Monthly Archives: September 2014

Contraception is key to reproductive health

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Today is World Contraception Day, a worldwide campaign with a mission to improve awareness, knowledge and understanding of contraception so that a world exists where every pregnancy is planned. The health of women and their knowledge about contraception and family planning prior to pregnancy plays vital roles in ensuring a healthy pregnancy and good health… Read more »

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Dementia: Can we reduce the risk?

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September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Today’s guest author, Marc Wortmann, the Executive Director at Alzheimer’s Disease International talks about the international campaign and the recommendations laid out by this year’s annual report. World Alzheimer’s Month is the global awareness month for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. This is an important month to have because in… Read more »

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Implementing nature’s solution to dirty bacteria with the bioinspired Sharklet™ micropattern

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A guest blog from Dr. Ethan Mann, a research scientist at Sharklet Technologies, Inc, in which he discusses how different materials can prevent the spread of human disease bacteria. Microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses  are contacted during interaction with everyday surfaces. Picking up germs from surfaces contributes to transmission of infectious diseases. Bacteria are… Read more »

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We are all sweet enough; it’s time for less sugar now

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Katharine Jenner is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist and the Campaign Director of Action on Sugar, a new campaign group concerned with the effects of sugar on our diet, and of Consensus Action on Salt and Health; who have already been successful in reducing the UK’s salt intake and are expanding worldwide. Katharine is also… Read more »

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A whole new world. How physiological anthropology helps study our modern lives

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Our environment has changed dramatically since our hunter-gatherer days, but how is this having an impact on our health? Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Physiological Anthropology, Akira Yasukouchi, explains how the study of physiological anthropology will help us understand our relationship with this new world in his latest guest blog.    What is physiological anthropology? Research in physiological anthropology… Read more »

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