Public Health

Mothers' Pollution Exposure Linked To IQs Of Minority Children In New York City- Study

It seems people still use the intelligence quotient (IQ) test even though minorities in America claim there is cultural bias that invalidates it as a measure of intelligence. Researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCE ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2009 - 10:36am

Is Organic Food Better For You Than Conventionally Produced Food?

Is organic food better for you than conventional food? It's the second most asked question we get here about food, the first being ' What is the difference between organic and inorganic food? (Also Lee Silver's What is the meaning of &quo ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2012 - 11:45pm

Food Stamps Implicated In Female Weight Gain

100 years ago you had to be rich to be fat. Now apparently you have to be rich to stay thin. And women add more pounds being poor than anyone. A nationwide study that followed participants for 14 years correlates the U.S. Food Stamp Program to obesity am ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2009 - 7:10pm

Popcorn Rich In Antioxidants

There's great news for movie lovers. That popcorn slathered in butter at the movie theater may be only mostly bad for you. Snack foods like popcorn and many popular breakfast cereals contain "surprisingly large" amounts of healthful antiox ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2009 - 11:21pm

Atkins And Other Low-Carbohydrate Diets Linked To Atherosclerosis, Impaired Blood Vessel Growth

High protein, low carbohydrate diets have been successful at helping individuals rapidly lose weight but due to their recent popularity little is known about the diets' long-term effects on vascular health. A new study provides some of the first data ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2009 - 3:11pm

Mommyhood Is Destiny- 'What About Mom? Is Lost In The National Health Care Debate

Thirteen percent of pregnant women in the United States have no health insurance. The president, when not worrying about the gun nuts, wants to cover them. One would think these facts alone might encourage some sanity,even unity, in the ever-childish deb ...

Article - Greg Critser - Aug 31 2009 - 3:01pm

Only reverting to nature cure can make human health better: Ethnobotany in modern perspective

Ethnobotany and human health. Ashwani Kumar ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Aug 31 2009 - 9:34pm

Zinziber officinale Rose or Ginger used in large number of Ayurvedic formulations is good for digestive power.

Zinziber officinale Rose or Ginger used in large number of Ayurvedic formulations is good for digestive power. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 3 2009 - 9:02pm

Plants of your surroundings may hold key to your survival.

Man is going away from nature and many of the present day diseases are life style diseases. its is important to know more about the plants of our surroundings to which man as an evolved animal (sorry for this interpretation but man is one of the organism o ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 4 2009 - 9:35pm

Herbs and human health can never be separated