'Fooducate' yourself on the merits of mustard

Stand aside, ketchup. Saturday, Aug. 4, is National Mustard Day . Besides being a popular and versatile condiment, mustard is one of the world’s most ancient flavors. It's made from the ground seeds of the mustard plant, water and vinegar. It’s also full of nutrients, can lower blood pressure and has anti-inflammatory properties. Who knew? Carol Johnston, a professor and...

What $10 in public health spending can actually buy

With public health expenditure on the decline in the United States, Mac McCullough, an assistant professor in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University, set out to determine just where our taxpayer dollars are going and how effective spending on public health systems really is. In an analysis sponsored by AcademyHealth and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, McCullough,...

Sound researcher receives highest honor for decades of work in hearing science

We learn the basics of hearing — sound waves, ear parts, and the effects of pitch and volume — sometime around third grade, but there are still mysteries to unravel, including how we process where sounds are located, especially if there are a lot of different sounds at one time, or how we handle sounds that are moving. William Yost...