Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic

Feb 25, 2020 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

New disease outbreaks, like the novel coronavirus that recently emerged in Chinas Hubei province, generate headlines and attention. Meanwhile, however, Americans face a slower but much more pervasive health crisis:...

Antibiotic resistance: new discovery could change the future of treatment

Feb 25, 2020 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Since their discovery in 1928, antibiotics have become a common way of treating infections caused by bacteria, fungi and other microbes. To treat an infection, a doctor usually prescribes a course of antibiotics (such as...

What is hypnobirthing, the technique the Duchess of Cambridge used?

Feb 25, 2020 13:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

In a new parenting podcast, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, said she used hypnobirthing techniques to help her get through severe morning sickness a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum. She also used the...

New DNA test that reveals a child’s true age has promise, but ethical pitfalls

Feb 25, 2020 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Epigenetic clocks are a new type of biological test currently capturing the attention of the scientific community, private companies and governmental agencies because of their potential to reveal an individuals true...

Vaping and heart disease: setting the record straight

Feb 25, 2020 12:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

In June 2019, a paper by prominent US academics found that people who used e-cigarettes were at greater risk of a heart attack. The authors concluded that e-cigarettes were just as risky as tobacco in provoking heart...

Blacks are at higher risk for Alzheimer's, but why?

Feb 25, 2020 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke, which are often chronic diseases. And it is also for Alzheimers disease, in...

How the Mediterranean diet became number 1 — and why that's a problem

Feb 25, 2020 01:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The Mediterranean diet was voted by a panel of 25 health and nutrition professionals as the best diet for 2020. Characterized by plant-based meals, the diet emphasizes eating less red meat and dairy, and more fish and...