Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States, killing nearly 2,500 people every day.1 While smoking is a well-known driver, most risk models and health warnings focus almost exclusively on cigarettes. This overlooks a silent contributor hiding in plain sight — noncigarette tobacco. Over 8.7 million U.S. adults report using… Read More »
Amid rising rates of diabetes and obesity in the nation, Berkeley, Calif., became the first American city to institute a sugary-drink tax, generally referred to as a soda tax, in 2015. Since then a handful of jurisdictions, such as Philadelphia, Seattle, and Boulder, Colo., have passed similar measures. Other proposals have failed at the ballot… Read More »
GENEVA (Reuters) – The palm oil industry is deploying tactics similar to those of the alcohol and tobacco industries to influence research into the health effects of its product, a study published by the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva,… Read More »