Many of us would be shocked to learn that even the most health-conscious Americans likely have dangerous chemicals circulating through their bodies. While most are aware of the dangers posed by plastic water bottles, fewer know of the dangers associated with canned food, cash register receipts, certain toothpastes, sunscreen, liquid soap, makeup, mothballs, tumble dryer […]

Are you using toxic cleaning products and don’t even know it? Discover the hazardous chemicals lurking in popular laundry and household cleaners.

Could health education help combat childhood obesity? That question is what Tabitha Blasingame of the Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital sought to answer in her paper. On determining whether or not health education could contribute to better food and lifestyle choices, she discovered that it very well could.

Public health experts worry about the effects of ‘fat acceptance’ on our well-being and the costs of chronic weight-related ailments.

Ms Belshaw, who suffers from the guttate form of psoriasis, credits her vegan, gluten-free and mostly raw diet for helping her keep her condition under control which she has suffered from since she was 13 years old.

Now 78.6 years, the drop in life expectancy was particularly large among middle-age white Americans and those living in rural communities, experts say.

New studies from the National Institutes of Health – specifically the National Toxicology Program – find that cell phone radiation is potentially linked to cancer in male rats.