*scans of a normal brain (L) and a brain with Alzheimer’s disease* More than five million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, a 10 percent increase from the last official tally five years ago, and a number expected to more than triple by 2050, absent a cure, as the 85-and-over population soars and the baby boomers move [...]
A new report shows Americans are actually getting worse at eating their vegetables. This is hardly the first study to document dismal diet habits. Last week, the CDC gave U.S. adults poor marks for fruit and vegetable consumption. Now, researchers from Johns Hopkins University confirm that Americans aren’t getting better at eating fruits and vegetables [...]
Texas lawmakers are fighting to block the governor’s order requiring that sixth-grade girls be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, with the House giving final approval to a bill to make the shots strictly voluntary. Gov. Rick Perry’s executive order has inflamed conservatives who say it contradicts Texas’ abstinence-only sexual education policies and [...]
by Sean Markey 1 It’s your body’s largest organ, despite what the readers of Maxim think. 2 An average adult’s skin spans 21 square feet, weighs nine pounds, and contains more than 11 miles of blood vessels. 3 The skin releases as much as three gallons of sweat a day in hot weather. The areas [...]
A review of published studies shows a clear and consistent relationship between drinking sugary (non-diet) soft drinks and poor nutrition, increased risk for obesity — and increased risk for diabetes. There is no denying that sugar-loaded soft drinks are having “a negative impact on health,” Dr. Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food [...]
Russian doctors have conducted an 11-hour operation to replace a patient’s deformed penis with one grown on his forearm, the Moskovskiy Komsomolets daily reports. The 30-year-old Russian man, whose name was changed in the article to protect his privacy, had a defect from birth — his penis was crooked, two-and-a-half-inches long and lacked a scrotum, [...]
Dan Bell Saturday March 10, 2007 The Guardian Children’s medicines contain a cocktail of additives which are banned in food and drink aimed at under-threes, says a report out today from the Food Commission. Dyes, preservatives, and sweeteners were found in cough syrups, paracetamol tablets and teething gels. One product contained eight E numbers.
Illegal drugs can be “harmless” and should no longer be “demonised”, a wide-ranging two-year study concluded today. The report said Britain’s drug laws were “not fit for purpose” and should be torn up in favour of a system which recognised that drinking and smoking could cause more harm. The RSA Commission on Illegal Drugs ,set [...]
Obese couples have a more difficult time conceiving a baby than couples of normal weight, according to a study published on Tuesday identifying another consequence of putting on too much weight. Researchers tracked nearly 48,000 Danish couples between 1996 and 2002, including about 7,600 couples with both the man and woman either overweight or obese [...]
Video of rats scampering across a New York City restaurant floor may have disturbed viewers worldwide but some experts say the rodents are less dangerous than other creatures drawn to restaurants — humans. The video broadcast on television a week ago showed rats running wild at a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant just one day after the [...]
