Environmental Toxins Affect the Body’s Hormone Systems
ScienceDaily (July 6, 2010) � Marianne Kraugerud’s doctoral research has led to the discovery that individual variants of the environmenta..
Can Overuse of Antibacterial Soap Cause Allergies in Kids?
Clean is good, especially when it comes to fending off germs, but is there such a thing as being too clean? Perhaps. Researchers based..
Even 1 Soda a Day Can Hike Your Diabetes Risk
A soda a day? That’s not so bad a 150-calorie blip, burned off with a brisk half-hour walk. But it’s not only your waistline that’s at sta..
STDs: Why Get Tested
Nobody expects to become a statistic.
Workers at STD clinics across the nation attest that very few of their infected patients fewer th..
Healthy Eating: Sugar–How Much is Too Much?
November 26, 2010 (Berkley, CA) Most women should consume no more than 25 grams (about 6 teaspoons) of added sugars a day, and most men, ..
Green Tea Could Modify the Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Cancer Risk
ScienceDaily (Jan. 13, 2010) � Drinking green tea could modulate the effect of smoking on lung cancer.
Results of this hospital-based, ..
Vitamin E Supplements Affect Stroke Risk
Nov. 5, 2010 — Although the risk remains relatively small, researchers have found that taking vitamin E supplements increases the risk of..
Job Stress May Raise Women’s Heart Attack Risk
Nov. 15, 2010 (Chicago) — Stressed out on the job? Try to relax. Women who report having high levels of job stress appear to be at 90% in..
CDC says genital herpes is still a ‘serious health threat’
(CNN) — As much as 16 percent of the U.S. population between the ages of 14 and 49 has genital herpes, according to a government study re..