Beans Aren’t So Bad in the Gas Department
12/29/2011Beans just might be the Rodney Dangerfield of the food world. To paraphrase the comedian, they just get no respect. ...
Read MoreLarger Portions Confer Status
12/27/2011According to a series of studies just published in the Journal of Consumer Research, people often opt for larger portion...
Read MoreHPV Vaccine To Immunize Girls
12/23/2011Plans to immunize girls all over the world ages 12 and under against HPV (human papillomavirus) are gathering steam. Not...
Read MoreIQs Can Change
12/22/2011According to recent studies, IQs can change over the years. So instead of an IQ score being a benchmark of fixed...
Read MoreSitting Causes Cancer Even if You Exercise
12/20/2011According to research presented at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), up to 173,000 new cases of cancer could...
Read MoreSafe at Home Birthing
12/17/2011New research that suggests home birthing is an extremely safe option for both mother and baby. Scientists at the University...
Read MoreOh, the Places Germs Go!
12/15/2011According to new research, it seems that we are all surrounded by germs pretty much wherever we go. A study...
Read MoreTeens Aren’t Eating Their Fruits and Vegetables
12/13/2011According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the majority of teens in the...
Read MoreNumber of Real Friends Declining
12/10/2011Despite Facebook networks numbering in the hundreds or even thousands. That’s because the average person now has one-third fewer close...
Read MoreThe Nightmare You Don’t Wake From
12/8/2011In the early 1980s, 117 healthy, young immigrants from Laos died in their sleep. What they shared in common was a...
Read MoreMammalian Brain Can Repair Itself
12/6/2011A new study out of Harvard University came to the surprising conclusion that it may indeed be possible to trigger...
Read MoreInterstitial Cystitis, Autoimmune Response
12/4/2011 No one knows what causes interstitial cystitis. Because IC varies so much in symptoms and severity, most researchers believe that...
Read MoreRheumatoid Arthritis and Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis
12/4/2011Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis patients are those patients who have been diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis but remain rheumatoid factor negative...
Read MoreLet Them Eat Fries: School Lunch Reform Squashed
12/3/2011Congress just voted to block legislation that would make school lunches a whole lot healthier than they now are. The...
Read MoreTired Teens Don’t Make the Best Choices
12/1/2011Research has determined that there is a greater likelihood of dangerous behaviors among those teenagers regularly sleeping less than eight hours...
Read MoreCoffee Can Ward Off Depression
11/29/2011A study, at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, found that women who drink four or more cups...
Read MoreAccidental Medication Poisoning
11/26/2011New research has found that poisoning by medication has risen tremendously in young children in the past few years. Visits...
Read MoreConsumers in Diapers
11/22/2011Research now shows that kids already recognize brand logos by six months of age. As soon as they can speak, they request particular...
Read MoreWhite Produce and Stroke Risk
11/19/2011A recent study has found that those who regularly eat greater quantities of white fruits and vegetables are 52 percent less likely...
Read MoreDiet and Cancer, Medical Community
11/19/2011A news release earlier this week from the American Association for Cancer Research reports that new studies show that diet...
Read MoreGenetics and Happiness: Born Happy?
11/17/2011While our environments definitely contribute to our personalities, scientists have proven over the past few years that much of the...
Read MoreiPhone Elicits True Love
11/15/2011Several recent studies show that most iPhone users are smitten with their phones. The phones typically do evoke a true...
Read MoreMen and Binge Eating
11/12/2011Using data compiled from 21,743 men and 24,608 women who took a self-assessment of their health status, the scientists discovered...
Read MoreEcosystems of the Gut
11/10/2011The chemical bisphenol A (BPA) is commonly used in much of the plastic manufactured for food containers and in the...
Read MoreLow Carb Diet and Coronary Heart Disease
11/10/2011A study released in the New England Journal of Medicine concludes that diets lower in carbohydrate and higher in protein...
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