HEALTH & WELLBEING

Weakening Cancer Cells for Radiation Therapy

Cancer has become a normal occurrence in the world nowadays. And as unfortunate as it is, cancer can occur in different parts of the body. However, one in four cancers being diagnosed around the world involves the lung, and is still one the contributors when it comes to the most common cancer-related cause of death among Americans.

Traumatic Experiences: Bad in the Start, Good in the Long Run

Traumatic experiences can change life in an instant. Whether it's a car crash, losing a loved one, or sexual abuse, these sorts of incidents can scar a person for life, but not without coming from it with a changed perspective and a tougher skin.

Eat Healthy This Christmas: Five Foods to Avoid

It's tempting to just indulge this Christmas season. After all it only happens once a year and what's the harm in taking part in the celebration? Unfortunately with all the parties and dinners taking place around the holidays it's easy to fall of your diet. With so many sumptuous feasts laid out this holiday season, how can you resist another slice of pie or a piece of roast? Here are some traditional foods you need to avoid this Christmas season.
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Does Education Affect Life Expectancy?

When asked why people go to school and be educated, a normal response would be is, "To get a job." Education is a normal and natural part of life, and as more and more people seek higher education, they've only got greater job opportunities in their minds. Bu who's to say people get educated just to live longer?

Dusty House and Diesel Exhaust, Culprits of Lung Inflammation

The dread of those with weak lungs or those with asthma is allergens. Being almost everywhere, it can be found inside homes as well as out. And true enough, according to latest research, the combined force of diesel exhaust and a dusty house can aggravate the lungs that can worsen bronchial asthma.

Experts Warn Aussies of Mosquito Proliferation in Summer

Experts have warned Australians of the proliferation of mosquitoes in summer and diseases carried by the insect. The mosquito population is forecast to hit their highest level in more than 10 years.

Widowers Who Move on Have Less Risk of Mental Illness

The line when couples get married, "Till death do us part," is a famous line that most people tend to forget when they're filing for divorce. But for those who took their vows to heart, specifically men who truly did have death part them with their wife the line can be heart wrenching. But with time, moving on may not sound like a bad idea, especially when new research finds it can help prevent mental illness.

Statins: Lowers Cholesterol and Saves Lives from Influenza

The influenza virus is widespread around the world. And even with the last influenza 2011 reports of Australia's Department of Health and Ageing suggesting that the incidence of the virus has decreased, there is still the fear of death related to it. But new research done may ease those fears as statins may be used to prevent deaths from influenza.

Cold to the Bone: Managing Arthritis in This Cold Season

Whenever the holiday season approaches and the cold weather sets in, people try and find ways to take advantage of the climate. Whether it is skiing, hiking, or even knitting by the fire, people find different activities to do when the temperature drops. But some people may not enjoy the cold weather, and may in fact, prevent them from doing anything - arthritis.

Asthma Attacks Prevented with Consistent Medication Use, Research Finds

Asthma has afflicted millions of people around the world, leaving them literally breathless. In fact, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's figures show that more than 20 million Americans, which is around 1 out of 15, suffer from the disease accounting for nearly half a million hospitalizations in the United States yearly. However, these asthma attacks can be prevented, researchers found.

Laptops and Wi-Fi, Bane of Male Fertility

Modern technologies like the everyday laptop and the widely available Wi-Fi routers make life more convenient for everyone. However, what could be technologically convenient could be sexually inconvenient as laptops and Wi-Fi connection hurt what men prize the most - their fertility.

U.S. FDA Detects Salmonella Cilantro Herbs, Company Announces Recall

Consumers from the states of California, Arizona, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Indiana, South Carolina and Missouri who may have bought the herb cilantro produced by California-based food provider Pacific International from Nov. 16 to Dec. 10 are advised to return or dispose the product as these are suspected to be contaminated of the bacteria salmonella.

Economy, Knowledge Dictate Health of Australians

Recent health studies have determined that foods we allow to enter our system pave the way for either sickness or health yet for many Australians the options seem to have been narrowed down by economy.

Don’t Eat Raw Cookie Dough, CDC Warns

As tempting as it may be to eat raw cookie dough, scientists who investigated the 2009 outbreak of E.coli in the United States recommend baking the cookie dough before eating it.

Research Confirms Cognitive Problems Breast Cancer Survivors Encounter

Breast cancer survivors have a lot to contend with: recovering their health, dealing with the experience, and living life with a changed perspective. However, new research findings suggest that survivors of breast cancer have another thing to deal with - cognitive problems.

Drinking Gives Rise to Unsafe Sex

People go to bars to find someone; whether it is for a fling or a long-term relationship, people flock to these establishments to have a good time. Most of the time though, people who go to bars are looking for either alcohol or a hook up, or both. But a new study might change the minds of those who drink alcohol and look for sex.

New High-Tech Cleanser Kills Even Resistant Bacteria

Hospitals are known to house not only patients in their institutions, but also some of the most stubborn, highly resistant bacteria that can be found anywhere. Thriving in places that should be sterile for recovering patients, antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been a constant thorn at the side of hospitals. But the numbers are up for these types of bacteria as there is a newly developed cleanser to wash them away.

8 Sleep Myths, Busted

You know what's actually not true? That counting sheep can help you drift off to sleep.

Tuberculosis Added to Risks in Postpartum Women

Post-pregnancy for women is an extremely sensitive period for them. At risk to so many things like depression, their physical health is also a factor that must be considered more so now that research has discovered a new risk that postpartum presents to women.

Breast Cancer Drugs, Aromatase Inhibitors: More Problem than Solution?

It is a common fact that treating breast cancer is a difficult journey that women take to rid themselves of the disease. However, getting to the light at the end of the tunnel and kicking cancer to the curb can be even harder because of the medications that women take.

Family That Eats Together, Stays Together: Benefits of Family Meals

It's the holidays! And one good thing that comes with the holidays is the fact that the family is all under one roof. That means more time to spend with one another, catch up, and just relax with loved ones. And since everyone is together during this season, it's the perfect opportunity to have a family meal.

Protein may be key to Super Memory

Inhibiting a brain molecule that protects against viral infections could lead the way for the development of memory- boosting drugs, according to new research.

Boost Vitamin D Intake: Why?

For many people, 600 international units (IUs) of vitamin D or more each day will maintain bone health, but those aged 71 and older may need as much as 800 IUs daily, the Institute Of Medicine experts say. Viewing the role played by the sunlight vitamin, we leave you to analyze the need.

Limited Human Intelligence: Are We Better Off Normal?

Humans are blessed with intelligence that surpasses that of other animals in the planet making us effectively, on top of the food chain, so to speak. But as with anything else, people look for more, and when it comes to intelligence, humans want to be smarter. But can humans transcend being normally smart and be super smart?

Paying Attention to the Body Has Weight Loss-Pay Off

For women, losing inches off the belly has always been associated to spending tons of hours at the gym, working out, and going on some impossible diet. But losing belly fat could actually be as simple as paying attention to one's body.

Not Drinking to Binge Drinking: Study Finds Young Women Who Don’t, Will

Alcohol consumption is seen to be a natural thing when it comes to the youth. Using fake IDs and any means to get their lips to a bottle of booze, parents' of those who don't drink are proud of their children. However, those who don't drink now, specifically young girls, may pick up the habit later and binge drink when they get to college.

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