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Diet, active living, screenings help keep bones strong
(2024-09-18) Mourning, Kyajia; Denning, Michael; Kolasa, Kathryn M
This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column explores the importance of bone health throughout life, emphasizing the role of proper nutrition and lifestyle choices in maintaining strong bones. It explains how bones develop and remodel, particularly highlighting the significance of calcium, vitamin D, and protein in bone maintenance. The article discusses common conditions like osteoporosis and osteopenia, which weaken bones, and provides dietary suggestions for improving bone health, including the benefits of the Mediterranean and DASH diets. Additionally, it stresses the importance of regular bone density testing and weight-bearing exercises for preventing bone deterioration and maintaining overall health as we age.
Livermush Full of Nutrients, but Enjoy in Moderation
(2024-10-02) Maple, Julia R.; Kolasa, Kathryn M
This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is on the nutritional profile of livermush.
Research study aims to advance benefits of precision nutrition
(2024-09-11) Phillips, Aaron T.; Kolasa, Kathryn M
This is a weekly Q and A newspaper column under the byline of Dr. Kathy Kolasa. Today's column is about the future of precision medicine and the NIH's All of Us effort that will revolutionize both precision nutrition and precision medicine.
Understanding the Role of Presidential Approval on Voter Turnout and the Understanding the Patterned Coalition that Exist in Uneducated White Individuals
(2024-05-23) Williamson, Phillip R; Surles, Jackson Fisher
Understanding why individuals vote at the rates they do, along with understanding which parties these voters will ultimately decide to cast their vote for has been a long discussion in political research. This study looks to understand and test whether presidential approval ratings have a direct correlation with increasing voter turnout throughout Presidential Elections. The study has results that provide a direct answer to that proposed correlation. Another question this study seeks to understand is what political ideology white individuals who have not obtained a high school diploma vote for and what leads to that decision. This study uses data from the American National Election Studies that dates to the 1964 Presidential Election that conducts a regression model that allows readers to understand the correlation between white uneducated individuals and which party they ultimately vote for in Presidential Elections.
The Lookout Vol 12 Front Matter
(The Lookout, 2023)