Archive | Health
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Sleep deprivation linked to excessive eating, study finds
Students may want to rethink pulling all-nighters for upcoming tests, as a new study links lack of sleep to excess eating.
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Smartphone application may ease anxiety
A recent study by Harvard psychologists found that a smart phone application could reduce anxiety for people suffering from social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety. The study was conducted by Psychology Professor Richard J. McNally and his graduate student, Philip M.
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Red meat study sparks public debate
Media outlets around the world are covering the release of a Harvard School of Public Health study stating that red meat consumption leads to an increased risk in mortality, stirring debate among the public and experts.
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Column: Obamacare’s individual mandate limits freedom, subsidizes insurance industry
It’s been two years since the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, affectionately referred to as “Obamacare,” passed, yet the debate over the health care bill is still raging in Washington and around the country.
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Column: Obamacare protects consumers from insurance companies, needs to go further
One simple promise has proven undeniably effective at garnering support from conservatives in the last dozen or so Republican debates. “I will repeal Obamacare.
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Baton Rouge sees most AIDS diagnoses nationwide
The number of AIDS diagnoses in Baton Rouge has increased and lifted the Capital City to the No. 1 slot for the most cases per capita nationwide through the year 2010. According to the HIV Surveillance Report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 33.
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Column: The politics of food
In his 2008 book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, Michael Pollan advised people to restore simplicity to food practices. Pollan’s message, clearly encapsulated as, “Eat food. Not too much.
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Column: Exporting obesity to China
With the American public increasingly wary of obesity and diabetes, sales of unhealthy food products in the US have slowed over the past few years. Nevertheless, the profits of American food corporations continue to grow, due in large part to the corporate focus on emerging markets.
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Umbilical cord cleansing lowers mortality
The neonatal mortality rate in the United States is significantly lower than in many countries across the globe. Based on data from 2009 collected by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, an average of 4.19 infants out of every 1000 dies before becoming 28 days old in our country (this represents 0.