Overweight & Obesity

Commuting to work by car linked to weight gain

Using active transport to commute to work can reduce the weight gain common to most adults. According to an Australian study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, urban residents who drive to work gain more weight ...

Health

Booze calories nearly equal soda's for US adults

Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found.

Oncology & Cancer

High levels of vitamin D in plasma protects against bladder cancer

High levels of vitamin D are associated with protection against bladder cancer, according to a multidisciplinary study coordinated by molecular biologists and epidemiologists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

CDC study shows outbreaks linked to imported foods increasing

Foodborne disease outbreaks caused by imported food appeared to rise in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half of the outbreaks implicated foods imported from areas which previously had not been associated with outbreaks, according ...

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