The Healing Power of Herbal Tea
February 9, 2010 | Nutrition
Tea goes back to China almost 5,000 years ago. Herbal teas were specially blended from plants that exhibited medicinal properties to maintain health and prevent illness. Find out what makes tea so beneficial and how you can craft your own custom blend to stay healthy!

How Indoor Pollution
Reacts With Third-Hand Smoke
February 9, 2010 | Pollution
Nicotine in third-hand smoke, the residue from tobacco smoke that clings to virtually all surfaces long after a cigarette has been extinguished, reacts with the common indoor air pollutant nitrous acid to produce dangerous carcinogens. This new potential health hazard was revealed in a multi-institutional study led by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

Can't Control Weight Gain?
February 9, 2010 | YourWeight
Kept your calorie count in check and yet ended up piling on the pounds? Here may be a few reasons...

Pre-School Children Should
Live As They Did 25 Years Ago
February 9, 2010 | Pollution
Young children should live as they did a generation ago to help prevent obesity, a new study shows.

Carotenoids May Reduce
Breast Cancer Risk
February 9, 2010 | Antioxidants
Increased dietary intakes of alpha- and beta-carotene may reduce the risk of breast cancer among female smokers, suggests a new study from Sweden.

China Denies Miscarriages
Linked To Swine Flu Jab
February 8, 2010 | Vaccines
The Chinese government has denied that the swine flu vaccine was to blame for a number of miscarriages suffered by women who received the jab, state media recently reported.

10 Reasons Why We Don’t Need GM Foods
February 8, 2010 | GMO
With the cost of food recently skyrocketing – hitting not just shoppers but the poor and hungry in the developing world – genetically modified (GM) foods are once again being promoted as the way to feed the world. But this is little short of a confidence trick. Far from needing more GM foods, there are urgent reasons why we need to ban them altogether.

SHOWTIME Vaccine
Sting Gets Counter-Stung
February 8, 2010 | BigPharma
A SHOWTIME sting to defame a Harvard-trained vaccine-injuries expert was counter-stung for a documentary exposing the stars of "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!" as prostitutes for network bosses in bed with drug industrialists.

Soft Drinks Increase
Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
February 8, 2010 | Cancer
Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Family Meals and Adequate Sleep
Lower Risk of Childhood Obesity
February 8, 2010 | Obesity
A new national study suggests that preschool-aged children are likely to have a lower risk for obesity if they regularly engage in one or more of three specific household routines: eating dinner as a family, getting adequate sleep and limiting their weekday television viewing time.

Scientists Discover How Energy Is
Released from a Virus During Infection
February 8, 2010 | DNA
For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University physicist Alex Evilevitch has directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral infection and designing drugs to interfere with the process.