Public Health News

Eat Alkaline Foods

Email The title may sound a little radical at first… everyday!? Well after you read on, and learn some of the amazing properties of this alkaline food, you will understand why I chose that title, and why you should eat more cucumbers, everyday.   Even though in some places, cucumbers are only used to make …

Eat Alkaline Foods Read More »

Sun exposure, vitamin D and pancreatic cancer risk

High levels of ultraviolet radiation at an individual’s birth location, sun-sensitive skin type and a history of skin cancer each decreased risk for pancreatic cancer, according to study results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Pancreatic Cancer: Progress and Challenges conference, held here June 18-21.   Rachel Neale, Ph.D., principal investigator at Queensland Institute of Medical Research in …

Sun exposure, vitamin D and pancreatic cancer risk Read More »

Coffee Lowers Risk of Diabetes and Liver Fibrosis, Hepatitis and Prostate Cancer

(NaturalNews) Drinking coffee can lower the risk of liver fibrosis, hepatitis, and type 2 diabetes; new research has shown. Coffee has also been shown to lower the risk of prostate cancer, and even Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. It is the caffeine in the coffee that is the active ingredient, but other sources of caffeine, such …

Coffee Lowers Risk of Diabetes and Liver Fibrosis, Hepatitis and Prostate Cancer Read More »

Diabetes reversed in mice

For the first time ever, University of B.C. scientists have used human embryonic stem cell transplants to reverse Type 1 diabetes in mice, giving hope to about 300 million people around the world who have the chronic disease.   A 13-member team, whose work is published in the journal Diabetes, shows that after transplantation, the …

Diabetes reversed in mice Read More »

Fast Food Intake Increases Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease in Singapore

ScienceDaily (July 2, 2012) — The dangers of fast food are well documented; the portions are often larger and the food is generally high in calories and low in nutrients. Now, University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers have examined the eating habits of residents in Singapore and found new evidence that a diet …

Fast Food Intake Increases Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease in Singapore Read More »

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Higher Odds for Diabetes in Pregnancy

MONDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests pregnant mothers who take certain antipsychotic drugs may face a higher risk of gestational diabetes, which can appear during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes involves high blood sugar that starts or is first diagnosed during pregnancy. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, gestational diabetes can pose …

Antipsychotic Drugs Linked to Higher Odds for Diabetes in Pregnancy Read More »

The Global Diabetes Epidemic, Brought to You by Global Development

Diners in Shanghai eat at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet. (Aly Song/Reuters) As globalization exports our culture across the world, it also spreads our health problems. For much of the 20th century, a person’s likelihood to develop type-2 diabetes depended as much on the wealth of their nation as their biology. Those living in the …

The Global Diabetes Epidemic, Brought to You by Global Development Read More »

Weight loss that works

“I’ve tried everything to lose weight. I’ve been able to lose it a couple times but it always comes back. I eat right, walk several times a week, do gardening and housekeeping, too. Why can’t I keep this weight off?”   This is a story that I hear regularly from many people that I meet. …

Weight loss that works Read More »