Health Updates: Harvard names the fountain of youth- Resveratrol; too much internet increases depression; folate reduces incidents of pancreatic cancer; soy reduces risk of ‘type 2’ diabetes; should we tax junk food?
Commentaries: “No Help in Sight, More Homeowners Walk Away” [David Streitfeld 2Feb10 www.nytimes.com]
Prof Kate Pickett: professor of epidemiology, Univ. of York, UK, & a National Institute for Health Research Career Scientist. Kate & her husband, epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson are the authors of “The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger” How a nation’s inequality contributes most to health, mental & social problems