Caloric labels, Diet, Healthy Food, obesity
Calories Count Part 2: Do people make healthier choices when calories are displayed?
Will the new menu labeling requirements help combat the obesity epidemic?
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ACA, Calories, Heart Disease, obesity
Calories Count Part 1: What are calories anyways?
The ACA provisions for displaying calories went into effect this year. Let’s start with the basics: what are calories?
E-Cigarettes, and nicotine, vaping
Exploring the Use of E-Cigarettes Amongst the Adolescent Population
Ten to thirteen percent of high school students are using e-cigarettes. Are you ready to talk with your teen?
Food Reform, Hospitals food, nutrition
Making Hospital Food Healthier
With bright culinary innovators entering the healthcare field, hospital food is undergoing a reform.
Drug Competition, Generics, Pharmaceuticals, high drug costs, prescriptions
What To Do About the High Cost of Pharmaceuticals? Part 3
Generics are a viable solution but they face barriers to entering the market. How is this being addressed?
Medicare Part D, Medicare for All, OECD, Prescription drugs, Single-payer
What To Do About the High Cost of Pharmaceuticals? Part 2
Medicare is not allowed to negotiate drug prices directly with pharmaceutical companies. What if that changes?
Pharmaceuticals, drug importation, high drug costs, prescriptions
What To Do About the High Cost of Pharmaceuticals?
The cost of pharmaceuticals is exorbitant here in the US and people are skipping their medications as a result.
Herd Immunity, Measles, Vaccination
Doing Our Part, National Immunization Awareness Month
The critical role of vaccines in preventing serious, sometimes deadly, diseases.
California, childhood obesity, obesity, overweight, soda tax ban, sugar sweetened beverages, sugary beverages
Sugary Beverages: To Tax or Not to Tax? In California, that is the Question.
California cities can no longer tax sugar-sweetened beverages under a new law, AB 1838.
Bullying, Cyberbullying, Mental health, Suicide, Teenagers, Texting
Cyberbullying, a Growing Public Health Concern
Bullying is a public health epidemic that affects millions of children. What should be done to address it?