Sep 25
Unfortunately, childhood obesity is a significant problem, and it is not only a condition that affects the childhood of the obese individual. Being obese as a child increases your risk for heart conditions in adulthood. In fact, obesity in children has been called a warning sign of heart disease. According to the Centers for Disease …
Jul 13
On Monday, Germany held cucumber crisis talks amid reports that at least 14 people have died and hundreds more have fallen ill in an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria that was linked to imported cucumbers. Belgium and Russia have banned the import of vegetables from Spain, which is believed to be the …
May 09
Was addison’s disease in Kennedy as important as what we have learned from Ronald Reagan’s son, Ron, who suggests in a new book he wrote that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease while he was still serving as President of the United States of America. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron …
Feb 14
Medical teams from Denver International Airport met a flight arriving from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Saturday afternoon after a concern that a child on board Frontier Airlines Flight 64 may be suffering from a contagious disease. Flight 64 was arriving at approximately 4:45 from Puerto Vallarta carrying a passenger “with a potentially contagious disease”, according …
Oct 11
With healing foods – Carrots, as the name implies, are just loaded full of carotenoids and other potent antioxidants. They also contain healthy amounts of calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorous, fiber, vitamin C, and an amazing amount of vitamin A. Research has implied that thess can cut the risk of lung cancer in half by eating …
Jun 12
National breast cancer awareness month kicks off today, and is becoming more mainstream these days, with Pepsi and Yoplait, amongst many that have launched programs for donating to the research and prevention for the disease. As the 26th year of this begins in 2010, breast cancer is still the second most common cancer among women, …
Oct 25
Haiti’s cholera outbreak has Haiti’s government and aid workers and organizations fighting today to contain the cholera epidemic, as 5 new patients have been reported in the nations capital, although they seem to have been the result of people carrying the disease from the camps and not from the contaminated water in the capital. The …