New Report States Smoking and Obesity Shrink U.S. Lifespans
A new report released Tuesday says that the nation’s history of heavy smoking is a major reason why lifespans in the U.S. fall short of those in many other high-income nations, and evidence suggests that current obesity levels also play a substantial part. According to Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries, three to [...]
Living in a Food Desert: How Lack of Access to Healthy Foods Can Affect Public Health
Need to run to the grocery store? For some of us, this is relatively easy because we probably live fairly close to one. For others, a trip to a grocery store represents a significant transportation challenge. In the United States, “food deserts”, neighborhoods and communities that have limited access to affordable and nutritious foods, tend [...]
DNA Testing: From the Doctor’s Office to the Drugstore
The Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, identified the genes that make up human DNA. Major advances in genomic technologies in the early 21st century have helped to increase dramatically the number of genes identified as playing a role in a variety of common disorders. Genetic or genomic testing can be used to guide medical [...]
New Books Covering Health And Medicine, NASA, and Industry And Labor
There were four books new to the NAP site this week, including Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease, a publication by the Institute of Medicine. Featured Publication Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease (prepublication) Many people naturally assume that the claims made for foods and nutritional supplements have the [...]
Seven New Books: Reducing Sodium Intake, Obesity Prevention and more
Our big publication this week was Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake In The United States, a report from the Institute of Medicine which received coverage in, among many others, the New York Times and time.com. That publication joins six others—five of which have free PDFs to download–new this week to nap.edu. Featured Publication Strategies to [...]
Seven New Books: Genetically Engineered Crops, Healthcare Quality, and more
Last week saw seven new books, including books in the topics of agriculture; construction: design, research, planning; health and medicine; and behavioral and social sciences. Five of the seven books also have free PDFs available to download. Featured Publication Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (prepublication) Since genetically engineered [...]
Two New Books: Public Health Emergencies and Gulf War Veterans
There were two new publications this week, so we thought we’d give them both the featured publication treatment. If you’re looking for more books, we have plenty. Check our topics page for more in health and medicine and many other topics. The Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise: Innovative Strategies to Enhance Products from Discovery [...]
Five new books: Iraq & Afghanistan Vets, Biofuels, Cyberattacks and more
There were five new books on the NAP site this week, touching the topics of military and veterans; transportation and infrastructure; information security and privacy; industry and labor; and energy and energy conservation. Check out all of our topics for more books on all of these topics and more. Since it’s such a popular feature [...]
