Archive for the ‘Lifestyle’ Category

Are Vaccinations Causing Early Alzheimer’s Disease?

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Theoretical data on the inflammatory nature of vaccines, especially in the large numbers given to children at an early age while their nerves are developing response patterns for future life, means that they cannot be ruled out as one main factor that primes the Alzheimer's pump...

World’s first robotic bladder reconstruction

Friday, November 21st, 2008

A 10-year-old Chicago girl born with an abnormally small bladder that made her incontinent has become the first patient to benefit from a new robotic-assisted bladder-reconstruction method developed by surgeons at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

24 Tales of Ghost Towns and Abandoned Cities (+PICS)

Friday, November 21st, 2008

What in the world could cause an entire city to be abandoned? Some become unlivable due to environmental disasters such as nuclear meltdowns. Others become the center of military activity and remain contested and uninhabited - or are simply left as memorials to the terrible events that took place in ...

Fake FDA Agents Target People Who Buy Drugs Online

Friday, November 21st, 2008

The FDA says scam artists claiming to be “FDA special agents” have been phoning people and threatening them with prison if they don’t cough up a pile of cash, typically thousands of dollars...

7 Ways to Make Your Brain Better, Faster & Smarter

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Given the right tools, we can train our brains to act like they did when we were younger. All that's required is dedicated practice: exercises for the mind....

Thanksgiving Slumming with Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Thanksgiving and the annual debate over that damn green bean casserole with the Durkee’s fried onions on top is coming up fast. Will you offer an urbane alternative like green beans with prosciutto and pine nuts to your recalcitrant relatives, or break down and make it according to the back-of-the-can ...

Adding Up Tobacco’s Toll on America

Friday, November 21st, 2008

November is a good month to reconsider the cigarette. Not only is it National Lung Cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness month, but November 20th is the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout, a day when smokers are encouraged to put down the pack, if only for the day.

11 Life-Saving Health Habits We Can All Follow

Friday, November 21st, 2008

We’re constantly being bombarded with different do's & don’ts for living longer and preventing cancer, heart disease and other ailments—which makes being healthy alot of hard work! But the truth is, a few simple habits can have a big impact. These 11 tips are something we all can do, without ...

Four men. One Summit.

Friday, November 21st, 2008



Maggot Therapy Gains in Popularity

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Maggots, the larval stage of certain flies, are already a federally approved treatment for people with nasty bed sores, chronic post-surgical wounds and diabetic foot ulcers.