Herbal Basics -Tips and Tricks

For more on Herbs go to http://Herbal-facts.comStoring -Fresh herbs can be stored in an open or a perforated plastic bag in your refrigerator crisper drawer for a few days. If you don’t have access to commercial perforated bags, use a sharp object to make several small...

Government becoming too powerfull?!! Updated July 2009

Below is my post from March of 2009: Some of you might say " they all ready are,...Have you heard of the IRS?!!" Yes, I remember the senate hearings several years ago where mothers and fathers were telling stories of how the IRS agents broke down their home doors in the...

Rare Animals Debuted: Snow Leopard and Okapi

Two rare animals were debuted this week; a snow leopard cub at the Berlin Animal Park and an Okapi at the Denver Zoo. The leopard cub is named Altai was debuted on Friday July 10, 2009. "Berlin's Tierpark introduced their latest off-spring today: "Altai", a little snow...

Never Too Rich or Too Thin? The High Cost of Anorexia

"You can never be too rich or too thin, or so the saying goes. While there’s little chance I’ll ever get to worry about the former, I am far more familiar with the latter then I would ever care to be. I was first diagnosed with anorexia nervosa in 1984 not long after that...

Research Shows Eating Disorder Cases On the Rise

Increasing patient caseloads, professional collaboration/patient sharing and lack of medical resources are among the trends revealed in a May 2009 survey of eating disorder professionals conducted by the Eating Recovery Center (http://www.eatingrecoveryinfo.com), the premier...

Combined Stem Cell Gene Therapy Could Cure Human Genetic Disease

A study led by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, has catapulted the field of regenerative medicine significantly forward, proving in principle that a human genetic disease can be cured using a combination of gene therapy and induced pluripotent stem...

Genetic Risk Factor For Testicular Cancer Discovered

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have uncovered variation around two genes that are associated with an increased risk of testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is the most common cancer among young men, and its incidence among non-Hispanic...