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View ArticleWhy Seven Hours of Sleep Might Be Better Than Eight
online.wsj.com | Article Link | Sumathi Reddy How much sleep do you really need? Experts generally recommend seven to nine hours a night for healthy adults. Sleep scientists say new guidelines are...
View ArticleAmid Smoking Decline, Look Who’s Still Lighting Up
npr.org | Article Link | by Yuki Noguchi Robin Koval is making a career of her changed tobacco habit. "I'm a child of a smoker — my father was a heavy smoker," Koval says. "Really typical to the way...
View ArticleFor Better Treatment, Doctors And Patients Share The Decisions
www.npr.org | Article Link | by NPR STAFF Many of us get confused by claims of how much the risk of a heart attack, for example, might be reduced by taking medicine for it. And doctors can get...
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Bookstore | Full Issue | Health, Wellness & Society We are pleased to announce the publication of The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society, Volume 4, Issue 1. This issue is now...
View ArticleThe Case for Eating Steak and Cream
economist.com | Article Link “EATING foods that contain saturated fats raises the level of cholesterol in your blood,” according to the American Heart Association (AHA). “High levels of blood...
View ArticleThe Jobs With the Highest Obesity Rates
theatlantic.com | Article Link | by Olga Khazan Employers want their workers to be healthy—both for insurance-cost and humane reasons—but aspects of those very jobs can make workers sick. A study...
View ArticleSleep’s Hidden Histories
lareviewofbooks.org | Original Article | by Benjamin Reiss Benjamin Reiss on The Slumbering Masses : Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life and 24/7 : Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep and...
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Bookstore | Full Issue | Health, Wellness & Society We are pleased to announce the publication of The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society, Volume 3, Issue 3. This issue is now...
View ArticleChildhood Cancer Rates in America Continue to Climb
thewire.com | Original Article | by Adam Chandler A report released by the American Cancer Society reveals an increase in childhood cancer cases coupled with falling death rates among children and...
View ArticleHow To Discourage Unhealthy Eating: Make It Expensive And Make People Feel...
fastcoexist.com | Original Article | by Ben Schiller A lab experiment shows that some public health food policies, from healthy food subsidies to anti-obesity advertisements, may only have a small...
View ArticleAre We Too Close to Making Gattaca a Reality?
blogs.scientificamerican.com | Original Article | by Ferris Jabr Sometime in the not-too-distant future, Marie and Antonio Freeman step into a doctor’s office to design their next child. “Your...
View ArticleWhy Vitamins May Be Bad for Your Workout
well.blogs.nytimes.com | Original Article | by Gretchen Reynolds Many people take vitamins as part of their daily fitness regimens, having heard that antioxidants aid physical recovery and amplify the...
View ArticleHow America Started to Quit Smoking 50 Years Ago
mashable.com | Original Article | by Colin Daileda Smoking in the United States began its slow decline with the arrival of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health, published in January 1964...
View ArticleWhere Does Obesity Come From?
The Atlantic | Original Article | by Derek Thompson We think poverty makes people obese and that obesity makes people poor. It's harder to understand exactly why. A new article by John Cawley in NBER...
View Article‘Flu Near You’ Wants To Track Influenza Trends in U.S., Save Lives
thedailybeast.com | Original Article | by Gideon Resnick As the U.S. enters flu season, one website hopes to help reduce the yearly influenza-related deaths. And it needs you to help. Thousands of...
View ArticleThe Global Waistline Expanision
slate.com | Original Article | by Joshua Keating A new report from the Britain-based Overseas Development Group on changing global diets finds that there are now more than twice as many overweight or...
View ArticleWhy Everyone Seems to Have Cancer
NYTimes | Original Article | by George Johnson Every New Year when the government publishes its Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, it is followed by a familiar lament. We are losing the war...
View ArticleHow To Discourage Unhealthy Eating: Make It Expensive And Make People Feel...
fastcoexist.com | Original Article | by Ben Schiller A lab experiment shows that some public health food policies, from healthy food subsidies to anti-obesity advertisements, may only have a small...
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