Articles Posted in the Health Category
News relating to health and the medical systems
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Bringing Baby Home to Older Siblings
Bringing a new baby home from the hospital is a moment every parent treasures, but what about when you have an older child? Is the older sibling going to feel resentment towards the new baby?…
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Spicy Foods and Pain Medication?
You’re eating sushi with a friend. The friend splashes some wasabi on the sushi and you just cringe, knowing how spicy that would be if you did the same. While spicy foods may be an…
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Staying Cool during Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a very happy time, but it can also be a miserable time, especially during the summer months. With heat flashes and double the blood pumping through your veins, not to mention the extra…
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Salmonella Found in Ground Turkey Meat
International food producer Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey produced between Feb. 20 and Aug. 2 after being linked to a salmonella outbreak.
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What is leisure sickness?
With the news of the nation’s debt problems, work continuing to pile up at the office, the children or mother-in-law frustrating us, thereby increasing stress levels, and other facets of the daily routine that…
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OCD Convention in San Diego
Can you imagine being in a room full of people like Tony Shalhoub’s character Monk? Well this weekend, you can have that experience as the annual International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder meeting takes place in San Diego.…
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Gluten Free: What Does it Mean?
What is healthy eating, gluten free and organic diets in today’s world really worth when it comes to America and their issues surrounding losing weight?
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World Health Organization Safety Checklist
The World Health Organization finds out it is safer to fly than to take a visit to a hospital. Applying a checklist when it comes to surgery helps, but what is wrong with the medical system when it comes to world health?
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Facebook Feedback Helped Diagnose Kawasaki Disease
Facebook is more than just a social network; apparently it’s also a means by which medical diagnosis can be attained. Recently, the popular social network assisted a mother in her search for answers and essentially…
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Is Childhood Obesity Abuse?
The American lifestyle is overindulgent. With endless choices available, gluttony is likely. Society teaches us to want; often times much more than we need. This fact applies to many areas of our lives, especially food.…
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Quitting Smoking May Be Bad For Your Health? Chantix Found to Increase Risk of Heart Disease
Quitting smoking is a struggle for many people. Some say it’s one of the hardest addictions to overcome. Hence, people were elated when popular smoking cessation drug Chantix hit the markets in 2006- claiming to…
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4th of July Fireworks Causes Increase in Emergency Room Visits
As splendid as fireworks are, are as dangerous as they can be also. Fireworks are a class of explosive pyrotechnic devices which consist of cardboard or plastic; with pressurized gunpowder packed inside. Their luminous designs…
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Recall of Tylenol Extra Strength Products
Tylenol is a wonder drug. Alleviating a majority of aches and pains, it is one of the most commonly used medications for pain relief and fever reduction. A survey conducted by the Drug Use and…
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Lyme Disease : What to Watch Out for When Outdoors
Summer is a beautiful time of year. The sun is out, the days are longer, and you can go outside without getting frostbite! But watch out because there is another type of bite which you…
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Sex Personality and Foreign Language
Speaking French is romantic, no matter what you are saying, isn’t it? Other languages perhaps also have some effect on sexual relationships, but has this really been researched? According to sexologist Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright,…
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Yale researchers find link between quitting smoking and gaining weight
WASHINGTON, DC— Researchers at Yale University claim that they have finally found the link between quitting smoking and weight gain. On average, when people kick the habit they gain up to ten pounds—a well known…
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Family Road Trips: ADHD Children
“Are we there yet? “ “No.” “Are we there yet?” “NO!” Sounds familiar? It is getting to be the season where we want to take the kids on a little road trip to one of…
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Investigators trace E. coli outbreak to German vegetable sprouts
BERLIN, GERMANY— Investigators announced on Friday that they have determined German vegetable sprouts as the cause of the massive E. coli outbreak that has so far claimed 31 lives and sickened upwards of 3,100. The…
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The Mediterranean Diet
Let’s get one thing straight: Diet is one of the most important risk factors within our control, accounting for almost 30% of the population risk for heart disease and 20% of the risk for stroke;…
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