August 26, 2010 – 1:27 pm
Now famously featured on California’s ballot in November, Proposition 19 allows all persons older than 21 to grow small amounts of marijuana for strictly personal use. Were the law approved, cities would be able to regulate and tax the sales. California is not alone in their totally mellowed-out attitude about the psychoactive drug. Both Colorado [...]
This piece is loosely based on information, originally brought to public attention in 1997 via Stephen R. Braun’s 224-page book: Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine. First of all, know this: the human brain, and caffeine are not explained easily by modern science. When you are awake, brain neurons are shooting away [...]
Listen, we all know that there are various ways to stay healthy. Taking vitamins, meditating, exercise, eating healthy, dressing warmly when it is cold outside and keeping your body and hands clean are all common and practical ways to keep your health in check. Well, another idea is wearing spiritual jewelry, for yourself or as [...]
“Inside Bay Area” reporter Mary Clare Jalonick reported that an evil supply of Alfalfa sprouts were recalled because of salmonella poisoning. These Caldwell Fresh Foods raw sprouts had been sold to more than 400 Wal-Mart stores in 15 states around America: in Alabama, California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, [...]
According to a shocking new study, the cost of treating cancer in the United States almost doubled over the past two decades. However the cost of cancer drugs is not necessarily the cause. While the price of new cancer treatments is indeed soaring, researchers conclude that the rising costs were mostly driven by the growing [...]
One aspect of the health care bill taking immediate effect is that chain restaurants will now be required to display nutrition information. What we are witnessing could well make a seismic shift in the changing of the food landscape of America. The Associated Press Reports: More than 200,000 fast food and other chain restaurants will [...]
Men, did you know that in the last second your bodies each produced at least 1,500 sperm cells? Now you do. Here’s how it happened: For the last 40 years scientists thought stem cells in the testicles, called germline stem cells, become sperm through a simple, two-step process. That is not so. Germline stem cells [...]
Sneezing green may be a duality – one interpretation comes with ease, the other, very much not so. When your head is pounding and you’ve been hacking up a lung all night, the last thought on your mind is, how can I make this experience more eco-friendly? Times of illness do not a conservationist make: [...]
February 28, 2010 – 7:33 pm
In the weeks ahead, it is likely that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) will publish a recommendation that all infant boys undergo circumcision. But is it a mistake? Some feel that circumcision is an unnecessary procedure that is painful and can lead to complications. The [...]
February 28, 2010 – 8:05 am
Once they told you to take a daily aspirin for your heart, today you may want to reconsider. Americans bought more than 44 million packages of low-dose aspirin marketed for heart protection in the year ending in September. The sales were up about 12% from 2005. Well now, public-health officials are scaling back official recommendations [...]
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