Reduced pollution makes people live longer

January 27, 2009

The air in America is getting cleaner. And it's making a real difference. A new study in today's New England Journal of Medicine showed that less pollution in the air since the 1970's is increasing people's lives. People are living 3 years longer and 5.5 months of that 3...

Staying Well In A Sick Economy

January 27, 2009

There has been a lot of talk about the economy. People don't have as much money as they used to so there isn't as much money to spend on staying well. A recent article on the front page of the January 25, 2009 Boston Globe told how having less money...

Products that contain peanut butter have been recalled

January 19, 2009

We know some people are really allergic to peanuts and get really sick from them. But now there is a different type of problem with peanuts – some foods that contain peanut butter are contaminated with a bacteria called salmonella which can cause food poisoning. Salmonella has been found in...

Cellphones make health surveys more difficult to do

January 16, 2009

Ever get a call around dinnertime from people taking a survey? Lot’s of people do. One of the things people who survey call about is health – they ask questions like, How many people are overweight? How many quit smoking? and things like that. But 1 out of...