A new study from Brigham Young University researchers has shown that those who are more socially isolated will be at risk of dying younger than those that surround themselves with friends and family. The study involved more than 300,000 people, and 148 previous studies, all of which worked to show a link between antisocial lifestyles [...]
Researchers believe that may have scientifically found out why breaking up is so hard to do. They compared the love that one feels for someone else to a drug addiction, and compared the symptoms of a break up to going through a cocaine withdrawal or craving. They pinpointed that romantic love is a goal oriented [...]
Sitting Kills:Health & Early Death Risks of Sitting Too Much – Sitting down for too long each day can become a serious health risk. Hitting the gym on a daily basis lowers this risk, but a new study suggests that even individuals who work out regularly and spend a good portion of their day sitting [...]
It has been a long time coming, but the United States Department of Agriculture has finally admitted that there is a link between antibiotic resistance in the U.S., and the use of the substance in animal feed on farms. The use of antibiotics and chemicals in the feed given to livestock has been a concern [...]
For years the policy of most hospitals has been to direct a woman to automatically have another C-Section if the child before was born after complications that required one. While this was done in the best interest of avoiding possible mistakes in future births, doctors now feel this may have been the wrong path. A [...]
When kids become too much to handle, and are being out of control, some parents opt to give them some cold medicine to settle them down. Some consider it a joke. Others actually use the practice to settle their kids down, or to help them go to bed at night. It is one of the [...]
Each year more than 400,000 infants are infected HIV from their mothers. Most of the time, the mothers were not even aware that they had contracted HIV, and inadvertently passed it on to their child. Now, the World Health Organization, known as WHO, is pressuring HIV positive women to receive antiretroviral drugs that will help [...]
The average American uses ten personal care products each and every day. That is a lot of lotions, toothpastes, shampoos and deodorants. Since we are using that much, you would think that we would be sure that the substances that we are using are safe in the long term. The use of these products can [...]
According to recent research, children who are born via in vitro fertilization (IVF) may have a slightly higher chance of developing cancer. When IVF first started more than 30 years ago, the initial fear was that the procedure could cause genetic problems in the child. Today, IVF is considered to be a safe procedure, and [...]
The association between excessive consumption of linoleic acid (omega 6) and a deficiency in alpha-linolenic acid (omega 3) promote transgenerational obesity, according to results of a study conducted by researchers at the CNRS, the INRA and the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, published on Friday, July 16. But researchers believe that these two essential fatty acids [...]
Alzheimer’s Risk and Genetic Factor – A study that was conducted by the University of Washington shows that early diagnosis of cognitive impairment can’t lead to substantial savings in medical costs for patients with Alzheimer’s, and other age-related cognitive issues. Patients often are not diagnosed until they are in the late stages of the disease, [...]
