Health nuts are getting serious about seeds. The blogosphere is going crazy for chia seeds (yes, like the "pets") and hemp seed sales grew 156 percent between 2008 and 2010. It's no wonder: Seeds deliver as much protein as...
Hershey Foods was recently slammed by the Food and Drug Administration for placing words on their food labels that were misleading. Although Hershey jumped to correct the misleading labels, they are not alone in trying to dupe the public...
Doctors have known for a long time that cancer is caused by healthy cells that mutate into dangerous cancer cells. However, researchers are now finding that cancer is often the expression of a gene that is turned on by...
Good news for autumn babies: Those born in the fall are more likely to live to 100 than those born in other seasons.
The month of your birth can influence the environment in which you develop -- inside the womb...
Q: I've had almost constant diarrhea since I got out of the hospital. They say I picked up an infection from a bug called C. difficile - difficult isn't the half of it! Help! - Susan P., Moline, Ill.
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Research out of Australia sheds light on the impact of early childhood nutrition and how it impacts intelligence in later years. In a study of nutrition in children during the first two years of life, researchers discovered that those...
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Even though the kiddies are starting to go back to school, summer is not over yet! There is still time to dip into your favorite warm weather recipes and enjoy a healthy, nutrient-rich Cajun Avocado Salmon Wrap. Open a...
Sir Paul McCartney, 70 and still rocking, says being a vegetarian accounts for a lot of the happiness in his life. Although you don't have to abandon all poultry and fish to upgrade your attitude and roll back your...
It started with a sharp pain in her right side whenever she coughed or sneezed. At first, Stephanie Dunn Haney thought she'd broken a rib, so she decided to wait and see if the pain went away by itself....
Your kidneys have many functions, ranging from helping to regulate your blood pressure and stimulating the production of red blood cells to converting vitamin D into its active form. But their best-known job is to rid your body of...
