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When fatigue isn’t temporary

May 17, 2017

Nearly everyone experiences fatigue at one time or another. It can usually be traced to a specific cause and often resolves on its own. Long-lasting fatigue, however, can have profound effects on your health, affecting your energy level, ability to concentrate and emotional and psychological well-being.

Preventing falls among seniors

May 17, 2017

Falls are serious at any age, but especially for older people who are more likely to break a bone when they fall because of osteoporosis, which weakens the bones. Someone may not even know they have osteoporosis until a fall causes a bone to break.

Is the American diet getting healthier?

May 15, 2017

Health food stores are proliferating, more grocery stores are making room for health food sections and health experts are urging us to consume more fruits and veggies and less red meat, fast food and processed food – but has the notoriously unhealthy American diet gotten any better?

Kicking the salt shaker habit may not be enough

May 15, 2017

Reducing the amount of sodium you put in home-cooked meals may not be sufficient to improve your health if you dine out regularly at restaurants, says a new study, because restaurant foods and commercially processed foods sold in stores contain so much of it.

Radiation health risks depend on dose & type of exposure

Benita Mehta

May 15, 2017

Everyone is exposed to radiation every day and sources of radiation often surround us. Some are natural and some are man-made, but we can’t see or feel radiation’s presence.

Report: Unsafe drinking water widespread in U.S.

“There’s no cop on the beat enforcing our drinking water laws”

May 12, 2017

Nearly a quarter of the U.S. population -- approximately 77 million people – is drinking water from systems reporting violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 2015, according to a report issued recently by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

It’s official: Obesity is a disease

May 12, 2017

The question of whether obesity should be classified a ‘disease’ – a question which has sparked controversy for decades – was answered with a “yes” recently by the World Obesity Federation (WOF).

Air pollution from traffic linked to DNA damage in kids

May 11, 2017

Children and teens exposed to high levels of traffic-related air pollution have evidence of a specific type of DNA damage called telomere shortening, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Study: Healthcare worker “drama” affects patient safety

May 10, 2017

The failure to deal with interpersonal conflicts among the people tasked with taking care of patients adversely affects patient safety and quality of care, according to a new study by VitalSmarts. More than 1,200 physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals were asked about personnel problems in their organizations. The results, says VitalSmarts VP of Research David Maxfield, show that silence about slackers, timid supervisors, toxic peers and arrogant doctors is the real problem.

Sugar-sweetened beverages becoming more affordable around the world

Increasing affordability expected to hamper efforts to address global obesity epidemic

May 8, 2017

A new American Cancer Society study concludes that sugar-sweetened beverages have become more affordable in nearly every corner of the globe, and are likely to become even more affordable and more widely consumed. The study appears in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, and concludes that without policy action to raise prices, global efforts to address the obesity epidemic will be hampered.