Recent News

1. US Faces Drug Resistant Microbes Crisis

   Date: 07 Sep, 2010 | In: Community| Drugs

   The United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to an analysis published in the journal Health Affairs.

   Evidence indicates that our nation’s supply of antibiotics is being depleted by resistance, which occurs when infection-causing microbes mutate or change [...]

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2. EPA Challenges Colleges to Recycle at Football Games

   Date: 07 Sep, 2010 | In: Community| Environment

   As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2010 Game Day Challenge, colleges across the country will compete to see who can reduce, reuse, and recycle the most waste. Registration for the competition is now open and the winning colleges will be announced in November.

   Any college or university in the U.S. with a football [...]

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3. Research Finds Medical Cannabis Helps Treat Chronic Pain

   Date: 07 Sep, 2010 | In: Natural Healthcare| Supplements and Herbs

   A groundbreaking study from McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University provides evidence that cannabis may offer relief to patients suffering from chronic neuropathic pain (pain associated with nerve injury) . The study is published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
   “This is the first trial to be conducted where patients have been allowed [...]

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4. Non-stick Cookware Linked to High Cholesterol in Children and Teens

   Date: 06 Sep, 2010 | In: Children's Health| Eating and Lifestyle

   Children and teens with higher blood levels of chemicals used in the production of non-stick cookware and waterproof fabrics appear more likely to have elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels, according to a study published in the journal Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

   The chemicals, known as perfluoroalkyl acids—including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS)—are [...]

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5. Exercise Can Overrule Weight Gain Genes

   Date: 02 Sep, 2010 | In: Eating and Lifestyle| Fitness

   If you have wondered, like just about everyone, whether exercise really help keep the weight off, a study from England provides an answer, yes it does. The study finds that exercise can reduce a persons genetic predisposition to obesity by as much as 40%.
   The scientists looked at the physical activity of over [...]

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6. Growing GM Corn Banned in Germany

   Date: 02 Sep, 2010 | In: Eating and Lifestyle| Environment

   In a move full of political and legal implications, Germany banned the cultivation of the strain of Monsanto GM corn, MON 810, claiming it is dangerous for the environment. The ban is will end up in court and might mean millions in fines for Germany.
   The ban was announced by German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner [...]

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6. Egg Farms Violated Safety Rules – New York Times

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8. Doctors’ Religion Tied to End-of-Life Care – ABC News

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