A new study in the journal Clinical Cardiology finds that a Super Bowl loss for a home team was associated with increased death rates from heart issues in both men and women and in older individuals. Sports fans may be emotionally involved in watching their favorite teams. When the team loses, it can cause some [...]

According to the Calgary Herald, joining the growing movement against fluoridation, the a council committee voted to end Calgary’s use of fluoride. The public hearing on the water additive lasted 10 -hours and jut 5 aldermen stuck it out, voting 4-1 against fluoridation. According to the paper, Ald. Druh Farrell, who has led the anti-fluoridation [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that Hovensa LLC, owner of the second largest petroleum refinery in the United States, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $5.3 million and spend more than $700 million in new pollution controls that will help protect public [...]

Taking what is sure to be a step that is sure to raise controversy, the U.S. Government may be taking small steps towards getting into the drug development business. The news is bouncing around the internet after a recent article in the NY Times As the cost and risk of drug development has increased, including [...]

The Guardian Transplant restores woman's voiceBBC NewsA woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voicebox transplant. Brenda Jensen said the operation, which took place in California, was a miracle which had restored …California Woman Has Successful Larynx TransplanteMaxHealthTransplant restores woman's voiceThe Press AssociationModesto Woman [...]

Vitamin A supplements are still an effective way to reduce childhood death and disease says a new study by Cochrane Collaboration researchers. The study results strongly endorse the use of vitamin A supplementation,which reduce the incidence of measles and diarrhea and ultimately save lives. Vitamin A deficiency is a common problem in low and middle [...]

CTV.ca Warning: Fluoride in Your Water Can Lower Your Child's IQFood ConsumerA new study shows that exposure to fluoride may lower children's intelligence. Fluoride is added to 70 percent of US public drinking water supplies. More than 500 children aged 8 to 13 from two different towns were studied and tested. …US Wants to Reduce [...]

A nationwide organization of doctors who favor a single-payer health care system today rejected calls by Republican leaders to repeal the new health law, noting that the law contains modest benefits for patients that should not be spurned. At the same time, the doctors said that the enactment of a single-payer, Medicare-for-all program is the [...]

A New Zealand dairy farmer is being called the Miracle Man after doctors tried and force the family to cut off life support, becuase he would not survive his case of swine flu. Not only did the farmer have swine flu but a form of leukemia. Using the vitamin C therapy he recovered from the [...]

Wis. governor candidate avoids stem cell questionsSan Francisco ChronicleThe Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor won't say whether he would seek a ban on embryonic stem cell research. But one of the leaders of Pro-Life Wisconsin says Scott Walker told his group that he would support such a ban. View full post on Health – Google [...]