Health

It may shock you to know that the average person has about 300 or more toxic chemicals within their blood stream. While the body has the ability to process a moderate amount of toxins, 300 toxic chemicals is too much for anyone to have to bear. For t...

It may shock you to know that the average person h...

Cleansing diets, herbs, and fasting programs may seem like a modern health trend but societies have used natural cleansing methods to detoxify the body for hundreds of years. Many religions actually encourage people to fast as a means of cleansing bo...

Cleansing diets, herbs, and fasting programs may s...

Why Everyone Should Use Organic Shampoo & ConditionerOrganic shampoo and conditioner can help to revive your hair and scalp from years of harsh treatment caused by the use of traditional store bought products. Of course, these traditional products ar...

Why Everyone Should Use Organic Shampoo & Conditio...

Poison ivy rash occurs when the plant toxin, urushiol (one of the deadliest natural poisons on the planet) comes into contact with human skin. It is a condition characterized by swelling, blisters, pain and an amazing amount of itching. Poison Ivy Re...

Poison ivy rash occurs when the plant toxin, urush...

You can make your very own organic, natural hair products at home for a fraction of the cost of most product lines. It’s easy to create organic shampoos, conditioners, and hair masks right in your kitchen. Completely natural, non-toxic hair products ...

You can make your very own organic, natural hair p...

June 29, 2012 -- There has been a dramatic drop in vision impairment among older Americans over the last generation, new research shows. The prevalence of self-reported eyesight issues that limit activity declined by well over 50% in just two and a h...

June 29, 2012 -- There has been a dramatic drop in...

June 26, 2012 -- Drinking coffee in moderation may reduce your risk of heart failure as you age, according to a new analysis. What's moderate? About two cups a day, if you're drinking the typical U.S. coffee serving, says researcher Murray Mittleman,...

June 26, 2012 -- Drinking coffee in moderation may...

June 27, 2012 -- Scientists say they've developed a vaccine that may one day protect people against the addictive effects of nicotine -- but for now they have to settle for some success in mice. The vaccine uses the shell of a harmless virus that, mu...

June 27, 2012 -- Scientists say they've developed ...

June 27, 2012 -- Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a host of illnesses and conditions, from heart disease and diabetes to certain types of cancer. Now a small study of three women suggests that vitamin D deficiency and depression may travel tog...

June 27, 2012 -- Vitamin D deficiency has been lin...

Living with depression can be hard. You may already feel the benefits of treating your depression: Increased energy Feeling hopeful Finding more joy in life Even if you're feeling better, you may still have occasional concerns that you aren't sure ...

Living with depression can be hard. You may alread...

Annual checkup is considered a necessity for diabetics to prevent eye disorders, the director of the eye disease research center says. Diabetics are also recommended to keep their blood sugar normal, Marzieh Katibeh told ISNA news agency in an interv...

Annual checkup is considered a necessity for diabe...

People with asthma or allergies may want to avoid air fresheners and other chemicals used to spread fragrant scents through their homes, and their doctors should be aware of the hazards. "The chemicals in some of these products can trigger the nasal ...

People with asthma or allergies may want to avoid ...

Stomach acid has long been blamed for acid reflux, heartburn and other ills. But now some experts are starting to think that the problems may lie not just in the acid coming up from the stomach but in the food going down. The idea has been getting a ...

Stomach acid has long been blamed for acid reflux,...

It has three Nobel Prize winners on its board. Its chairman, P. Roy Vagelos, is a pharmaceutical industry star who ran Merck during its heyday. Its chief scientist has written frequently cited biomedical papers. Yet for all that, Regeneron Pharmaceut...

It has three Nobel Prize winners on its board. Its...

"Some of the best known brands in America have arsenic in their apple juice!" is what TV's Doctor Mehmet Oz said this past September. The research from the show sparked fierce debate, but just these few short months later, it turns out Dr. Oz was rig...

"Some of the best known brands in America have ars...

Ever unload the dishwasher while helping with a child's homework? Ever keep one eye on soccer practice while checking your voice mail and trying to figure out what to make for dinner? That's called multitasking, and in a fast-paced world, American wo...

Ever unload the dishwasher while helping with a ch...

Diets rich in antioxidants from fruits, vegetables and whole grains appear to lower a woman's odds for a stroke, even if she has a prior history of heart disease, new research shows. The Swedish study, which appears Dec. 1 in the journal Stroke, invo...

Diets rich in antioxidants from fruits, vegetables...

When compared to women who hadn't done rotating shift work, women who did one to two years of shift work had a 5 percent increase in type 2 diabetes. A study of two groups of women found that those who worked rotating night shifts were more likely to...

When compared to women who hadn't done rotating sh...

Most-stroke hemispatial neglect improved significantly after a two-week course of magnetic stimulation of the affected brain area, according to results of a small clinical trial. The degree of neglect improved by 16% after two weeks and by 23% after ...

Most-stroke hemispatial neglect improved significa...

Cigarette among teens is at the lowest level in decades, but marijuana use is on the rise. Just under 19 percent of high school seniors said they smoked cigarettes in the past month compared to a peak rate of 36.5 percent in the mid-1990s, results fr...

Cigarette among teens is at the lowest level in de...

You can't escape the message that smoking is bad for you. But what if one or both of your parents smoke? You might be worried about their health, sick of smelling the smoke, or even a little embarrassed by it. You can't order your mom or dad to stop ...

You can't escape the message that smoking is bad f...