Archive for February, 2010
Giving Cake the Olive Oil Treatment
Taste Testers: Little Difference After Replacing Trans Fat in Cake with Olive Oil File this one under “What took them so long?” According to a recent study published in the journal Food Science and Technology, the artery-clogging trans fats that mire our food supply can be replaced with olive oil without affecting the food’s consistency, [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Trans Fats.
Tags: trans fat ban, trans fat foods, Trans Fats
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Cooking Up Some Cancer
Fumes from Gas Stoves Considered Cancerous by Researchers The next time you’re at a steakhouse, instead of telling your waiter how you’d like your steak done, you may want to ask how they cook their beef in the first place. Because if chefs are pan-frying steaks with a gas burner, they could be putting themselves—and [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Cancer.
Tags: cancer cause, cancer causes, cancer causing carcinogens, food causing cancer
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Smarts and Smoking
Researchers Measure the Intelligence Level of Smokers and Non-Smokers With all that we now know about the negative health effects of smoking (e.g., compared with non-smokers, smokers are four more times more likely to suffer a stroke, four times more likely to have heart disease, 23 times more likely to develop lung cancer, 13 times [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Smoking.
Tags: effect of smoking, effects of smoking cigarettes, harmful effects of smoking, mental effects of smoking
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For Predicting Alzheimer’s, the Eyes May Have It
Poor Eyesight in Later Years May Be Precursor to Alzheimer’s Development The problem with Alzheimer’s disease is that once it’s identified, the damage has already been done. Treatments exist that slow its debilitating effects, but precious little can be done to reverse them. As such, much of Alzheimer’s research is devoted to identifying Alzheimer’s disease [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Alzheimer's Disease, Eye Health.
Tags: Eye Health, signs of alzheimer's, signs of alzheimer's disease, symptoms of alzheimer's disease
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Rye Relief
Study: For Constipation, Rye Bread Outperforms Laxatives Constipation. There aren’t many conditions that every one of us experience at least once in our lives, but I’d be willing to bet that 99.9 percent of adults have endured the pain and bloating that characterizes constipation. Now, if you eat healthy and exercise regularly, constipation should not [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2010 under Constipation.
Tags: constipation relief, natural constipation relief, relief from constipation, relief of constipation
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Tinnitus in the Family
Researchers Look into Whether Tinnitus Can Be Inherited I hope you’ve had a chance to read my tinnitus report. In it you’ll find some of the most in-depth information on the various treatments options available to help you quell the clamor that is tinnitus. I bring up tinnitus today because there’s new research out that [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2010 under Tinnitus.
Tags: Tinnitus, tinnitus help, tinnitus treatment
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Acai Supplies Yogurt with Greater Nutrient Density
Study: Probiotics, Fat Content Improved in Yogurt after Adding Acai Berry The acai berry—billed as the superfood of superfoods—is highly touted for its ability to bring amazing results to the human body, like lowering cholesterol and enhancing energy. But according to new research from the International Dairy Journal, the acai berry benefits it’s own kind [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2010 under antioxidants.
Tags: acai health benefits, acai scam, acai superfood
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Opening Up a Sleep Savings Account
Researchers Say You Can Save Your Sleep for Later The dreaded all-nighter. Virtually every college-aged adult has experienced at least one of these, burning the midnight oil to finish a paper, cram for a test, or prepare an oral presentation. While the occasional all-nighter is something most of us have experienced, that knowledge doesn’t make [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2010 under Sleep.
Tags: all nighter, all-nighters, allnighters, how to stay awake all night
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Marauding Migraines
Study: Migraines Sufferers Have Higher Risk of Heart Attack Here’s some news that might make your migraines worse: They increase your risk for heart attack. That’s according to a new study reported in the medical journal Neurology. Researchers from the University Hospital Essen in Germany studied more than 11,000 adults living in the U.S., half [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2010 under Heart Disease, Migraine.
Tags: heart attack risk, Migraine, migraines treatment, risk of heart attack
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Can You Be Literally Bored to Death?
Bored Stiff? If So, You May Be Shortening Your Lifespan “I’m bored.” It’s the age-old phrase that every one of us has uttered at least once in our life, most likely escaping our lips in our younger years. To be honest, I don’t know how anybody could be bored, especially in today’s era, as there [...]
Posted: February 18th, 2010 under Boredom, Heart Disease.
Tags: ban boredom, Boredom, boredom killer, fight boredom
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