HEALTH & WELLBEING

Younger Japanese Turn to Farming as a New Career

The end of the job-for-life tradition in Japan has led the new generation to search for what they really want to do and for some, this has led them back to farming and a life their grandparents once had.

Hospital Irony: How Foods in Hospitals are Unhealthy

Hospitals is where people go to when they are feeling sick, that's a given. But no one really considers the food of the institution when they "check-in." The food the hospitals offer has been painted with infamy for the longest time, with some questioning its quality, edibility, and taste, the most basic of questions that should be ask is: "Is it healthy?"

BioPrinting: Replace Your Organs, Bones with an Inkjet Printer

Welcome to the new world of bioprinting where bones and organs can be grown and produced with a 3D inkjet printer. Although it sounds like something straight out of science fiction doctors and researchers have been developing and perfecting this technique that soon patients could replace their sick organs with manufactured ones.
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Lesson About the Heart: How Women Are More At Risk for Cardiac Events

Heart attacks can happen to almost anyone, that means any gender, age, or even sex. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. But if the disease can strike on anyone, why are women more at risk than men?

CHOICE argues on serving size findings

Differences in recommended serving sizes on like-for-like Australian food products are making it “near impossible” for shoppers to compare the nutritional content of the products, according to new research by Sydney-based medical research body, The George Institute.

Violent Games Affect the Brain

Beautiful graphics, realistic sounds, story plots that can leave a person hanging - these are just some things that can hook an individual to play video games all day. But aside from getting entertained and getting involved in the game, do people really know what they're getting themselves into?

Eating Fish: Improves Body and Mind

There is an expression that people say: "If wishes were fishes, the world will be an ocean." But more importantly, if wishes were fishes, then the world would have a lot of healthier people - this is because eating fish is good for the body, but not only that, it's also good for the mind. Though eating fish is only popular for those who are going on a diet, those humble sea creatures can serve a plate-full of benefits.

New Technology Helps Predict the Dangers of Childbirth

Giving birth to a child is one of the most miraculous things that can happen in a woman's life. Delivering a child, and sometimes children, is also one the most anticipated events in the lives of couples, especially those who are moms-to-be. However, dangers in child delivery can turn what should be a dream come true into a nightmare.

Heading for Trouble: How Heading in Football Can Cause Damage

Football, or soccer, is played and loved across the world. Part of its charm is the fact that no one can use their hands to touch the ball, instead, different parts of the body, like the feet, knees, and the head are used. Using a person's feet and knees is all fine and dandy, however, using the head is different issue.

Bar Brawls in the Wee Hours of the Night

People often go to bars to relax, unwind, and chill around with their friends. But just as there are those who are there to hang loose, there are those who go to bars to drown their emotions in alcohol or to release some tension with some liquor. Baring all of this in mind, the possibility of a bar brawls is practically imminent.

Movie Magic Helps With Human Face Transplantation

Movies nowadays have it made in terms of modern equipment, especially with sci-fi movies or computer generated, or C.G., films that help build characters from top to bottom. But thanks to that technology, modern medicine now has the hand it needs to build real life characters' faces for human face transplants.

Going on a Diet Can Cure Type 2 Diabetes: Study

When people go on a diet, majority of them will say it is because they want to lose weight. But when it comes to diabetics, that is not the case - instead of trying to lose weight, going on a diet could mean curing their disease.

Small Space Aquaponics Feeds The Community

In a corner of a typical urban shopping centre tucked away in Florida sits what looks like a tiny service lane way. Except behind the timber gates is an entry into another world. Its been transformed into something else.

Fruit Labels Made of Soap… You Say What Now?

Creator Scott Amron has come up with an innovative solution to the little stickers on our fruit. Vanishing Fruit Wash Labels. Yep, those annoying little stickers actually might be useful for the consumer!

Attention Interrupted: Identifying ADHD in Children

Children are commonly rowdy; playing around and throwing caution to the air, kids are just being kids. However, there's a fine line between kids being kids and children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Cancer Screening: Should you get Tested?

It seems like an easy decision to make. Screening tests can help you find cancer at an early stage before the disease has the chance to metastasize. If doctors can catch the disease early it can be easier to treat or cure. Screening tests are the more pragmatic decision so why is there such a backlash against cancer screening?

Research Reveals Younger Age of Suicide Attempt

When it comes to depression, more often than not, people, more specifically young adults, have someone to go to like their family, friends, and teachers. However, for the few who give in to depression, suicide looks quite tempting.

TOP 10 SHOPPING TIPS for ?NO WHITE DIET

The theory behind the low-carb diet is that insulin prevents fat breakdown in the body by allowing sugar to be used for energy. Proponents of the low-carb diet believe that a decrease in carbs results in lower insulin levels, which causes the body to burn stored fat for energy.

The Post-Thanksgiving Diet Plan

We've all been guilty of getting that extra sliver of pecan pie and downing that one last cup of eggnog then immediately thinking that we'll start the diet tomorrow.

BMI vs. BAI: the Hunt for a Better Tool

Recently, researchers have developed a new way to measure the body fat (Sun Mar 6, 2011). The new obesity scale is offered due to the flaws of the BMI. For example, BMI calculation cannot be generalized across men and women, athletes and different ethnic groups.

Vitamin D – Good, Yoghurt with Vitamin D – Better

It is common knowledge that vitamin D is good for the body. But for most of the people, when they think about the vitamin, the only source they can think of is the sun. Now the sun is all good and well, and it's free, but researchers have found a better source - vitamin D fortified yoghurt.

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