Pharmaceutical Companies Pay Doctors, Universities, FDA Billions of Dollars; Critics Say that’s a Conflict of Interest If you’re a fan of natural remedies, you’re already aware of the real dangers posed by many pharmaceutical drugs and devices. Whether it’s the…
Is Drinking Water Important? Public health authorities have made inroads in convincing Americans that drinking water is very important for good health. From the late 1970’s to the late 1990’s, people in the United States were drinking more soda than…
Use of Pesticides Linked to Suicides, Depression Among Farmers As people have become increasingly concerned about toxic chemicals in our food, air and water, worries have been raised about what synthetic pesticides could be doing — or are doing —…
People Eat More Food After the Holidays, Says Study! Millions of Americans make the New Year’s resolution each year to lose weight — it’s the most common yearly resolution. But according to a recent study, many people may actually be…
People Who Feel Younger than Their Age Live Longer, Study Finds We’ve heard life-loving older folks boast that they feel a lot younger than their chronological age. Well, according to a study published recently in the Journal of the American…
In our chemical-laden world, toxic chemicals are often hard to avoid. Add one more way in which we can unknowingly expose ourselves to harmful chemicals: cash register receipts. Studies have shown that a large percentage of thermal-paper receipts we get…
Cigarettes Cause 14 Million Cases of Diseases and One-Third of All Cancer Deaths in U.S. Quitting cigarettes is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions for people who smoke. This year, a pair of recent studies may give those…
Some 800,000 Americans suffer strokes every year; stroke is the fourth most common cause of death in the United States. And while most stroke victims survive, stroke is the biggest source of permanent disability in the U.S. Now, a new…
Most people have heard by now that the United States is in the middle of a large, and growing, diabetes epidemic. A recent review of statistics by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that an astounding 2 out…
Women Living Near Major Roads May Face Greater Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death, Says Study A large study published in October, 2014 in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation found that women who live near roads with heavy traffic may…