Year: 2010

Epidemiological evidence linking diet, one of the most important modifiable environmental factors, and risk of Alzheimer's disease is rapidly increasing....

In the seven years between 1999 and 2006, the use of prescription opioids increased nearly fourfold nationwide. Overdose from painkiller...

Without exposure to parasites, bacteria, and viruses early in life , children face a greater chance of developing allergies, asthma,...

People who view slides of sick people show an incredible immune boost of 23 percent. Learn more about the immune...

Women who eat the most “high-glycemic” carbohydrates have more than twice the risk of heart disease compared to women who...

The annual bill for PSA screening in the U.S. is $3 billion, even though the test “is hardly more effective...

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition just concluded that eating fruits and vegetables doesn't significantly reduce your risk...

Last month, the pharmaceutical manufacturing giant Pfizer disclosed that it paid more than $20 million to 4,500 doctors and other...

AstraZeneca received permission from the FDA to sell its statin drug to a potential new market of 6.5 million people,...

If current projections are correct, children dying before their parents is about to become the norm. Learn more about increasing...

A study, just published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists, discovered that by applying a magnet to...

The FDA recently admitted that it “should” reevaluate the safety of triclosan, an antibacterial chemical commonly found in a dizzying...

A sampling of the thousands of questions that have been received at the Foundation over the last 12 months.

New studies have found that junk foods exert an addictive pull as powerful as that conferred by the most highly...

A new study has found that most infants, whether bottle or breast-fed, get far too little vitamin D. This health...

Several recent studies jointly conducted by San Diego State University (SDSU) and the University of South Alabama have found that...

Researchers found that subjects who eat just a tiny square of chocolate every day lower their risk of heart attack...

A Boston-based group called Corporate Identity International recently issued a report calling for Ronald McDonald to die. Understand the reason...

A recent survey showed that while all groups report that they don’t get enough sleep, there were interesting differences among...

According to research, the average American’s risk of melanoma in his or her life time increased from one in 1,500...

More than 100 disease outbreaks have occurred on cruise ships since 1970. Arm yourself with the understanding of the dangers...

New study reveals that long after a cigarette is put out, the tobacco smoke residue that clings to surfaces reacts...

Ultimately, everything that happens in the digestive tract is designed to get nutrients into the bloodstream. Effectively, this is the...

A recent study compared the serving sizes of meals depicted in paintings of the Last Supper to the sizes of...

According to research at the University of California, San Diego and Harvard University, lack of sleep is contagious among teens....