Tag: research
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Harvard: Fluoride Lowers Children’s Intelligence By 7 IQ Points
from washingtonsblog.com: The Harvard School for Public Health reports: In a meta-analysis, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and China Medical University in Shenyang for the first time combined 27 studies and found strong indications that fluoride may adversely affect cognitive development in children. Based on the findings, the authors say that this…
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Eat More Sugar, Die More Likely
from forbes.com: If the torrent of studies suggesting that sugar is bad for our health wasn’t quite enough, new research again suggests that added dietary sugar increases the risk of death from heart disease. Among the health concerns of eating or drinking too much sugar have been a higher risk of obesity, high blood pressure,…
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Legalize Illegal Drugs to Save the Rain Forests
from guardianlv.com: The trafficking of illegal drugs is causing deforestation in Central America to occur at an increased rate, according to a report published today in Science, whose authors suggest that reforming current U.S. drug policy and perhaps legalizing illegal drugs could help save the rain forests.
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Vodka Blamed for High Death Rates in Russia
from bbc.co.uk: The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, research shows. The study, in The Lancet, says 25% of Russian men die before they are 55, and most of the deaths are down to alcohol. The comparable UK figure is 7%. Causes of…
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Scientists Invent ‘Machine’ That Helps Women Get Promoted?
from healthland.time.com: Women, according to about a million researchers, management experts and self help gurus, have trouble touting their own achievements. But a new study may have revealed a novel way to overcome that deficit by bamboozling women into more effective self-promotion using a mysterious black box. The small study, published in the Psychology of…
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Amazingly, Smoking Is Even Worse Than We Knew
from newser.com: Yes, smoking is bad for you, but just how bad might still surprise you. A surgeon general’s report out Friday reports (PDF) that lighting up is scientifically proven to cause diabetes, colorectal and liver cancers, erectile dysfunction, and ectopic pregnancy, the New York Times reports. And more: vision loss, tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, impaired…
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Fast Food Not Major Cause of Rising Childhood Obesity Rates
Parents Deserve More Blame For Obesity Than Fast Food from sciencedaily.com: For several years, many have been quick to attribute rising fast-food consumption as the major factor causing rapid increases in childhood obesity. However a new study found that fast-food consumption is simply a byproduct of a much bigger problem: poor all-day-long dietary habits that…
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Women-Owned Hedge Funds Outperform the Market
from washingtonpost.com: Take that, Paul Tudor Jones. The billionaire investor controversially said last May that women can have trouble focusing on trading once they become mothers. Yet a new study released Wednesday finds that women hedge fund managers outperformed both the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index as well as a broad index of hedge funds…
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Most children get food and beverage marketing at school, study says
from latimes.com: Most students are exposed in school to efforts by food and beverage companies to sell food or gain brand loyalty, despite a decline in some kinds of commercial enterprises, including in soda machine contracts, researchers reported Monday. High school students get the most exposure, and for almost 64% of elementary school students, the…
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Study Says Food Industry Cuts 6.4 Trillion Calories
from usatoday.com: Some of the nation’s largest food companies have cut daily calorie counts by an average of 78 per person, a new study says, more than four times the amount the industry pledged to slash by next year. The study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that between 2007 and 2012, the…
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‘Traffic light’ food labels changed buying habits, study finds
from latimes.com: Would you fill that 16-ounce cup with sugary soda if it had a red light on the dispenser? Or might you move to the faucet for water and its green light? Researchers tracked food and drink choices in a big Boston hospital and found that those “traffic light” signals influence choices, even for…
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New World Next Week: Episode175 – Hitila, Media PTSD, Viral Truth
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode175 – Hitila, Media PTSD, Viral Truth Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Reality Star Tila Tequila Converts to Nazism, Calls Herself ‘Hitila’ In Anti-Semitic New Song…
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#FoodPorn: Do Millions of Food Photos Cause Loss of Appetite?
from bostonglobe.com: A steadily growing foodie culture, paired with perpetual access to social media, has given new life to amateur food photography. Everyone is snapping and sharing photos of meals they’re eating or about to eat or take out, from cheesy pasta bakes to chocolate-y extravaganzas. On Instagram, search #foodporn and you’ll find more than…
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Harvard Study: Healthier Diet Costs $1.50 More Than Least Healthy
from upi.com: The difference between the healthiest diets and the least healthy diets is $1.50 a day, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 27 existing studies from 10 high-income countries that included…
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Food Allergies Less Deadly Than Accidents
from well.blogs.nytimes.com: A fatal allergic reaction is a dramatic event, often involving a young person, so it naturally attracts attention. But that attention itself may lead people to overestimate the risk. In fact, a new study finds, people with food allergies have far less chance of dying from such a reaction than from an accident.