The New ‘Green Energy’ – Algae Street Lights
French biochemist Pierre Calleja has harnessed the potential of green algae in a truly revolutionary manner: to control carbon emissions from traffic exhaust via street lamps powered solely by photosynthesis and sunlight. One quarter of worldwide carbon emissions are caused by traffic, and these remarkable, tube-shaped lights would do wonders in controlling our planet's urban pollution problem. Each of...
Headache and Stomach Ache? Natural Solutions to Pepto-Bismol and Aspirin
We all experience headaches and stomachaches – they are a part of life, and some are afflicted more than others. When symptoms strike, many of us reach for seemingly harmless over-the-counter medications such as aspirin and Pepto-Bismol to alleviate the discomfort and continue with our daily lives. However, taking these types of medications on a regular basis can be...
Don’t Let Medical Bills Control Your Future: Take Healthy Action Now
The price of healthcare in the United States is truly staggering. Cleanup after Hurricane Sandy cost our nation a whopping 60 million dollars; however, we spend triple this amount on healthcare in a single week. It is estimated that 2.8 trillion of our hard-earned tax dollars will be filtered into medical expenses this year. In our suffering economy, it...
Exercise, Cold and Flu: How to Know When to Workout
Avid exercisers hate to miss that wonderful “runner’s high” as well as that boost of energy and overall healthy feeling that comes with working out, but there are unfortunately times when even the most dedicated should stay home at rest. On the other end of the spectrum the sniffles or a runny nose can give some whose enthusiasm for exercise...
Music as Medicine?
You’ve probably heard the term food as medicine, but did you know that music offers healing powers too? It’s been proven to ease pain, relieve stress and improve overall well-being, inspiring a program known as “Musicians on Call.” Their mission is to bring music to the bedsides of patients that are too sick to get out of their hospital beds...
Stress Increases Unhealthy Cortisol and BMI
Developing healthy ways to deal with stress is important to start when kids are young. Children respond differently to stress for a number of reasons and new research suggests that children who have poor response to stress are at a greater risk of becoming obese. Researchers from Penn State and John's Hopkins Universities examined children’s response to a stressor which...
Horsemeat Scandal May Be Nothing Compared to Risks of Beef in U.S.
Horsemeat has been in the news quite a bit lately, including one of our recent articles in which we wrote about the detection of the meat in Burger King’s hamburgers in the United Kingdom. Since then, food regulators have uncovered horsemeat disguised as traditional beef in school cafeterias, hospitals and frozen lasagna dinners across Europe. The scandal has prompted...
Is Colloidal Silver the Answer to Today’s Antibiotic Overuse?
In our pill popping society, we have become somewhat overzealous in opting for what is seen as a quick fix to any number of common ailments. The problem is that more frequently than not, people are leaving their physician’s office with a prescription in hand for an antibiotic. Often the antibiotic will not help because what they have is...
Camu-Camu: The Rainforest Immune System Secret
Growing wild along the riverbanks throughout the Amazon rainforest are camu-camu bushes. The fruit they produce is nature's alternative to expensive and often ineffective vitamin C supplements. Along with the antioxidant and phytochemical benefits of other berries, the camu-camu berry boasts a higher natural vitamin C content than any other known plant - and the benefits do not end...
The Unholy Triad: Stress, Depression and Heart Disease
Loyola University Medical Center reports that there is a strong relationship between heart disease and depression. While having heart disease can definitely make one depressed, researchers say that depression itself, can lead to heart disease. Forty to 60% of patients with heart disease suffer from some form of clinical depression and 30 to 50% of those that suffer depression have...
