Formaldehyde study buried by Trump Adminsitration

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/06/epa-formaldehyde-warnings-blocked-696628

When a vegan gets gout

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/well/family/when-a-vegan-gets-gout.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth

The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity: Beyond “Calories In, Calories Out”

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2686146

Beyond 23andMe: a Cautionary Tale

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/health/gene-testing-disease-nyt.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

USDA Questions Your Handwashing Skills

https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2018/06/28/study-shows-most-people-are-spreading-dangerous-bacteria-around

Does Seeing the Same Doc Matter?

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-44643607

Most US adults do not meet exercise guidelines

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr112.pdf

How does your body burn fat

https://theconversation.com/how-does-your-body-burn-fat-97813

Forget allergy shots. Try allergy toothpaste.

https://www.popsci.com/allergy-immunotherapy-toothpaste

The iPad Neck Plagues Women More

https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/what-pain-ipad-neck-plagues-women-more

Blurred Vision, Burning Eyes: This Is a Lasik Success?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/well/lasik-complications-vision.html?action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

New mosquito-borne virus infects humans

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/21/622402387/keystone-virus-makes-jump-from-mosquitoes-to-human-for-first-time

Major Study of Drinking Will Be Shut Down

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/health/alcohol-nih-drinking.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

Blame your brain for your love of foods packed with fat and carbs

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/15/brain-loves-fat-high-carb-foods-study/704579002/

Why It’s So Hard To Recover After Drinking As You Get Older

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-its-hard-to-recover-after-drinking-as-you-get-older_us_5b158ef4e4b0129b529ce523

Higher vitamin D levels linked to lower colorectal cancer risk, study finds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/14/higher-vitamin-d-levels-linked-to-lower-colorectal-cancer-risk-study-finds/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b1bbd2e4617

All Those Snacks You're Eating at Work Are Costing You 1,300 Calories a Week

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/a21284510/healthy-snacks-for-work/

Bill Gate's Backed Veggie Burger Under Fire

http://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-meatless-veggie-burger-ingredients-under-fire-fda-2018-6

The Ascension of Cauliflower

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/well/cauliflower-vegetables-rice-pasta-carbs-gluten.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront

21 percent of Americans report personal experience with medical errors

http://www.ihi.org/about/news/Documents/IHIPressRelease_Patient_Safety_Survey_Sept28_17.pdf

This Swedish burger chain is now offering 'the world’s first climate positive menu'

https://nordic.businessinsider.com/this-swedish-burger-chain-is-now-offering-a-climate-positive-hamburger---heres-how--/

Soda ad blitzes conspicuously match food stamp schedules

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-soda-tax-ad-blitzes-20180607-story.html

Doctors hail world first as woman’s advanced breast cancer is eradicated

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/04/doctors-hail-world-first-as-womans-advanced-breast-cancer-is-eradicated

Walk at a brisk pace, if possible

https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/06/01/walking-faster-could-make-you-live-longer--research.html

Mediterranean children stopped eating the Mediterranean diet, and they now have the highest obesity rates in Europe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/30/mediterranean-children-stopped-eating-the-mediterranean-diet-and-they-now-have-the-highest-obesity-rates-in-europe/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.42db8c7a6123

Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Cancer: a Global Perspective

https://www.wcrf.org/dietandcancer

Purdue Pharma Knew Its Opioids Were Widely Abused

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/29/health/purdue-opioids-oxycontin.html

This method of repelling ticks really does work

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tick-repellent-permethrin-clothing-really-works-study/?ftag=CNM-00-10aac3a

Outbreaks Associated with Treated Recreational Water

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6719a3.htm?s_cid=mm6719a3_w#contribAff

Global Glyphosate Study

https://glyphosatestudy.org/

Rice could become less nutritious because of climate change

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/05/23/rice-the-staple-food-of-billions-could-become-less-nutritious-because-of-climate-change/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1d632ccf04fb

USDA Unveils Prototypes For GMO Food Labels, And They're ... Confusing

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/05/19/612063389/usda-unveils-prototypes-for-gmo-food-labels-and-theyre-confusing

Romaine lettuce update

https://twitter.com/US_FDA/status/997122506426343424

Salmonella Egg Recall Update

https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/braenderup-04-18/index.html

Best Diet for Body and Brain

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-diet-body-brain-healthiest-mediterranean-review-beginners-2018-5

WHO plan to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from global food supply

http://www.who.int/news-room/detail/14-05-2018-who-plan-to-eliminate-industrially-produced-trans-fatty-acids-from-global-food-supply

A 15-minute ‘Daily Mile’ could enhance children’s health

https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2018/05/daily-mile-could-enhance-health-of-the-worlds-children/

Weedkiller products more toxic than their active ingredient

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/08/weedkiller-tests-monsanto-health-dangers-active-ingredient

Depression Has Spiked By 33% In the Last Five Years

http://time.com/5271244/major-depression-diagnosis-spike/

Opioid distributor apologizes for shipping large volumes of painkillers to West Virginia

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/08/drug-crisis-distributor-apologizes-large-opioid-shipments/589760002/

Dr. Samuel Epstein, 91, Cassandra of Cancer Prevention, Dies

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/obituaries/dr-samuel-epstein-91-cassandra-of-cancer-prevention-dies.html

Calorie Counts on Menus Are Now Mandatory

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/11/10/16623590/calorie-count-menus-mandatory-2018

Cellular agriculture may change the way we think about fish

https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/30-under-30-2018-finless-foods.html

Loneliness at Epidemic Levels in America

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-cigna-study-reveals-loneliness-at-epidemic-levels-in-america-300639747.html

Thousands of kids drink toxic e-Cigarette liquid

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/01/feds-warn-e-cigarette-makers-packaging-after-thousands-kids-drink-toxic-liquid/567949002/

The Mediterranean Diet’s Fight Against Frailty

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2679958?utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=042518

It's Official! Curing Patients Is Bad for Business

https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/revolutionandrevelation/72407

Artificial sweeteners linked to obesity and diabetes

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/23/artificial-sweeteners-can-still-lead-obesity-and-diabetes-study-claims/541351002/

Multistate Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Infections Linked to Chopped Romaine Lettuce

https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2018/o157h7-04-18/index.html

State of Global Air 2018

https://www.stateofglobalair.org/

Trader Joe's, others lie about alcohol content in kombuchas, lawsuit claims

https://www.sfgate.com/insidescoop/article/kombucha-trader-joes-alcohol-sugar-content-lawsuit-12826666.php

Rose Acre Farms Recalls Shell Eggs Due to Possible Salmonella Risk

https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm604640.htm

EWG’s 2018 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

https://www.ewg.org/release/out-now-ewg-s-2018-shopper-s-guide-pesticides-produce#.WszCm9Pwa1u

Many People Taking Antidepressants Discover They Cannot Quit

Please, please, please...be very careful when thinking about going off of an antidepressant. It can be very dangerous. We have plenty of experience with this, but there is not one specific protocol. It depends upon the individual.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/health/antidepressants-withdrawal-prozac-cymbalta.html

Mexico and Hungary tried junk food taxes - and they seem to be working

https://www.vox.com/2018/1/17/16870014/junk-food-tax

‘I Can’t Stop’: Schools Struggle With Vaping Explosion

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/health/vaping-ecigarettes-addiction-teen.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

Polluting Developing Brains - EPA Failure on Chlorpyrifos

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1716809?query=featured_home

Epsom Salts Are Good for You

https://www.wellandgood.com/good-looks/epsom-salt-uses-benefits-good-for-you/

Top sports leagues heavily promote junk food

https://nyulangone.org/press-releases/top-sports-leagues-heavily-promote-unhealthy-food-beverages-new-study-finds

Study finds direct evidence of exposure of pregnant women to herbicide ingredient

https://news.iu.edu/stories/2018/03/iupui/releases/22-study-pregnant-women-exposure-herbicide.html

'Unethical': Cancer Care Bills Inflated 5 to 15 Times

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893178

5 Types of Diabetes

http://www.diabetesincontrol.com/how-many-types-of-diabetes-are-there-two-five-or-eleven/

Declining Quality of Life in US

http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(17)30700-6/fulltext

Stem cell transplant 'game changer' for MS patients

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43435868

Eating leafy greens may delay age-related memory decline

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/eating-leafy-greens-may-delay-age-related-memory-decline/2018/03/09/4c0def2c-1b08-11e8-ae5a-16e60e4605f3_story.html?utm_term=.11995925603b

‘Highly fit’ middle-age women nearly 90% less likely to develop dementia decades later

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/14/highly-fit-middle-age-women-nearly-90-less-likely-develop-dementia-decades-later-study-finds/425210002/

Hearts Get 'Younger,' Even At Middle Age, With Exercise

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/12/591513777/hearts-get-younger-even-at-middle-age-with-exercise

No hugging: are we living through a crisis of touch?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/07/crisis-touch-hugging-mental-health-strokes-cuddles

How exercise in old age prevents the immune system from declining

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43308729

23andMe Granted First FDA Authorization for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Test on Cancer Risk

https://mediacenter.23andme.com/press-releases/23andme-granted-first-fda-authorization-direct-consumer-genetic-test-cancer-risk/?utm_source=23andme&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23c_Email_Platform&utm_campaign=brcaannc

Has dopamine got us hooked on tech?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/04/has-dopamine-got-us-hooked-on-tech-facebook-apps-addiction

Pfizer ends research for new Alzheimer's, Parkinson's drugs

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pfizer-alzheimers/pfizer-ends-research-for-new-alzheimers-parkinsons-drugs-idUSKBN1EW0TN

For the Cosmetics Industry, a Regulatory Makeover Awaits...and It's About Time!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cosmetics-industry-may-get-a-regulatory-makeover-1519900201?emailToken=6990635e74338f889385d01a4f8d4816iUt%2Ft9%2BEUEcL%2FrahkXYw4NeB0dH43PHabd7Ou%2BlrRXpgChoMfuCAr8UPyo9%2FyHmfLYbvCZIytBJsx8KL%2FEJflqtoJmcmdfqpaBbxe99Ci68%3D

More isn’t always better when it comes to health care

http://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201802/more-isn%E2%80%99t-always-better-when-it-comes-health-care-older

Converting CO2 into Usable Energy

https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=112756

Low-fat, Low-carb depends on the individual

http://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2018/02/low-fat-or-low-carb-its-a-draw-study-finds.html

Fancy a Jellyfish Chip?

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/bs-faj021318.php

Processed food linked to breast cancer

http://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k322

Slow eating speed may be linked to weight loss

http://blogs.bmj.com/bmjopen/2018/02/12/slow-eating-speed-may-be-linked-to-weight-loss/

Randomness to Approving Medical Claims Confirmed

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/11/health/aetna-california-investigation/index.html

The Illinois Workplace Wellness Study

http://www.nber.org/workplacewellness/

Scientists Discover a Bone-Deep Risk for Heart Disease

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/health/heart-disease-mutations-stem-cells.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth

Big Ag Attacks Organic, Again

https://www.cornucopia.org/2018/01/big-ag-attacks-organic-hoover-institution-provides-spin-monsanto/#more-43862

The Case Against Juice Just Got Stronger

http://time.com/5072703/drinking-juice-unhealthy-disadvantages/

Thanks Goodness. FDA Panel Has Some Scruples.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-tobacco-pmi/u-s-panel-rejects-philip-morris-claim-iqos-device-cuts-disease-risk-idUSKBN1FE2IQ

The Mysterious Interior World of Exercise

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/well/move/the-mysterious-interior-world-of-exercise.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront

Health benefits of moderate drinking may be overstated, study finds

http://news.psu.edu/story/469164/2017/05/24/research/health-benefits-moderate-drinking-may-be-overstated-study-finds

Seniors should eat protein three times daily

https://muhc.ca/newsroom/article/eating-protein-three-times-day-could-make-our-seniors-stronger

Sugar additive may cause bowel issues

http://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180120/sugar-additive-may-cause-bowel-issues

Raw Sushi Lover? Check This Out.

http://www.modbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article195517769.html

The Best Way To Pop A Pimple Safely, According To Dermatologists

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-to-pop-a-pimple_us_5a5e3a95e4b0fcbc3a13f109?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

Fed Up With Drug Companies, Hospitals Decide to Start Their Own

While they are doing this all for the right reasons seemingly, let's just hope it stays that way. At least these are nonprofit hospitals, so they are not beholden to shareholders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/health/drug-prices-hospitals.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Effects of Tai Chi Training on Walking in Older People

https://nccih.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/TaiChi-Walking-Older-People

Tai Chi and Physical Therapy Were Equally Helpful for Knee Osteoarthritis

https://nccih.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/tai-chi-knee-osteoarthritis_2016

Belly flab is like a storage unit for the rest of your body

https://www.popsci.com/when-you-lose-weight-your-fat-cells-release-more-than-just-fat

Why saunas are ridiculously good for you

https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/health/2018/01/10/why-saunas-ridiculously-good-you/109336098/

Hidden Heart Disease Risk Factor

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/well/heart-risk-doctors-lipoprotein.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=sectionfront

I tried mindfulness to quit drinking. It actually worked.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/01/05/i-tried-mindfulness-to-quit-drinking-it-worked/?utm_term=.251733a86772

Exercise Alters Our Gut Microbiome

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/well/move/exercise-microbiome-health-weight-gut-bacteria.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fhealth&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront

Tainted Romaine Lettuce Outbreak

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/s1228-e-coli-outbreak.html