A new study finds that a meat-free diet seems to lower a person's likelihood of having certain risk factors for diabetes or heart disease -- and therefore may lower the risk of one day developing those illnesses.
Researchers measured a suite of factors -- blood sugar, blood fats, blood pressure, waist size, and body mass - that when elevated add up to "metabolic syndrome," and found that vegetarians were lower than non-vegetarians on all counts except cholesterol. - Yahoo! News
Consistent lifelong exercise preserves heart muscle in the elderly to levels that match or even exceed that of healthy young sedentary people, a surprising finding that underscores the value of regular exercise training, according to a new study.
The first study to evaluate the effects of varying levels of lifelong exercise on heart mass was presented on Saturday at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Cardiology in New Orleans.
The problem of India's "missing girls" has been put under a harsh spotlight by new census data showing the ratio of female to male children at its lowest level since independence in 1947.
According to the latest national headcount, there are now just 914 girls for every 1,000 boys under the age of six, down from a ratio of 927 for every 1,000 a decade ago.
Consistent lifelong exercise preserves heart muscle in the elderly to levels that match or even exceed that of healthy young sedentary people, a surprising finding that underscores the value of regular exercise training, according to a new study.
Charles Pavia, a microbiologist from the New York Institute of Technology, recently conducted a study on what it takes to kill dangerous pathogens from spinach. Presented at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Boston, the study claims that boiling spinach for 30 seconds destroys up to 93 percent of bacteria. When boiled for a minute, spinach becomes 98 percent bacteria-free, and at two minutes, 99 percent of bacteria is destroyed.
Fresh spinach too dangerous for children, says microbiologist
Here's some of what you'll find in this eye-opening report from the International Medical Council on Vaccination (www.VaccinationCouncil.org)
- A list of the many MDs, PhDs, NDs and other medical professionals who are signing onto this document.
- Why vaccines have NEVER been proven safe or effective.
- A list of some of the serious health side effects caused by vaccines.
- Why autism is associated with vaccines.
- The profit motivation behind the pharmaceutical industry's big vaccine push.
- A list of which institutions and organizations profit from your sickness.
- The shocking truth about what's IN vaccines (aborted fetal tissue, 59 different chemicals, DNA from diseased animals and more)
- An overview of some of the most dangerous vaccine ingredients
- The truth about conflicts of interest in the vaccine community and why doctors profit from vaccination policies
- Why vaccinated children have far worse health outcomes than unvaccinated children
- How to opt out of "mandatory" vaccines.
- Important advice for parents about how to protect the health of your children while saying NO to vaccines
- Online resources for learning more about the dangers of vaccines
- A list of recommended reading materials for further education
The study enrolled 100 children, between the ages of 4 and 8, who were diagnosed with ADHD. Half of the children served as the control group, while the other half were placed on a restrictive diet for five weeks. This diet was limited to certain foods including rice, turkey, pears, vegetables and water. The purpose of such restriction was to eliminate potentially offending foods and to observe any change in symptoms. Among children who stayed on the diet, 78% responded favorably, experiencing a reduction in symptoms. During a second phase of the study, offending foods were reintroduced. Symptoms returned in those who had previously shown improvement.
The overall rise in the number of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs being dispensed to children has been a major cause of concern among some medical groups, particularly as such drugs are now being prescribed to children under the age of six. In the UK, National Health Service (NHS) guidelines restrict the prescription of ADHD drugs to children under age six, but a recent report in the UK Guardian says that some doctors are unlawfully prescribing the drugs to children as young as four years old.
British doctors illegally prescribe ADHD drugs to children as young as four
Removing Sources of Toxicity
The first thing to look at is the water supply. Tap water contains dozens of pharmaceuticals, in addition to the chlorine and fluoride that is ironically added in the name of "health". All of these can unbalance the hormones; and fluoride specifically attacks the thyroid, an organ that is responsible for the creation of hormones. Fluoride is likely the biggest reason for the high rates of hypothyroidism throughout America today. Purchasing spring water, or getting a high-quality water filter is essential for avoiding serious disease. It really is. There are plenty of water filters that are found in regular grocery stores, which simply remove the taste of chemicals, but not the chemicals themselves. Reverse osmosis water filters may or may not remove fluoride; depending entirely upon their engineering. Berkey water filters, with fluoride removal add-ons are the only models that we completely trust. A shower filter is also important, because the chemicals and metals from the public water supply absorb through the skin, as well as the lungs, through the mist vapors. Gases, such as chlorine, are thoroughly inhaled, which aggravate respiratory conditions such as asthma.
Getting Pregnant, Curing Infertility, and Balancing Hormones
Cousins Dejah and Randi Campbell are already looking for a summer job. But they know they'll
Unemployment around the country fell to a better-than-expected 8.8 percent in March as the economy added roughly 216,000 jobs, the Labor Department announced this week. But for African-Americans, Black unemployment actually increased in March, from 15.3 to 15.5 percent--this is in comparison to jobless white workers at 7.9 percent.
For some it's not quite a surprise.
More than one-quarter of women in the United States with two or more children have had children with different men, a new study shows.
University of Michigan demographer Cassandra Dorius analyzed data from nearly 4,000 women who were past their child-bearing years and had been interviewed more than 20 times over 27 years as part of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth.
Wales began a controversial new policy today that allows pharmacists to dispense the morning-after pill for free to girls as young as 13. The teens won't need a doctor's prescription or their parents' permission. It's part of a plan to cut down on teen pregnancy among Welsh girls, who have some of the highest rates in Europe, reports AP. The new rules allow women of all ages to get the pill without a prescription, but the part about giving it to teens under the age of consent (16) is drawing the most attention.
Today’s hit songs aren’t about “us”—they’re just about “me,” a study finds. Researchers examined Billboard’s top 10 songs in the US each year from 1980 to 2007, and found that “popular music lyrics now include more words related to a focus on the self,” says one. Using a word-counting program, they discovered that first-person plural pronouns like “we” and “us” were used less and less over the years; first-person singular pronouns like “I” and “me,” on the other hand, grew more common, Miller-McCune reports.
Meanwhile, the use of words tied to antisocial behavior or anger—“hate,” “kill”—increased, while words linked to social activity—“talk,” “share”—decreased. The same was true for words about positive emotions, like “love” and “nice.” It all echoes “recent evidence showing increases in US loneliness and psychopathology over time,” says a researcher. It’s also worrying, writes Tom Jacobs, when you consider recent research that says songs with antisocial messages can prompt “aggressive thoughts and hostile feelings, while those" about "peace and love can increase empathy."
An eye-opening presentation on the role of hip hop culture as a spark for global liberation culminated the final day of the McMaster Symposium and Collegiate Global Summit Thursday at Defiance College.
"Some people may be surprised to hear 'hip hop' and 'liberty' in the same title," said keynote speaker Amer Ahmed, associate director in the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs at the University of Michigan, "but hip hop is playing an integral role in the realities going on (in North Africa and the Middle East) as we speak."
At Wednesday's announcement of Google's +1, the company was coy about comparing its experimental product to the longstanding Facebook Like button. But in the two companies' ongoing battle for ad dollars, +1 is a clear shot across Facebook's bow. Let's follow the money for a moment. Both companies get most of their revenue from advertising. They pitch their ad services based on their ability to serve highly targeted ads that get good results for brands and businesses. They are able to target ads based on the data they gather about users. - CNN.com Related article: 
