Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The bacteria of the digestive system, both good and bad, are much in the news. Researchers from the University of Florence have found the children in an African village, breast fed until the age of two and who ate a largely vegetarian diet (including the occasional termite for fiber) had vastly different good and bad [...]
Surprising news on allergies. Hay fever is a modern disease, virtually unknown before 1800 and becoming common only during the last century. Many had believed that this condition developed during childhood, and yet more and more adults are experiencing hayfever symptoms – the constant sneezing, running eyes and nose, itching, sometimes [...]
Increasing amounts of research is finding that toxic exposure from five chemicals, so common that they’re almost certain to be a part of every room in your home, can be tied to many serious ailments… things like cancer, sexual problems and behavior issues.
These chemicals didn’t exist a hundred years ago, and the [...]
Home – it holds a special place in our hearts and minds, but this most favorite of spaces is also where 65% of colds and more than half of all food-borne illnesses are caught. Some of the most common, most everyday things you do at home actually have a big impact on [...]
Important news for women – being exposed to chemicals and pollutants before her mid 30s may greatly increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer after she goes through menopause according to a new study by Canadian scientists. The work appears in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
The team, lead by France [...]
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
We’ve all heard of “second hand smoke,” the result as smokers exhale and send carcinogens into the air around them. The harmful effects of second hand smoke are well established. Third hand smoke is less familiar.
The term was coined in 2009 by doctors out of Mass General Hospital for Children, and is [...]
We’ve all seen the “prewashed” and “triple-washed” salad in a bag in the produce section of the supermarket, and they’re a welcome convenience. Available since the early 1990s, annual sales of the easier than ever side dish has reached almost $3 billion a year.
The trouble is that despite what it says on [...]
These days we’re all watching what we spend, cutting back (or out) where we can. Luckily you can cut back on the costs of staying healthy without going back on your intentions to live well with these tips for healthy living.
Eating healthily, being physically active and getting regular healthcare are all still possible and affordable [...]
Like it or not… understand it or not, the effects of texting have become part of our world.
Where once a cell phone was just a way to talk on the run, now these everyday essentials come with keyboards that let you tap out a text message with surprising speed.
And while texters are enchanted by the [...]
Next time you’re ordering from a favorite fast food place, or tossing some popcorn in the microwave, think about this… the chemicals that are used to make food wrappers like grease-proof paper have also been found, for the first time ever, someplace you might not like – in human blood.
This according to startling new research [...]
