Year: 2011

According to a recent study, regular consumption of all forms of red meat will make you a candidate for diabetes. ...

A recent study that took place at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, found that lab coats, scrubs, and...

A British study found a significant relationship between height and cancer. The study, conducted by Oxford University, found that for every...

In this part of our series on the immune system, we talk about the complementary immune system, how your immune...

Some experts calling on the federal government to start taxing unhealthy foods. Although debatable whether such a tax would actually...

Research, out of Germany, shows dogs can identify people who have lung tumors better than current medical testing, just by sniffing them.

Whatever you do, laugh. One recent study has found that laughing literally opens the blood vessels. A second study found...

60 percent of the more than 150 2011-model car seats tested by the non-profit group Healthystuff.org contain "chemicals of concern."...

According to a recent study by an international team of researchers at various European institutions, the answer is that it's...

A study from the University of Washington has found yet another strike against substances that launder your clothing. It turns out...

In our last newsletter, we explored the elite half of the immune system: cell-mediated immunity.  These are the T-cells and...

Once the body has adapted to regular, large quantities of alcohol over the course of months or years -- or...

The stress levels of the alpha male, at least among baboons, were found to be much higher than those of the...

There is a new strain of deer tick-borne illness that's been discovered, and like Lyme disease, it too can strike humans. The...

Just because a food is labeled "gluten-free" on its packaging does not mean that it is actually gluten-free. There may...

A recent study suggests that the single biggest risk factor leading to Alzheimer's in the US is lack of exercise. Twenty-one...

To date, the research has found no undisclosed food, chant, or medicine responsible for the exceptionally long lives of centenarians....

Understanding how your immune system works and how to optimize it, while at the same time keeping it in balance...

International conglomerate Cargill Inc. has recalled almost 36 million pounds of ground turkey that was identified as the source of...

A recent study at the University of Cordoba in Spain found that a group of by-products of chlorine called haloacetic...

Scientists from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina and the University of Melbourne in Australia teamed up and...

A new study led by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found that stroke rates for women...

Measles is being reintroduced to the U.S. primarily by travelers who have not been vaccinated against it. According to the Centers...

McDonald's has announced that it intends to cut the French Fries portion in half and add fruit or vegetables to...

A recent "commentary" article concerning dietary supplements, written by Bryan E. Denham, PhD was published in JAMA, thus carrying the imprimatur...