Several articles in the February 2001 issue of the British Medical Journal discuss the actual benefits that childhood colds and infections play on developing a normal and healthy immune system. According to the articles, having many older siblings; attending day care at an early age; growing up on a farm and in frequent contact with
read moreUnder the category of “strange but true”, according to the October 2002 issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, research has shown that duct tape is more effective at removing warts than standard medical treatment. The study was conducted at the Madigan Army Medical centre near Tacoma, Washington. In the research 51 patients
read moreEven with the threat of serious adverse drug reactions, drug usage has not decreased. In an article in the January 7, 1999 New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that, “Prescription drugs are the fastest-growing component of personal health expenditures amounting to $78.9 billion in 1997.” This rate of consumption is growing at an
read moreAn article in the July 7, 2005 Washington Post starts off by saying, “Abuse of prescription drugs is epidemic, with teenagers the fastest growing group of new abusers.” They also note that this problem has drawn little attention from health and law enforcement agencies, physicians, pharmacists and parents. The article reports on a study by
read moreFor the first time in history in the State of Florida, more people died from overdoses of prescription drugs than from illegal drugs. This statistic reported in the June 8, 2002 St. Petersburg Times came from a report of the 24 medical examiners in Florida for the year 2001. The article noted that there were
read moreOn September 9, 2004, a startling report titled, “2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health” was issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. The study was a good-news, bad-news scenario in that it showed that fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but
read moreAre you eating like an athlete? How can you improve your nutrition with healthy, high energy, high nutrient food? Roxanne Fisher of BBC Good Food interviewed 21 olympic athletes from the last summer games on their daily diets. The following nutritional choices summarizes what is shared among most of the athletes. For breakfast most of the athletes
read moreA Family Trip Vacation or travel time is time to recharge. It is a time for re-energizing, by giving us time to think up new ideas, or new perspectives. It is a time for creating a different pattern or routine, that gives us more energy when we get back to our routine. It gives
read moreAn Associated Press story on August 25, 2004, reported on a new study which shows women who drink more than one sweetened soft drink a day are slightly more likely to develop diabetes than women who drink less than one a month. Researchers performed the study at Harvard University. This soft drink study, was published
read moreA story reported in December of 2000 by NBC News carried the headline, “It’s a danger of staggering proportions. Every year, one in 20 hospitalized Americans 1.8 million people develop an infection, with 88,000 of them dying. The biggest threat: “supergerms” resistant to antibiotics.” The NBC report was prompted by a new study from the
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