“Americans should think twice before they trust the latest scaremongering study about obesity, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing America. The study, which was published yesterday by the Trust for America’s Health, compares obesity to pandemic flu, and suggests that policymakers need to ‘think big’ about implementing federal, state, and local policies […]
“Dennis Kucinich rarely gets much airtime in Democratic presidential debates. That was underscored recently when ABC’s George Stephanopoulos called on him in an Iowa forum to talk about God. Kucinich said, ‘George, I’ve been standing here for the last 45 minutes praying to God you were going to call on me.’ With poll numbers at […]
“While the proportion of Americans who have health insurance rose slightly — rising from 15.3 percent of the population in 2005 to 15.8 percent in 2006 — the increase in the number of uninsured is largely due to population growth and immigration, according to an analysis of the latest Census data by the National Center […]
“A large study from Europe suggests it does not hurt to wait a few years between prostate cancer screenings, but the research will not end debate over the value of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests. Millions of men in the United States have their blood tested every year for PSA, although routine screenings are controversial. The […]
“Antibacterial soaps sold with messages about protecting you from disease doesn’t kill any more bacteria than regular soaps, researchers say in a new study. Researchers from the University of Michigan reviewed 27 previous studies from the past 26 years. They found that soaps with triclosan — the commonly used biocide — were no more effective […]
“A lack of sunshine doesn’t appear to be responsible for the lower vitamin D levels that are observed in older, heavier, adults, a new study shows. Instead, it’s likely that the excess fat itself prevents the nutrient from reaching the bloodstream, Dr. Susan S. Harris of Tufts University in Boston, one of the study’s authors, […]
“Melatonin may be taken as a supplement to help regulate sleep, but an Ohio State University Medical Center physician is testing its effectiveness in another arena – the ear. Dr. Abraham Jacob, an otolaryngologist at Ohio State’s Medical Center, has begun a study testing whether melatonin can decrease tinnitus, a disorder characterized by the perception […]
“That tormenting ’school bells ring’ jingle for Robert Hall clothing stores is no longer around to remind children that their summer vacation is about to end. But nonetheless, school is beginning or already under way for fully one in four American youngsters and adults enrolled in the nation’s more than 95,000 public elementary and secondary […]
“As school technology infrastructures have become larger and more complex, the percentage of their technology budgets that schools spend on tech support has doubled in the last four years, according to a new report. School leaders reported that items such as professional development and instructional applications are among the first tech-related expenses they cut when […]
“The leading House Democrat on education issues proposed revisions yesterday to the No Child Left Behind law that would ease the penalties for public schools that barely miss academic testing targets but tighten another rule that has helped the District and Virginia. U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee […]
