Listen to Tip The following is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Sugar-sweetened beverages. Drink more rather than less and your health may suffer. Especially for women. A study observed the health impacts of drinking excessive sugar-sweetened drinks: soda, flavored water, and non-alcoholic beer. Christina Shay is at the University...
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IOWA CITY – The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Clinical Trials Statistical and Data Management Center in the University of Iowa College of Public Health a seven-year, $12 million grant to serve as the Data Coordinating Center for NeuroNext, a national initiative to accelerate the process of turning promising discoveries into new...
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 The following is from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Listen to TipInterested? Take the Next Step Social media may reveal a lot about an underage college student’s drinking. Researchers looked at language students used on sites like Facebook to describe their drinking, and at the students’ reports of how much they...
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The following is from the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA): This week, the federal government is releasing the final version of long-awaited transparency rules to disclose the financial ties between medical researchers who receive billions of dollars in federal funding and the pharmaceutical industry.  On Aug. 4, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa urged...
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Listen to TipInterested? Take the Next Step From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: A study indicates early exposure to pets is a good thing for preventing allergies to pets. Researchers found that when they measured allergic response to cats and dogs from birth through the teen years. Ganesa Wegienka is an...
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:   Listen to tipInterested? Take the Next Step  It’s not uncommon for overweight or obese people to think of themselves as thinner than they are – even think their weight is normal.  But a study indicates those who misperceive their weight may also guess wrong...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — A report showing no relationship between atrazine and cancer is not the final word on the weed killer’s safety, says a University of Iowa researcher. The report was issued as part of the Agricultural Health Study, a long-term research project that has been tracking the health of nearly 90,000 people —...
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Listen to TipInterested? Take the Next Step From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Skin color doesn’t give anyone an immunity to skin cancer. Although people with light skin have greater risk than people with darker skin, people with darker skin can also be at risk. The National Cancer Institute has a...
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Interested? Take the Next Step From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Smoking tobacco through a hose attached to a bowl of water is becoming more popular on campuses these days. Researchers say their Internet-based survey of students at eight North Carolina colleges and universities found about 40 percent reported they had...
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  Interested? Take the Next Step From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: An eight-week study found that meditation can affect regions of the brain that are associated with sense of self, empathy, muscle control, stress and memory. The study shows that those effects may last longer than just during the period...
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