Wednesday, February 10, 2010
According to a new Australian study set to appear in the January 26, 2009 print edition of the journal Circulation, watching too much TV won’t just leave you brain dead – It may actually take years off your life.
In fact, the more time you spend in front of the tube, the greater your risk of [...]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Almost 37% of American households are firmly in the dog lover camp; 32% are cat owners and lovers.
According to 2007 data from the American Veterinary Medical Association the cat population is 82 million felines, while the dog population tops out at 72 million. Experts believe the larger numbers of cats are the result of households [...]
Adding fish to the diet is a natural source of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, but may also raise concerns about contamination.
Many believe that farmed fish are healthier than those caught out in the wild, polluted ocean.
Always to be counted on for an opinion when it comes to animals and the environment, PETA (People for the [...]
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Most people, when they think cholesterol, picture fatty foods, plaque coated artery walls and heart disease. But there are more than a few things about this waxy substance that might surprise you.
1. Sky high cholesterol may be partly due to genetics – for some families it’s inevitable that LDL (bad) cholesterol will be in the [...]
Exposure to specific toxins in the environment, also known as PCBs (technically called polychlorinated biphenyls), appears to have an effect on the development of brain cells according to not one or two, but three new studies.
These toxic substances in our world have long been associated with problems in children, but science could never explain precisely [...]
Thursday, January 29, 2009
As much as we might wish them to be true some of the most common medical “cures” we’ve heard from Mom or an older family member have now been disproved by researchers from Indiana University as just medical myths.
An article appearing in the current issue of the British Medical Journal dispels half [...]
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Obesity is a growing problem, and science expends much time and energy trying to figure it all out to give us better weight losing tips. We know more today about obesity and overweight than we have at any other time in history, with many diet myths well and truly busted. Genes, hormone imbalances and viruses [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
You’ve probably heard the expression, “Cold hands, warm heart” before, and wouldn’t you know it science has [...]
