nytimes.com) – by Deborah Blum Thursday, August 28, 2014 A few years ago, Jodi Flaws, a bioscientist at the University of Illinois, began testing a theory about the risks to women posed by the widely used industrial compound bisphenol A, or...