HIV & AIDS
US doctors urge reversal of gay blood ban
A leading US doctors' group this week urged the reversal of a decades-old ban on donations of blood from gay men, saying the law is discriminatory and outdated.
Jun 21, 2013
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News tagged with food policy
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Experts challenge FDA over approval for new dose of Alzheimer's drug
Approval for a new dose of a best-selling Alzheimer's drug "breached the FDA's own regulatory standard" and has led to "incomplete and distorted messages" about the drug, warn experts in the British Medical Journal today.
Mar 22, 2012
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Health
Beverage companies still target kids with marketing for unhealthy, sugary drinks
Beverage companies spent $866 million to advertise unhealthy drinks in 2013, and children and teens remained key target audiences for that advertising, according to a new report released today by the Yale Rudd Center for ...
Nov 19, 2014
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Dentistry
New pediatric dental database removes access barriers to information
A new interactive dashboard, allowing open access exploration of oral health-related data from multiple national children cohort surveys, has been developed by researchers at the Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity ...
May 24, 2023
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Serum elaidic acid levels tied to dementia, Alzheimer's disease
Higher serum levels of elaidic acid, an objective biomarker for industrial trans fat, are associated with an increased risk for developing all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease, according to a study published online Oct. ...
Oct 24, 2019
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Health
Healthier supermarket layout improves customers' food choices, study shows
New research from the University of Southampton shows that removing confectionery and other unhealthy products from checkouts and the end of nearby aisles and placing fruit and vegetables near store entrances prompts customers ...
Sep 7, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Healthy eating as important as social distancing in fight against COVID-19, experts warn
The Government is being urged to launch an urgent mass public messaging campaign promoting how healthy eating can boost the body's immune system against the threat of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, by three leading food ...
Apr 3, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Study shows public support for laws against weight discrimination
Government policies and laws against weight discrimination have broad public support in four nations where this form of bias is prevalent, according to a new multinational study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity ...
Dec 3, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 deaths among black essential workers linked to racial disparities
Racial disparities among essential workers could be a key reason that Black Americans are more likely than whites to contract and die of COVID-19, according to researchers at the University of Utah. They found that Blacks ...
Sep 8, 2020
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Overweight & Obesity
Study finds support for obesity designation as disease
In the first assessment of public opinion since obesity was formally classified as a disease, a new study from the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut has found that a majority of Americans ...
May 14, 2015
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