Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: food & nutrition
New from the National Academies Press: Caffeine in Food and Dietary Supplements: Examining Safety
From the NAP: Caffeine in Food and Dietary Supplements is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine in August 2013 to review the available science on safe levels of caffeine consumption in foods, beverages, and dietary … Continue reading
Sugar-sweetened beverages playbook
One of the 4 legal tools discussed in the current issue of the CDC’s Public Health Law News, is a Sugar-sweetened beverages playbook from ChangeLab. The playbook offers a sequence of ten strategies—from public education campaigns to restrictions on the … Continue reading
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Tagged consumer health, food & nutrition, health behavior, health communication, health policy, obesity
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Unpacking the FDA’s new Trans fat ban
Ten University of Michigan School of Public Health graduate students are once again blogging at Mind the Science Gap. Here’s a recent post on a ruling by the Food & Drug Adminstration on trans fats. Enjoy–& comment!
The Grocery Gap: Unequal Access to Healthy Foods in Southeast Michigan
Food insecurity is very high in parts of Southeast Michigan. This has led some to describe parts of the region as “food deserts.” But is this term appropriate? The Institute for Research on Women & Gender is sponsoring a talk by … Continue reading
Mold toxins tied to AIDS epidemic
From the New York Times: Aflatoxins — poisons produced by fungi that grow on moldy peanuts and corn — may be worsening Africa’s AIDS epidemic by helping suppress the immune systems of newly infected people, a new study has found. … Continue reading
New dietary supplement label database
From the National Institutes of Health: Researchers, health care providers, and consumers can now investigate the ingredients listed on the labels of about 18,000 (and growing) dietary supplements. The Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) is available free of charge. It … Continue reading
Does your health insurance company support your local farmer?
From our friends at Mind the Science Gap, a new post today on farming, CSA’a and insurance companies (yes, you read that right): Unlikely Heroes in the U.S. Food System. As always, read, enjoy, and comment!
Two years after the tsunami in Japan, fear and mistrust of food and government
From the New York Times, an Op-Doc, ‘In Japan, a Portrait of Mistrust’: Two years after a huge earthquake, giant tsunami and nuclear meltdown ravaged parts of Japan, life has only seemingly returned to normal. Authorities say that outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged environmental health, food & nutrition, global, health communication, risk
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Vitamin D fraud: Lack of truth in labeling
Our friends at Mind the Science Gap, the blog written by School of Public Health students, recently published an interesting post on vitamin D supplements: http://www.mindthesciencegap.org/2013/03/14/vitamin-d-fraud-lack-of-truth-in-labeling/. As always, read, enjoy, and comment!
A bumpy road to a soda ban
From the New York Times Well blog: Some of the country’s leading public health experts called Monday’s judicial ruling against New York’s limits on the sale of large sugary drinks a predictable setback in what has become a national campaign … Continue reading
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Tagged consumer health, food & nutrition, health policy
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