Yes. The World Health Organization on April 12, 2022 published a review of 283 studies on non-sugar sweeteners used in products such as diet soda.
Tag: health
Posted inFlawed Forensics, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety
Two couples sue former UW child abuse doctor for alleged misdiagnoses
Dr. Barbara Knox left Wisconsin and Alaska amid allegations of workplace bullying and wrongful diagnoses of child abuse; she now practices in Florida.
Posted inEconomy
Evictions damage public health. The CDC aims to curb them — for now.
Housing and health are intertwined, experts have long preached. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pausing evictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Posted inHealth & Welfare
‘Sometimes it’s just pain, pain, pain’: Inside a rural Wisconsin doctor’s fight to manage opioid use
Rural residents are more prone to chronic pain and opioid addiction, but their health care systems offer fewer alternatives and treatments. In the village of Necedah, population 916, one doctor set out to change that.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Seeking a Cure: The Quest to Save Rural Hospitals
How one small Wisconsin hospital was saved amid a statewide rural health crisis
Mergers, reduced services and expanding Medicaid are some ways to save rural hospitals; proposals for new funding models are stalled in Congress.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Seeking a Cure: The Quest to Save Rural Hospitals
Rural Wisconsin communities seek paths to better health care future
Economic development is seen as one way to make communities and their residents healthier, while drawing and keeping doctors.
Posted inEnvironment, Health & Welfare
Johns Hopkins researchers warn Wisconsinites near large livestock farms of public health, environmental concerns
Six leading researchers at Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health are warning northeastern Wisconsin rural residents that over-application of manure at intensive livestock operations could cause them a host of health problems and damage the environment.
Posted inEconomy, Frac Sand Rush, Government, Health & Welfare
Frac sand health fears rise as mining booms in Wisconsin
Like some other west-central Wisconsin residents, Frances and Dean Sayles are frustrated with the state Department of Natural Resources’ lack of a comprehensive approach to addressing concerns surrounding potential health problems from crystalline silica dust. Now some residents, academics, local government officials and even a frac sand producer have begun taking action.
Posted inEndocrine disruptors, Environment, Government, Health & Welfare
Concerns grow about hormone-disrupting chemicals in Wisconsin water
Endocrine disruptors have been called a “global threat” to people and wildlife, but Wisconsin is lagging behind Minnesota in testing its waters for them.
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety
In Haiti, U.S. deportees face illegal detentions and grave health risks
The United States this year has deported more than 250 Haitians, half of whom were jailed without charges in facilities so filthy they pose life-threatening health risks. Some Haitians faced lengthy confinement in U.S. immigration facilities before the deportations. An investigation by the nonprofit Florida Center for Investigative Reporting found evidence that the Obama administration has not followed its own policy of seeking alternatives to deportation when there are serious medical and humanitarian concerns.
Posted inEconomy, Health & Welfare
Wisconsin milk board removes weight loss claims from website
The Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has retreated from claims that consuming dairy products could aid weight loss after some experts branded the statements “deceptive” and “discredited.”
Posted inEconomy, Health & Welfare
Wisconsin milk board claims dairy aids weight loss
A major Wisconsin dairy group continues to promote dairy products for weight loss, four years after two national groups, under pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, agreed to stop.