About your editors… LAURA E. STACHEL, M.D., M.P.H., is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist with 14 years of clinical experience. She received her M.D. at UC San Francisco and her M.P.H. at UC Berkeley School of Public Health. She has been a guest instructor at the UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Program and has taught courses on women’s health and nutrition at UC Berkeley. She is pursuing her doctorate in Public Health. The Wellness Letter relies on the expertise of the School of Public Health faculty and other researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as top scientists from around the world. It translates this leading-edge research into practical advice for daily living—at home, at work, while exercising, and in the market or health-food store. Rather than simply reporting quick health stories of the day, the Wellness Letter puts the news in perspective and evaluates it. In particular, it clarifies the often conflicting and superficial health information presented by the popular media. It doesn't promote faddish diets or other anecdote-based regimens. Nor does it simply repeat conventional medical advice from mainstream health organizations or pharmaceutical companies. Founded in 1868, the University of California, Berkeley was recognized by the American Council on Education as "the best balanced distinguished university in the country." Nobel Prizes in science, literature, and economics have been awarded to 20 members of the Berkeley faculty. Berkeley is consistently rated as the country’s #1 public university by U.S. News and World Report in its "America’s Best Colleges." The campus is recognized as a leading research center in chemistry, biology, and many other scientific fields. The discovery of vitamin E, the isolation of the human polio virus, and the discovery of new chemical elements are among the many accomplishments at Berkeley.
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