Mothers now have a new online entrepreneurial opportunity: selling their breast milk for profit. Sites like OnlytheBreast.com and EastonFeets.org profit from the sale of breast milk. At a glance, OnlytheBreast.com looks like any other classifieds page. However, it is more uniquely the classifieds page for breast milk. Apparently, selling of breast milk has not taken [...]
Pat Robertson said that even though he does not condone the arresting of people who smoke marijuana, it does not mean that he advocates the behavior itself. The televangelist went on to explain that too many people are getting locked up for non-violent crimes with no victim whatsoever. He said that it is ridiculous the [...]
Recently there was a mass recall of glucose test strips from Abbott Laboratories. The Chicago-based company ended up pulling over 359 million strips because they may have problems with giving false low reading for those who have diabetes. As of right now 22 cases of false test results have been reported and there are expected [...]
Research has confirmed that by eating healthier you can manage to live significantly longer than those who always snack on junk food and do not take care of themselves. The study was published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association which compared the diets of a total of 2,500 people. The study ultimately found [...]
A recent study which is the largest yet on Echinacea stated that the supplement really didn’t have any significant benefits when it came to helping with the common cold. For years people have been told that doing things like taking vitamin C to certain vaccinations can protect against colds, but an increasing number of health [...]
A report which was recently released by the Environmental Working Group stated that water in at least 31 different U.S cities could be significantly contaminated with bacteria that could mean harmful side-effects if ingested on a regular basis. It has been long debated whether bottled water is cleaner and better for you than unfiltered tap [...]
Kroger has recently announced that it has decided to recall certain packages of dog/cat foods at specific locations across the country because of the potential health risks that they could pose to pets. The Pet Pride cat food along with Seafood Cat Food and Pet Pride Kitten Formula as well as a variety of other [...]
There were four different nursing homes in the Bronx that were hit with rather hefty fines after it was discovered that the facilities offered only sub-standard care, with one home allowing a man with epilepsy to simply wonder around off the grounds. The Bronx Center for Rehabilitation was fined a total of $36,450 for a [...]
A recent study has revealed a somewhat bizarre fact: Mothers who live close to freeways are twice as likely to give birth to children who have problems with autism. Researchers announced their findings on Thursday. Apparently there are certain environmental factors which have a significant impact on the child, leading to a dramatically increased risk [...]
Donna D’Errico who recently complained that she had been singled out by security at a Los Angeles airport for additional invasive screening has suffered a major blow to her health and the culprit has been reported to be staphylococcus aureus. The staph infection became very serious, even life-threatening for the former Baywatch star. She is [...]
There are doctors in Germany who have claimed that they have cured a man who used to have HIV. An American man by the name of Timothy Brown was supposedly cured with the help of stem-cell therapy as well as chemotherapy. A few years later the 42 year old shows no signs of the virus [...]
