Since 1980 an average of one new infectious disease emerges in humans every eight months--representing a substantial global threat to human health.
As well as representing a significant global health threat they also create a burden to public health systems and the global economy.
and its associated modern amenities may impact health and wellness. Studying short-term spikes in the testosterone levels of Tsimane men UC Santa barbara anthropologists Ben Trumble and Michael Gurven have found that the act of chopping down trees--a physically demanding task that is critical
The paper was written with Gurven a UCSB professor of anthropology and co-director of the Tsimane Health and Life history Project a collaboration between UCSB and the University of New mexico.
Our results provide evidence that added sugar consumed at concentrations currently considered safe exerts dramatic adverse impacts on mammalian health the researchers say in a study set for online publication Tuesday Aug 13 in the journal
just as harmful to the health of mice as being inbred the offspring of first cousins. Even though the mice didn't become obese
--and that are considered safe by regulatory agencies--impair the health of mice. The new toxicity test placed groups of mice in room-sized pens nicknamed mouse barns with multiple nest boxes--a much more realistic environment than small cages allowing the mice to compete more naturally for mates
This is a sensitive test for health and vigor declines he says noting that in a previous study he used the same test to show how inbreeding hurt the health of mice.
One advantage of this assay is we get the same readout no matter if we are testing inbreeding
The mice tell us the level of health degradation is almost identical from added-sugar and from cousin-level inbreeding.
The study was funded by the National institutes of health and the National Science Foundation. A Mouse Diet Equal to What a Quarter of Americans Eatthe experimental diet in the study provided 25 percent of calories from added sugar--half fructose and half glucose--no matter how many calories the mice ate.
Type 2 diabetes and associated CKD have become major public health problems. However little is known about the long-term effect of diet on the incidence and progression of early-stage diabetic CKD according to the study background.
Focusing on soot and methane may be worth targeting for health reasons as previous studies have identified substantial health benefits from reducing those emissions Smith said.
and implement long-term public health and safety programs when building large-scale irrigation projects according to the researchers.
considering health impacts in the long-term planning assessment and mitigation of projects related to water resources Baeza said.
The study is the first to combine satellite imagery of vegetation cover with public health records of malaria cases over a large region to track changes that occur as a mega-irrigation project progresses.
and higher heart rate recovery--indicating a lower level of fitness--compared to normal weight kids.
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and stimulates a powerful antitumor immune response Ljubimova said adding that this and previous animal studies have found the nanodrug to be a safe and efficient delivery platform.
Forty-three close contacts of both cases were interviewed by public health officials and tested for influenza virus. Of these one (a son in law who helped care for the father) had mild illness but all contacts tested negative for H7n9 infection.
We need to develop long-term strategies to deal with these pests that are effective safe for public and environmental health
Fish oil--expensive and scarce thanks in part to its popularity as a health supplement for people--was replaced with soybean
But a second study demonstrated how the food industry can act to restore the frozen vegetable's health benefits.
But they had had previously success using other food sources of myrosinase to boost broccoli's health benefits.
We were delighted to find that the radish enzyme was heat stable enough to preserve broccoli's health benefits even
#Timber rattlesnakes indirectly benefit human health: Not-so-horrid top predator helps check Lyme diseasethe scientific name of the timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus is a sign of the fear
and his research colleagues will talk about the human health implications of their work on Aug 6. Timber rattlesnakes are listed as endangered in six states
and human health we'll likely see substantial stress from severely hot conditions. The scientists also projected the velocity of climate change defined as the distance per year that species of plants
but the added sugar can be a risk to dental health Wu said. Our study results show that only milk was able to reduce acidity of dental plaque resulting from consuming sugary Froot Loops said Naval who is currently a fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Diet plays an important role in oral health Wu said. Studies of food intake and cavities have focused mainly on the sugar or carbohydrate content.
If understood and implemented properly food sequencing can be used as a public health educational tool to maintain
and preserve good oral health said Naval. Other contributors included Drs. Anne Koerber Larry Salzmann Indru Punwani and Bradford Johnson all of the dentistry faculty at UIC.
#Rubber slat mats could improve animal well-beingnew research shows that rubber slat mats could improve swine health.
We found that this dietary deficiency can compromise the behavioral health of adolescents not only because their diet is deficient
Although subjects appeared to be in general good physical health there were behavioral deficiencies in adolescents that were pronounced more in second-generation subjects with omega-3 deficiencies.
The team also included from the National institutes of health Stanley Rapoport senior investigator and chief of the brain physiology and metabolism unit;
and health that they could be considered in legal disputes--as is white pine nut availability now--about
and shrub recovery and restore ecosystem health. As wolves help reduce elk numbers in Yellowstone
and shrub recovery researchers said this improves the diet and health of grizzly bears. In turn a healthy grizzly bear population provides a second avenue of control on wild ungulates especially on newborns in the spring time.
#Young cannabis-smokers aware of the health risks91 percent of on average 20-year-old Swiss men drink alcohol almost half of whom drink six beverages or more in a row and are thus at-risk consumers
and especially the at-risk consumers rate their knowledge of the health consequences of alcohol tobacco
Men from the Suisse romande (French-speaking Switzerland) and high school graduates rate their knowledge of the health risks of excessive consumption as slightly better than German-speaking Swiss and men with a lower level of education.
#Good eating and sleep habits help kids succeed in schooladults often hear what they should be doing to improve their health.
Health habits such as eating and sleep patterns are linked to academic success according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Documenting the occurrence of these compounds is an important first step in figuring out the health consequence associated with the exposures.
The study is based on a foundation of collaborative research among the U s. Forest Service the USGS National Wildlife Health Center
In addition nitrate pollution is a health hazard and also causes oxygen-depleted'dead zones'in our waterways and oceans.
Manore is professor of nutrition in the College of Public health and Human sciences at OSU She said the overwhelming body of research shows that just counting calories does not work.
which together form around two thirds of the world's species. This means that butterflies are useful indicators of biodiversity and the general health of ecosystems.
Australia formally introduced plain brown packaging accompanied by graphic health warnings taking up three quarters of the front of the pack for all tobacco products on December 1 2012.
The interviewees were all taking part in the annual phone Victorian Smoking and Health Survey
while the remainder (27.7%)were still using branded packs with smaller health warnings. The smokers were asked
The above story is provided based on materials by Emory Health Sciences. The original article was written by Carol Clark.
#Health risks from arsenic in rice exposedhigh levels of arsenic in rice have been shown to be associated with elevated genetic damage in humans a new study has found.
which has caused devastating health impacts including cancers in many parts of the world. The authors say their work raises considerable concerns about health impacts of consuming high arsenic rice as a staple particularly by people with relatively poor nutritional status--perhaps as many as a few hundred million people.
How directly relevant the results are to people in the UK with a generally lower consumption of rice
which are more consistent and protective of human health. Dr Ashok K Giri who led the Indian research team added:
Although high arsenic in rice is a potential threat to human health there should not be any panic about the consequences particularly as the health risks arise from long-term chronic exposure.
so we can easily address future human health risks with proper mitigation strategies Results of this study will not only help to understand the toxic effects caused by this human carcinogen
At sublethal doses the pesticides modulated key enzymes that regulate physiological processes cognitive capacities and immune responses such as homing flight associative learning foraging behavior and brood development.
While continued planting of one species in monoculture pulls the soil in one direction rotating to a different one benefits soil health.
so his presentation was given by Debasis Bagchi Ph d. director of innovation and clinical affairs at Iovate Health Sciences International Inc. in Oakville Ontario Canada.
Phil Apong senior formulation specialist/researcher at Iovate Health Sciences said dietary recommendations for bodybuilders depend on many factors such as genetics age gender and body size.
The research was supported by the National institutes of health and the article was published recently electronically in the journal Risk Analysis published by the Society for Risk Analysis. The researchers based their work on United nations Commodity Trade data
and how do they provide digestive, immunity and bone health benefits? A new presentation today at the 2013 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Expo in Chicago focused on the health benefits of short-chain fructooligosaccharides (scfos) which are low-calorie
nondigestible carbohydrates that can improve food taste and texture while aiding immunity bone health and the growth and balance of important bacteria in the digestive track.
Fructooligosaccharides are naturally found in chicory onions asparagus wheat tomatoes and other fruits vegetables and grains.
This essential ecosystem provides an important balance between health and disease in the body. Fructooligosaccharides also increase calcium absorption in the body an important consideration for pre-and postmenopausal women ages 45 and older who are losing critical bone mass that increases their risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures.
Children's decision making has explained few dimensions Dr. Adam Drewnowski (CQ) director of the Center for Public health Nutrition and professor of epidemiology at the School of Public health University of Washington Seattle.
and are not making food choices based on health said Dr. Jennifer Orlet Fisher an associate professor of public health at Temple University Philadelphia.
& Food Expo John Peters Ph d. professor of medicine at the University of Colorado and chief of strategy and innovation at the school's Anschutz Health and Wellness Center presented data from an experiment
and disseminate information on the health benefits of culinary herbs and spices. Spice manufacturer Mccormick & Company Inc. supports the initiatives of the Mccormick Science Institute through funding.
and to escape the host immune response While the effects of cranberry in living organisms remain subject to further study our findings highlight the role that cranberry consumption might play in the prevention of chronic infections Tufenkji says.
Based on the demonstrated bioactivity of cranberry its use in catheters and other medical devices could someday yield considerable benefits to patient health Tufenkji says.
Dr Evropi Theodoratou of the University of Edinburgh's School of Molecular Genetic and Population Health Sciences said:
which can have profound influences on the most significant environmental processes from plant growth and health to nutrient cycles in terrestrial and marine environments the global carbon cycle and possibly even climate processes.
He noted that farmers public health officials and wildlife managers should be aware of complex indirect effects of climate change in addition to the more obvious influences of higher temperatures and irregular weather patterns.
we're here to improve public health she said. We can train farmers and vendors to produce a safer product that won't make people sick.
#Do antibiotics in animal feed pose a serious risk to human health? As fears rise over antibiotic resistance two experts on The british Medical Journal website today debate
whether adding antibiotics to animal feed poses a serious risk to human health. David Wallinga from Keep Antibiotcs Working:
Based on a growing body of evidence almost every European and North american public health authority agrees that routine antibiotic use in animal food production likely worsens the epidemic of resistance he writes.
All the unknowns surrounding the virus make a strong case for enhancing basic and applied research into the evolution of influenza viruses and for better integration of influenza virology within human and veterinary public health efforts.
Science Policy and the Politics of Denormalization published in the July issue of the journal Health Affairs researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public health analyzed the evidence for these claims
There is however a case for such bans--it rests on the duty of government acting in the name of public health to restrict smoking
Ronald Bayer Phd Mailman School professor of Sociomedical Sciences and senior author of the Health Affairs paper says this change in attitudes was also a sign that bans might be self-enforcing requiring little intervention
But as Dr. Bayer notes the health risk of exposure is far less certain than some supporters claimed.
Protecting children has been uncontested an premise of public health and the evidence clearly supports the claim that children model the behavior of a parent or other close adult.
or contestable evidence of third party harms public health officials should assert boldly that the challenge of tobacco related morbidity
The above story is provided based on materials by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public health. Note:
Brittni Frederiksen M p h. Colorado School of Public health University of Colorado Aurora and colleagues examined the associations between perinatal and infant exposures especially early infant diet and the development of T1dm.
The research was funded in part by the National institutes of health. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Michigan State university.
and how many flowers they produce is one vital sign of their health said Pau an assistant professor in Florida State's Department of Geography.
We studied flowers because their growth is a measure of the reproductive health and overall growth of the forests and because there is long-term data on flower production available Pau said.
The study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health the University of North carolina at Chapel hill the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help the George washington University and the Statens Serum Institute
but to multiple antibiotics--including antibiotics that are used to treat human infections said Christopher Heaney Phd corresponding author of the study and assistant professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School
of Public health. Workers were not experiencing Staph infections at the time of the study but when antibiotic resistant bacteria do cause infections they can be harder to treat.
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and from Misha an African elephant euthanized in 2008 due to declining health at Utah's Hogle Zoo in Salt lake city. The analysis revealed that various tissues that formed at the same time have the same carbon-14 levels
In addition to some 7. 4 million lives saved the tobacco control policies we examined can lead to other health benefits such as fewer adverse birth outcomes related to maternal smoking including low birth weight
There is no real evidence that we're creating hot spots of human health risk with livestock grazing in these areas.
Overall 83 percent of all sample sites and 95 percent of all water samples collected were below U s. Environmental protection agency benchmarks for human health.
and provide the most accurate assessment of water quality conditions and human health risks. The study also found that all nutrient concentrations were at
or below background levels and no samples exceeded concentrations of ecological or human health concern. The study was funded by the USDA Forest Service Region 5. Story Source:
#Aerial mosquito spraying study finds no immediate public health risksin what researchers say is the first public health study of the aerial mosquito spraying method to prevent West Nile virus a UC Davis study analyzed emergency
Physicians and scientists from the university and from the California Department of public health found no increase in specific diagnoses that are considered most likely to be associated with pesticide exposure including respiratory gastrointestinal skin eye and neurological conditions.
The study appears in the May-June 2013 issue of Public health Reports. This week mosquito control officials said the region's recent rainstorms
Findings from studies such as this one help public health and mosquito control agencies better understand the risks and benefits of their practices.
Exposure to the pesticide has been reported to pose risks to human health including skin and eye irritation respiratory and gastrointestinal disturbances lethargy fatigue and dizziness.
According to the UC Davis researchers the exposure to pyrethrin during the urban aerial sprayings in 2005 was minimal due to the use of ultra low volume technology.
Other authors are Peter Franks and Helene Margolis of the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research Anne Kjemtrup of the California Department of public health William Reisen of the UC Davis School of veterinary medicine.
The study was supported in part by a UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center K12 Career Development Award (grant#UL1 RR024146) from the Nationalcenter for Research Resources of the National institutes of health to the lead
The above story is provided based on materials by University of California-Davis Health System. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
Managing vegetables internal clocks postharvest could have health benefitsdoes your salad know what time it is?
I knew that some of those chemicals were known to be valuable metabolites for human health so
and could also yield health benefits. In the cabbage experiments Braam Goodspeed and Rice co-authors John Liu Zhengji Jim Sheng
It's exciting to think that we may be able to boost the health benefits of our produce simply by changing the way we store it Goodspeed said.
or other living creatures explains Sabrina Llop from the Higher Public health Research Centre (CSISP) in Valencia the leading author of the paper.
Fine particulate air pollution has serious health effects including premature mortality pulmonary inflammation accelerated atherosclerosis and altered cardiac functions.
5 concentrations and associated values and impacts on human health. More than 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas containing over 100 million acres of trees
Overall the greatest effect of trees on reducing health impacts of PM2. 5 occurred in New york due to its relatively large human population and the trees'moderately high removal rate and reduction in pollution concentration.
but the health implications and values are much higher. The total amount of PM2. 5 removed annually by trees varied from 4. 7 metric tons in Syracuse to 64.5 metric tons in Atlanta with annual values varying from $1. 1 million in Syracuse to $60
to estimate the incidence of adverse health effects such as mortality and morbidity and associated monetary value that result from changes in PM2. 5 concentrations.
The study was supported by Wake Forest School of medicine and grants RR019963 OD010965 and AG033641 from the National institutes of health.
The study was conducted in the laboratory of Vasantha Padmanabhan MS Phd Professor at the University of Michigan Ann arbor with funding from the National institutes of health's National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences.
The researchers then tracked the health of the colonies on an almost monthly basis over the course of 10 months
and prevention at Wake Forest Baptist said the findings raise concerns about productivity and worker health.
While we didn't measure direct health outcomes the research raises concern about worker's health related to dehydration and sleep quality
The study which appears online this month in the American Journal of Public health is part of an ongoing program of community-based participatory research at Wake Forest Baptist in conjunction with the N c. Farmworkers Project
Quandt said it's also important to put the study into context regarding an increasing concern in the occupational health arena regarding global warming climate change.
what the health effects of global warming are going to be on workers and national productivity. There is historical data to show that temperatures in the southern United states have risen she said
The research was funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences grant R01 ES012358. Co-authors include:
The study is published online June 13 in the American Journal of Public health. In most states for many years it has been illegal to sell cigarettes to people under 18
Funding for this research comes from the National Institute on Drug abuse and the National Cancer Institute of the National institutes of health (NIH.
NIH grant numbers: R21 DA0266 R01 DA031288 R01 DA0269112 T32 DA07313 K01 DA025733 K02 DA021237 and P01 CA89392.
--and alerting an immune response. The cocoa in this case may help improve gut barrier function. Cocoa although commonly consumed in chocolate actually has low-calorie content low-fat content and high-fiber content.
which researchers have been studying for some of their health benefits. Lambert said he expects future research will be conducted to better identify why the cocoa powder is effective in treating inflammation as well as determine
The National institutes of health supported this work. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Penn State.
The study was funded by grants from the Department of energy (DE-FG03-00er15113 DE-FG02-04er15517) National Science Foundation (MCB-0924871) Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP-111007
) National Science Foundation Plant Systems Biology IGERT (DGE-0504645) The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Grant GBMF3034) Gates Millennium Scholarship National institutes of health (1ro1
GM085022) National institutes of health NRSA (F32-HG004830) The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Science Foundation (MCB-1024999.
and other environmental contaminantsa study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health has for the first time found that a mother's higher exposure to some common environmental contaminants was associated with more frequent and vigorous fetal motor activity.
here we have observed effects in utero said Janet A. Dipietro Phd lead author of the study and Associate Dean for Research at the Bloomberg School of Public health.
The research was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shiver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) 2r01 HD27592 and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Center
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Measuring the stress hormone cortisol in the moose's coat was used as a method for appraising the long-term effect of the deer ked on the health
Support for the study was provided by the Mind and Life Institute's Francisco J. Varela Grant the National institutes of health grant NS3926 and the Biomolecular Imaging Center at Wake Forest Baptist.
and how behavior changes the brain both in health and disease. These advances will be due mainly to the inherent capacity of fmri for repeated measures over longitudinal studies.
The protection of children and adolescents from taking up smoking is essential to the future health of Europeans
#¢Cover at least 75%of the front and back packaging with health warnings on the multiple risks of smoking.
and adopt optimal public health protection measures. Stopping young people taking up smoking is a key goal of the ESC joint guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease. 4 Other recommendations are to avoid smoking
Gastrointestinal bacteria are important for digestion immune functions and general health. Wouter Van dongen and colleagues from the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology of the Vetmeduni Vienna have collaborated with scientists from the Laboratoire Ãolution
#Tobacco companies are not public health stakeholders, experts concludewhen assessing information presented by the tobacco industry the US regulator the Food
They therefore should actively protect their public-health policies on smoking from the commercial interests of the tobacco industry
and health consequences of these products are determined in post-marketing surveillance and epidemiological studies (tiered testing).
product regulation to the companies'benefit and to the detriment of public health. The authors conclude:
because it is unlikely that the industry will ever be part of the solution to the public health challenge of tobacco use.
Thus the public health community needs to do what it does best: to rally popular support for strong science-based approaches to prevention of tobacco use to expose the truths about the harms of tobacco use to current users
and to support government agencies in carrying out their legislatively mandated duties to protect public health. Notes:**The World health organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control developed in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic.
Article 5. 3 relates to the protection of public health policies with respect from tobacco control from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry.**
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