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Our mission & writing commitmentSeptember 25, 2010
Physical Activity Reduces the Risk for Genetic Obesity PronenessSpending more than 1 hour per day on physically demanding work or exercise helps offset gene weaknesses that otherwise make you gain weight. This is a [...]
September 24, 2010
FDA Management Escapes Culpability for Avandia DebacleIn the face of overwhelming evidence that the diabetes drug Avandia causes heart attacks, the lead-footed FDA finally removed the dangerous drug from most [...]
September 24, 2010
Common Virus Linked to ObesityThe latest study on adenovirus 36 (AD36) is causing quite a stir. A group of 124 children were tested for antibodies to AD36 to determine prior infection [...]
September 23, 2010
Is Insulin Resistance a Defense Against Low-Grade Bacterial Infection?Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that insulin helps play a protective role against the toxicity of bacterial infection. This new angle on [...]
September 22, 2010
Aerobic Exercise Cures InsomniaA new study with 23 adults diagnosed with insomnia, age 55 and older, found that 40 minutes of aerobics four times per week was adequate to change them [...]
September 21, 2010
Sleep Medications Triple the Risk of Early DeathA new study shows that widely used sleep medications triple the risk for mortality. The data comes from the National Population Health Survey in Canada. [...]
September 20, 2010
Alarming Rate of Death Linked to Short SleepA group of 741 men, average age 50, were followed for 14 years. Those with less than 6 hours per night of sleep had a 433% increased risk of death from [...]
September 19, 2010
Teens Lacking Sleep at Risk for Weight ProblemsNew research with 240 eighteen-year-olds found that as sleep duration went down the consumption of fat and the habit of snacking increased. These changes [...]
September 15, 2010
Higher Blood Sugar Blinds Immune SystemNew research shows that higher-than-normal blood sugar directly interferes with your immune system’s ability to recognize bacterial and fungal infections. [...]