Food deserts aren’t just a U.S. phenomenon. They’re found all around the world. This week as I explore social determinants of health and technology solutions in several parts of Europe, I’ve learned more about food access challenges in the UK. These are discussed in a report published this month by the Social Market Foundation asking, What… Read More: Food and Cooking for Health: a UK Perspective from Hammersmith… »
The WOD on the Waves CrossFit Cruise will set sail from Florida in January 2019. Work out and mingle with your favorite CrossFit champions like Rich Froning and Brook Wells. Expect plenty of challenging WODs, as well as seminars on keto, intermittent fasting and Paleo. Travel can easily disrupt your usual workout routine. But CrossFitters… Read More: Yes, This CrossFit Cruise is for Real. Here's What You… »
There was a lot of news this week about a study, published in the medical journal BMJ, that looked at how diet affects heart health. The results were unexpected because they challenged the conventional thinking on saturated fats. And the data were very old, from the late 1960s and early 1970s. This has led many… Read More: The New Health Care: A Study on Fats That Doesn’t… »
October 22, 2018 Posted By Categories Kevin Lomangino is the managing editor of HealthNewsReview.org. He tweets as @KLomangino. Here’s another example in our occasional series documenting how the New York Times’ ‘Well’ section is often unwell. This time it’s a brief story claiming that “Coffee may tame the redness of rosacea.” Let’s start with the… Read More: Can coffee ‘tame the redness of rosacea’? Here’s what you… »