A Roadmap to Obesity

In this post, I'll explain my current understanding of the factors that promote obesity in humans.   Heritability To a large degree, obe...

Obesity

During the past 20 years, there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States and rates remain high. In 2010, no state ha...

Crag Snag

Sunday evening found me shouting at the television. Again. I'm actually not going to go on about it, much, but Britain's Secret Heri...

Bath salts

Unregulated psychoactive substances marketed as “bath salts” are among the latest in a series of legal synthetic substances that, when use...

School-based flu vaccine clinics

Maine CDC has received a two-year, $1.25 million cooperative agreement award from US CDC to enhance the sustainability of school-located v...

CANCER PREVENTION-DOGS CAN PROBABLY HELP!!!

German researchers say that highly trained dogs are able to reliably sniff out lung cancer in human breath. In its early stages, lung cancer...

Seed Oils and Body Fatness-- A Problematic Revisit

Anthony Colpo recently posted a discussion of one of my older posts on seed oils and body fat gain ( 1 ), which reminded me that I need to ...

Candice Olson's Inviting Kitchen Design Ideas 2011

Candice Olson    "I believe that the essence of good design is its ability to sustain long term integrity – to become classic and crea...

Get Ready campaign holding contest for school-based health centers

For many people, back-to-school brings to mind images of new textbooks, supplies and a last-minute dash to finish up summer reading homework...