Public Health

Old Is New Again- Eat Less, Not Cut Foods, To Lose Weight

Fad diets have told people they need to stop eating carbohydrates to go on a diet. A UK-wide survey has revealed a common belief that these types of foods are a 'no no', with 63% thinking that successful weight loss requires cutting out certain ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 6 2012 - 8:09pm

Do herbal drugs harm human health?

News papers don’t stop reporting anyone get side effects of herbal drugs or side effects of taking uncontrolled amount of herbal drug. Allopathic drugs also harm or give reactions sometime but I have not seen any adverse report on allopathic drugs. The qu ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - May 7 2012 - 5:39pm

Prozac In Your Chicken? Thanks, China

Sometimes you set out to test for antibiotics but get a bonus; in this case, d iphenhydramine, arsenic, and  fluoxetine. Yikes. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 23 2012 - 1:43pm

Organic Spinach Recalled Over Salmonella Concerns

Taylor Farms Retail, Inc. of Salinas, California is initiating a voluntary recall of Organic Baby Spinach following a random test conducted on a finished package by the USDA that found salmonella. Salmonella is a bacteria that can cause infection and sympt ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2012 - 11:53pm

Withania somnifera (Ashwaganda) is one of the most valued medicinal plant in Ayurveda

Withania somnifera is one of the most valued medicinal plant in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine (Shivani and Kumar, 2000). In Ayurveda, W. somnifera is regarded as one of the most useful herbs having ‘Vata’ pacifying properties (Singh an ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - May 28 2012 - 9:50am

The Issue Is Fructose. Period.

In the last few weeks there has been a sugar tsunami in the media. CBS reported about sugar toxicity. Mayor Bloomberg banned the serving of sugary drinks greater than 16 fluid ounces in New York City. The FDA turned down a request from the Corn Industry to ...

Article - Michael Goran - Sep 13 2012 - 7:48pm

Humble's Miracle Industrial Bleach: MMS Will Heal Autism And Everything Else, Too!

Bloggers like Orac (his first post,  his second post,  his third post),  Emily Willingham,  Autismum  and others have covered Autism One's latest quack cure, MMS, in detail. ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jun 12 2012 - 3:22pm

Eczema In Babies Linked To Stress In Pregnancy

GENEVA and ZURICH, June 15, 2012  -- The latest allergy research presented at the Congress on Allergy and Immunology in Geneva (EAACI Congress 2012) found:- 47% of atopic eczema in babies occur due to stress during pregnancy- Up to 40% of Europeans suffer ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 15 2012 - 12:30pm

Food Allergies Double In The Last 10 Years

Life-threatening allergic reactions in children, such as anaphylaxis, have increased 7-fold in the last decade and a third of all allergic shocks in children occur for the first time at school with teachers largely unprepared. ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jun 18 2012 - 12:00pm

Would You Like A Fecal Matter Or Non-Fecal Matter Hotel Room?

A new study suggests that your next hotel room stay may come with a bonus- someone else's fecal matter. Katie Kirsch, an undergraduate student at the University of Houston, presented the work at the 2012 General Meeting of the American Society for Mic ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2012 - 4:32pm