Public Health

McFluoride

"I’ll take a burger and fries, hold the fluoride.” Fluoride? Serious scientists, who look, find fluoride in the darnedest places. Researchers from the University of Indiana School of Dentistry report in the scientific journal “Community Dentistry and ...

Article - Carol Kopf - Mar 10 2008 - 10:04am

A Cautionary Study On Artificial Butter In Microwave Popcorn

Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) recently conducted a study showing that long-term exposure to a component of artificial butter flavoring called diacetyl can be harmful to the nose and airways of mice. The study ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 13 2008 - 10:40am

Botox For Babies Is Serious Treatment For CHARGE Syndrome

Botulinum toxin- Botox- is one of the most poisonous naturally occurring substances but it has become best known as one of the most commonly used molecules to reduce wrinkles. Now it will be known for something else; saving infants. Dr. Sam Daniel, Associa ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 17 2008 - 3:39pm

Vegan Diet Helps Arthritis- Study

A gluten-free vegan diet may improve the health of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research from the Swedish medical universit Karolinska Institutet. The diet also has a beneficial effect on several risk factors for cardiovascular dise ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2008 - 10:56am

Flavonoids Are Cardioproductive- Study

A polyphenols-rich diet keeps the heart younger, according to a study by the FLORA Project, a European Commission funded research studying the effects of flavonoids, a variety of polyphenols, on human health. "The biological and protective activities ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2008 - 11:47pm

Sewer Gas Can Induce Suspended Animation- And It's Reversible

Low doses of hydrogen sulfide, the toxic gas responsible for the unpleasant odor of rotten eggs, can safely and reversibly induce 'suspended animation', in mice, say Massachusetts General Hospital reseachers. They report that effects seen in earl ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 24 2008 - 11:50pm

The American Egg Board Doesn't Like That Study Linking Eggs And Death

A study published in the April 2008 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition(1) suggests an association between high egg consumption and all-cause mortality and the response from the American Egg Board is below. The researchers, Djoussé and Gazi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 15 2011 - 3:06pm

Aerobic Fitness Could Delay Biological Aging Up To 12 Years

Maintaining aerobic fitness through middle age and beyond can delay biological ageing by up to 12 years and prolong independence during old age, concludes an analysis published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Aerobic exercise, suc ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2008 - 6:38pm

Is 'Distant Healing' For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome A Real Treatment?

A group of British investigators headed by H. Walach has studied the psychological mechanisms of 'distant healing', a form of spiritual healing, in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. 409 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) were rand ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 17 2008 - 12:56am

Aristotle On Old Age

"Education is the best provision for the journey to old age." Aristotle Old Age ...

Blog Post - Camillo Di Cicco - Dec 10 2011 - 6:11am