Avoiding Illness
Pink News: Alcohol Raises Breast Cancer Risk
In the pink month - or National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it understandably outrages many women that alcohol companies take advantage of the pink ribbon’s
Pink tips: How to prevent breast cancer
During this Breast Cancer Awareness Month or the pink month, I offer the following for those who are interested in knowing something on how to ...
Pediatric Cancer: A Cure for Neuroblastoma?
More than 12,000 U.S. infants and children are diagnosed with some type of pediatric cancer every year.About 650 new cases of Neuroblastoma, the most common ...
Celiac Disease Rising in Vulnerable Elderly Generation
In the last 60 years, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease in the US has increased 500%.The Mayo Clinic describes Celiac disease as ...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Physical Activity, Depression, Healthcare Reform
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - a campaign launched 25 years ago to raise awareness of breast cancer nationwide. We post below some ...
Sugary Sports Drinks Mistakenly Viewed as Healthy
Children who follow a healthy lifestyle like eating fruits and vegetables and engaging in physical activity may mistakenly think sugar-loaded soft drinks are healthy beverages, ...
"Freshman Fifteen" Avoided by Finding a Heavy Roommate
A new study presented at a meeting of the American Society of Health Economists reveals that female college students who have heavier roommates are apt ...
Mediterranean diet helps costly, deadly Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease, the main form of dementia, is estimated to affect 35.6 million people worldwide and the care cost for the disease will be US$601 ...
Is it A Cold or the Flu?
Every fall, the American public "gears up" for the winter months, otherwise known as cold and flu season. While the cold weather in and of ...
Obesity Remains a "Heavy" Problem
While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had a noble goal in trying to reduce obesity in adult Americans to 15% (from 30%) by ...





