Nature Improves Your Brain

http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2016/11/27/why-parks-matter-nature-improves-your-brain/94521962/

Most Students Don’t Know When News Is Fake

http://www.wsj.com/articles/most-students-dont-know-when-news-is-fake-stanford-study-finds-1479752576

Organic standards will exclude next generation of GMOs

http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2016-11-organic-standards-will-exclude-next-generation-of-gmos

Fewer Americans Suffering From Dementia, Study Finds

https://consumer.healthday.com/senior-citizen-information-31/dementia-news-738/fewer-americans-suffering-from-dementia-study-reports-717039.html

FDA Advises Consumers of Recall of Certain Sabra Hummus Products

http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/SafetyAlertsAdvisories/ucm529968.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Daily Egg Consumption Lowers Stroke Risk

http://www.wholefoodsmagazine.com/news/breaking-news/daily-egg-lower-stroke-risk/

Are Frozen Fruits and Vegetables as Nutritious as Fresh?

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/are-frozen-fruits-and-vegetables-as-nutritious-as-fresh/?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

Genetic Heart Disease Risk Eased by Healthy Habits

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/health/genetic-heart-disease-risk-eased-by-healthy-habits-study-finds.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&_r=0

The Benefits of Controlled Breathing

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/well/mind/breathe-exhale-repeat-the-benefits-of-controlled-breathing.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront

Vitamin D Eases Depression, Fatigue in Spinal Cord Patients

For patients with spinal cord injury who have insufficient levels of vitamin D, supplements can improve symptoms of depression and fatigue, according to a report presented to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2016 Annual Assembly.

And in these patients, pain severity scores were significantly better with high-dose supplements than with low-dose supplements.

"We need to screen everyone with spinal cord injury for vitamin D," said the lead author.

In the study, all patients had levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D were below 30, even those that hailed from "sunny California".

Patients randomly allocated to the low-dose group received 800 IU of vitamin D daily for 6 months. Those randomly assigned to the high-dose group received 2000 IU daily for 6 months if their baseline blood levels were 20 to 30. They received 4000 IU daily for 1 month and 2000 IU daily for 5 months if their baseline blood levels were lower than 20.

During the study period, all patients experienced a significant increase in average 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. High-dose supplementation was associated with a significant decrease in depression and fatigue.

Study Calls Into Question Sunscreen in Melanoma Prevention

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/871438

Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Genetically Modified Crops

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/business/gmo-promise-falls-short.html?_r=1

What is acute flaccid myelitis (AFM)?

http://mynorthwest.com/442951/2-cases-of-afm-confirmed-in-wash-children-hospitalized-with-neurological-illnesses/