Medici per l'ambiente - A cura di ISDE Modena in collaborazione con "Marketing sociale". Newsletter N°34

Although there has never been an incident of doping in chess, Fide is closely working with WADA to keep the game clean.

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there’s more to fat than meets the eye! Saturated fats and trans-fats must be avoided, no doubt. But did you know that there are certain good fats that are essential for your health?

Soleil, chaleur, gorge sèche. Votre main se referme sur la canette en fer-blanc, glacée, et constellée de petites gouttes d’eau. Vous faites pivoter l’anneau du couvercle…« Pshhht ! », c’est le soulagement. Le liquide pétillant s’écoule à flots dans votre gorge. Le gaz carbonique vous monte au nez,vous fait pleurer, mais c’est si bon ! Et pourtant…

Nutrition experts contend that all we need is what's typically found in a routine diet. Industry representatives, backed by a fascinating history, argue that foods don't contain enough, and we need supplements.

Massachusetts's adult obesity rate is 22.9 percent, according to a new report.

Like a growing number of development economists, I am now convinced of a simple truth about our understanding of economic development: hope is underrated.

This page provides information on the WHO GBD project which draws on a wide range of data sources to quantify global and regional effects of diseases, injuries and risk factors on population health.

By creating a new and innovative way to look at massive amounts of patient data, one man hopes he can change the way public health crises are managed.

Effective cures are rare, yet we are bombarded with sensational claims based on little evidence, writes David Colquhoun

Boots among manufacturers 'using clever language to imply unproven benefits', says consumer group

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden will host a live Twitter chat on reducing sodium intake. Follow Dr. Frieden on Twitter to join the conversation.

For years, the Coca-Cola Company has been deceptively marketing its "vitaminwater" beverage brand as a healthy alternative to plain water and sugary soda beverages, making outlandish claims that the drink can help boost immunity and even help people fight eye disease. But now the beverage giant is facing a monstrous class-action lawsuit over this marketing racket, none of which is true about the sugar-laden junk food drink.

In 1999, Professor Baba Shiv (currently at Stanford) and his co-author Alex
Fedorikhin did a simple experiment on 165 grad students.They asked half to
memorize a seven-digit number and the other half to memorize a two-digit
number.

Sugar-sweetened beverages are one of the major culprits in the obesity epidemic, but sodas have also been connected to behavioral problems among teens. That link apparently extends to young kids as well.

Living Well, developed through a process of engagement and consultation and endorsed by all Directors of Public Health in the North West for local action, describes a way of working to remove entrenched inequalities. The recommendations of the Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot and the growing evidence-base which provides the business case for investing in health and well being for a range of organisations have shifted the focus of Living Well.

The ONC, FDA and Federal Communications Commission are seeking broad input from the healthcare and information technology industries on how the federal government should regulate health IT and mobile health technology in particular.