One wouldn鈥檛 expect that frying a steak exposes the cook to the same chemical that is used in mothballs, but it does. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology were...
Why are some mothers buying hazelwood or amber necklaces for their babies? It isn鈥檛 a new-fangled fashion statement. It鈥檚 actually old fashioned nonsense. These necklaces are being promoted as the...
The use of the label "organic" is regulated by a strict set of guidelines. As it applies to farmed fish, it implies following a number of rules with respect to water recycling, disposal of waste...
It has been said that eating a couple of carrots a day is like signing a health insurance policy. There are clear benefits to carrot consumption but let's deal first with the rare problems that can...
Take an aspirin tablet. Now imagine cutting it in half. And in half again. Keep doing this, obviously in your imagination, until you have about three million pieces. Now take one of those pieces...
The money that carbonated soft drink companies spend on advertising is astounding. Coca Cola dishes out about 235 million dollars a year to push its flagship product. But as far as producers are...
The British press dubbed the future Prime Minister 鈥淭hatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher鈥� for sponsoring legislation to eliminate the free milk program for students over the age of seven.聽 The program...
There is no question that what we eat affects our health. After all, our body is composed of molecules that originate from food. We are literally what we eat. But teasing out the affects of...
They know how to bypass a bypass. They know how to energize your body and brain without exercise. They can make Parkinson鈥檚 tremors vanish. They can produce erections that last two hours. And of...
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