May 2011 - Posts
A young boy racing an otter at the San Diego Zoo.
Want to be happier right now? Real Simple has a list of nine activities which will have an immediate effect. Here are a few of them: Raise your activity level. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Take a brisk 10-minute walk. Take that walk outside. Light stimulates brain chemicals that improve mood...
Robyn O’Brien shares her personal story and how it inspired her to become a Real Food evangelist. Here journey started when one of her children had a dangerous allergic reaction to a "typical" breakfast.
Daily intake of a specific form of lactic acid bacteria could help prevent obesity and reduce low-level inflammation. Rats who were given the bacterium from before birth until adulthood put on significantly less weight than other rats, even though both groups of rats ate a similar diet. UPI reports:...
A coalition of environmental and public-health organizations have filed suit against the U.S. FDA. The groups say that the agency's lax stance on antibiotic use on farms is leading to potentially fatal infections in humans. There is evidence that antibiotics are becoming less effective, as massive...
There are many, many reasons to support your local farmers market. Yahoo Green lists eight of those reasons -- here are some of them: Enjoy food at its freshest and most flavorful. Food that is grown, produced, and sold locally tastes better and is better for you. Create relationships. A farmers market...
Oncologists have long been using crude weapons to fight cancer -- cut out tumors or use chemotherapy that kills good cells as well as bad ones. Drug companies say that new cancer drugs will change this -- for a price. Last year Gleevec grossed $4.3 billion, Herceptin made $6 billion and Avastin $7.4...
Bestselling author Dr. Stephen G. Post has written a new book titled, The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get us Through Hard Times . In the Psych Central interview with him linked below, he explains the proven health benefits of helping others. The therapeutic...
Yahoo Finance has assembled some facts that fast food companies aren’t telling you. Here are some of them -- Healthy options will cost you more A salad at a fast-food restaurant can be the most expensive option on the menu. Don't expect much from their school fundraisers Cash-strapped schools are...
Crying can actually have benefits. It can heal you physiologically, psychologically, and spiritually. Psych Central has collected seven healing properties of tears. Here are some of them: Tears help you see Tears lubricate your eyeballs and eyelids, and prevent dehydration of your various mucous membranes...
Jed Mildon makes history by completing the first triple back flip on a BMX bike.
A crucial government safety review neglected to include hundreds of reports of suicides and psychotic reactions tied to the stop-smoking drug Chantix because Pfizer submitted years of data through “improper channels.” The information reveals, among other things, that the number of suicides connected...
In 2008, the FDA declared the powerful antipsychotic Seroquel was being over-prescribed. The drug is only approved for schizophrenia, mania and bipolar disorders, and it is associated with serious side effects, including diabetes. But data shows that nearly half of all adverse events linked to Seroquel...
Sunlight causes your skin to produce vitamin D -- a fact that, ironically, means that sunscreen campaigns may have made millions of people chronically short of the vitamin, and put them at a greater risk of skin cancer, rather than reducing their risk. Research shows that a very low level of vitamin...
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