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Colon Cancer Rate Rises in Young
6/30/2009A new study shows that young people under the age of 50 have experienced rising rates of colon cancer in...
Read MoreDepression Gene Has Mental Breakdown
6/27/2009While researchers found a strong link between the number of stressful life events subjects endured and risk of depression, they...
Read MoreGonorrhea Goes Drug Resistant
6/19/2009Antibiotics are hitting the wall as the magic healing modality for gonorrhea, as increasing numbers of cases turn up drug...
Read MoreMajor Life Insurers Support Tobacco Industry
6/16/2009Some of the world's largest life insurance companies invest heavily in tobacco. In fact, insurance company investments in tobacco industry...
Read MoreMedia Trashes Alternative Treatments in Spite of Facts
6/13/2009Despite the popularity of alternative medicine, the press persists in trying to persuade readers to avoid health alternatives at all...
Read MoreFood Wrapper Chemical in Blood
6/11/2009Researchers at the University of Toronto found potentially carcinogenic chemicals (diPAPs) from food wrappers -- the type of wrappers that...
Read MoreGreen Tea Blocks AIDS
6/9/2009Researchers have found that an antioxidant (EGCG, Epigallocatechin Gallate) in green tea neutralizes a protein in sperm that can carry...
Read MoreOlder Adults May Need Less Sleep
6/6/2009New research indicates that in fact, people over the age of 60 naturally sleep less than younger folks do.
Read MorePeople Ignore Cancer Advice
6/4/2009A recent study in Great Britain found that a huge segment of the population simply ignores cancer-prevention advice, finding it...
Read MoreMediterranean Diet Prevents Macular Degeneration
6/2/2009The growing list of benefits conferred by increasing your intake of Omega-3 fatty acids as epitomized by the Mediterranean diet...
Read MoreAvastin Perforates Colon
5/30/2009A new report out of Stony Brook University in New York has confirmed that the drug Avastin causes potentially lethal...
Read MoreBrain Functions Even After Death
5/28/2009With regards to near death experiences, Is consciousness a function of the seemingly inert brain, or does it reside somewhere...
Read MoreHaving Babies Late in Life Tied to Longevity
5/23/2009A study, out of the University of Utah, found that women who give birth late in life live longer, and...
Read MoreFormaldehyde Linked to Workplace Cancers
5/21/2009A study, conducted by the National Cancer Institute found that those who had experienced formaldehyde exposure had an increased rate...
Read MoreGinger Helps Chemotherapy Patients
5/19/2009A new study of 644 subjects has "discovered" that ginger eases nausea--specifically, the nausea associated with chemotherapy.
Read MoreCheerios Get Busted for “Medicinal” Claims
5/16/2009The FDA has reviewed the labeling of your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal calling it's ability to lower your...
Read MoreProbiotics, Body Fat, and Clinical Studies
5/14/2009A new study offers yet another reason to take probiotics - if you're pregnant. The study of 256 expectant women...
Read MorePsychiatric Prescriptions through the Roof
5/12/2009Since 1996, adult prescriptions for mental illness have risen by 73 percent, and prescriptions for children went up by 50...
Read MoreChewing Gum, Facebook, and Academic Performance
5/9/2009A study has found that when kids chew gum, their math scores improve. A second study found that college students...
Read MoreCockroaches Cause Asthma in Kids
5/7/2009A new study out of the Boston University School of Medicine has confirmed that cockroaches are the leading cause of...
Read MoreAre You Addicted to Technology?
5/5/2009The American Psychiatric Association has been exploring the idea of including a category for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) in the...
Read MoreYoung Vegetarians at Risk
5/2/2009A new study has found that while teens who have chosen to become vegetarians do in fact weigh less and...
Read MoreNaltrexone May Cure Itchy Finger
4/30/2009A study out of the University of Minnesota Medical School administered the drug Naltrexone to 25 kleptomaniacs between the ages...
Read MoreSwine Flu – No Pandemic Yet
4/26/2009One of the problems with swine flu is that virtually no one alive today has any resistance -- thus one...
Read MoreAcetaminophen Linked to Childhood Asthma, Eczema
4/25/2009A huge, international study has determined that babies who take acetaminophen have a greatly increased risk of developing childhood asthma,...
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