General Health | Articles Exposure to perchlorate, a widely used industrial chemical found in U.S. drinking water, may prevent some women's thyroid glands from functioning properly, a government study has found. Women with higher concentrations of perchlorate in their...
Lung Health | ArticlesA smog-filled sky can make it hard to breathe, but air pollution in the home may also be hard on people with lung disease, researchers have found. In a study of 148 adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), investigators found...
General Health | ArticlesExposure to perchlorate, a widely used industrial chemical found in U.S. drinking water, may prevent some women's thyroid glands from functioning properly, a government study has found. Women with higher concentrations of perchlorate in their...
General Health | Articles Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI), which is a soy-derived protease inhibitor, shows promise in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. In a recent study, BBI was administered in an animal model of multiple sclerosis and was shown to have a significant...
General Health | Articles Combining psychotherapy, delivered over the telephone, with medication seems to improve the outcome of depression treatment, research shows. In the United States, people who suffer depression are typically treated with an antidepressant,...
General Health | Articles A smog-filled sky can make it hard to breathe, but air pollution in the home may also be hard on people with lung disease, researchers have found. In a study of 148 adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), investigators found...
General Health | Articles Treatment with the probiotic Lactobacillus acidophilus, may help reduce abdominal pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome. In a study of lab rats induced with abdominal pain, the Lactobacillus treatment resulted in an increase in the...
General Health | Articles Recent tests indicate that septic systems may be failing to remove certain chemicals known to interfere with human hormonal regulation and polluting surrounding groundwater which, in turn, feeds many drinking water supplies. Silent Spring...
Stress | ArticlesThe percentage of cases of acute liver failure caused by an overdose of acetaminophen increased considerably from 1998 to 2003, with unintentional overdose accounting for at least half of these cases, a new US study shows. Acetaminophen, known in some...
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Diet and Nutrition | Articles Yoga has become one of the most popular exercise techniques here in the west, but its health benefits reach far beyond physical fitness. A recent report found Indian soldiers receiving daily yoga sessions to help them deal with extreme...
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