Two swimming pool weather policies have surprised me in recent years. One was when I showed up to swim laps at an outdoor pool as it was beginning to drizzle. “Come on in,” I was
Can Lightning Strike an Indoor Pool?
Posted June 30, 2015 by
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Does Big Grape Juice Control Nutrition Research? An Interview with Michele Simon
Posted June 22, 2015 by
Corporations cozying up to researchers create massive conflicts of interest. It’s an old story when the villain is a pharmaceutical company. But food companies need to make money too, and what better way than funding and
Was It Unethical to Hoax the World About Chocolate as a Weight Loss “Accelerator”?
Posted May 28, 2015 by
Yes, of course. But. Is it somehow more ethical to conduct and publicize a bad study because you honestly don’t know any better? Journals and news outlets are full of small-scale, p-hacked, badly reported studies.
What I Learned About Health From Reporting It
Posted May 21, 2015 by
Some people find themselves nodding along with articles like 25 Struggles Only People Addicted to Diet Coke Will Understand. Me, I got that same feeling from reading this Vox piece by Julia Belluz and Sarah
When a Company Drops a Controversial Ingredient, They’re Not Doing It For Your Health
Posted April 30, 2015 by
This week, Pepsi announced they were dropping aspartame from their flagship diet drink in the US. Last week it was Chipotle swearing off GMO ingredients. Before that, Kraft dropped certain dyes, Subway took the “yoga
Why Isn’t Sex Ed Preparing Students for Adulthood?
Posted April 30, 2015 by
When I was in high school, I took a class that taught me how to dissect a worm. We were not expected to go home and dissect worms or somehow put to use our newly
Games That Teach You Something About Public Health
Posted March 30, 2015 by
Reading is great, but sometimes it’s more fun to learn by playing. Here are a few games that will end up teaching you something about public health: Spent: This game is for anybody who feels
Drink makers are squirrely about ingredients, even when they share nutrition info
Posted March 26, 2015 by
Alcoholic beverage manufacturer Diageo made headlines recently for announcing they will put nutrition labels on their products, including Guinness and Smirnoff brands. But the buzz about nutrition information (which I wrote about, briefly, for Lifehacker)
How does the FDA regulate mobile medical apps?
Posted March 2, 2015 by
Last month, the FDA released new guidance regarding the regulation of mobile medical apps, to replace its earlier version from 2011. Since that time, the amount of health and medical apps on the market has
The dangers of doing nothing: What pregnant women need to know about clinical trials
Posted February 23, 2015 by
Please welcome a guest post by Kaitlin Bell Barnett, who writes about health and medicine for various print and online outlets. She’s at work on a book about medications and medical care in pregnancy. Her first