The Goji or Wolf berry, as it is also known, is one of many exotic fruits now widely available and touted as a so called “Super Fruit” due to claims of health benefits of Goji including weight loss, vital organ protection and as a preventive for cancer. This miracle fruit has a long history and [...]
In 1989, the Environmental Protection Agency tried to ban the use of products containing asbestos, as it has been known to cause mesothelioma. Malignant mesothelioma is a relatively rare type of cancer, and may be caused by exposure to the substance known as asbestos. In spite of the ban issued on products containing asbestos by [...]
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The Diet Solution Program – What Makes This Program Different FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (ClickNews.org) July 16,2010 – The Diet Solution Program is a complete weight loss program that will help increase energy, health and vitality as well as helping loss of body fat. Isabel De Los Rios, a 10 year veteran as a nutrition and [...]
In the run up to a world no tobacco day on Monday May 31 the WHO have launched a campaign to clamp down on advertisers they say are targeting the female world demographic. In a news briefing Douglas Bettcher (director of WHO’s tobacco free initiative) is quoted as say “The industry’s market strategy is having [...]
Global health chiefs have admitted, finally, that they may have ‘overreacted’ to the threat of a swine flu pandemic. This has left governments with millions of costly, unused vaccines. WHO (World Health Organisation) has said that it may have failed to communicate its’ uncertainties surrounding the virulence of the new virus. The UN agency was [...]
In the summer of 2008, nearly 250 dental needles washed up on a beach in New Jersey. A dentist from Wynnewood, Pa., has pleaded guilty to dumping those needles and other medical waste from his boat. Dentist Admits Dumping Needles That Washed Up on Beach In the summer of 2008, nearly 250 dental needles washed [...]
“Tobacco use is responsible for nearly 1 in 5 deaths in the United States. Because cigarette smoking and tobacco use are acquired behaviors — activities that people choose to do — smoking is the most preventable cause of death in our society,” according to the American Cancer Society’s web site. They go on to say, [...]
Oenophiles take note – drinking this wine could result in more than a pleasant buzz. As part of its National Caffeine Awareness Month public education campaign, the Caffeine Awareness Association annually chooses a product on which to bestow recognition as the “Worst Caffeinated Product” in order to draw attention to the problems of caffeine abuse [...]
Research now shows some oral contraceptives, including Yaz and Yasmin, significantly increase the risk of blood clots in users – a high price to pay for a drug promoted and sold to young women “…as a quality-of-life treatment to combat acne and severe premenstrual depression.” One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Bayer HealthCare, has [...]