How to avoid heart disease: brush your teeth, say scientists

This is interesting. I had no idea by brushing your teeth it lowers the chances of you receiving heart diseases. I always thought brushing your teeth is for lowering the chance of you having bad breathitis. So now...

Early study touts honey as antibiotics substitute

" Early study touts honey as antibiotics substitute Module body Wed Sep 24, 2:04 PM ...

Infection possible cause of sudden infant death syndrome

New research in the UK points to disease as a possible cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS):"The Archives of Disease in Childhood study found samples from babies who had died for no apparent reason often...

The FDA/CDC released Tomatoes, No Longer Digestive Enemy Combatants

The FDA/CDC said today Tomatoes are no Longer Digestive Enemy Combatants.  Tomatoes Cleared of Wrong doing.  Peppers are still Vegetables of Interest . Investigation Continues.  Congress is...

4-year-olds sex education probe

The headline makes this more sensational than it is with the emphasis at 4 years old being on building good relationships. Young people tell us that the ins and outs of sex education are pretty well taught but the...

Sex diseases 'double in over-45s'

I think young generation need to know how danger sex disease.... as we can see, there's no cure for HIV... the only cure is to keep our life balance, spiritual and emotional       " ...

Cleaning Up Our Big Mess

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2098393.cms 5 Jun 2007, 0145 hrs IST, Avijit Ghosh,TNN   Ignored and reviled, ragpickers play a big part in cleaning up our cities. Avijit Ghosh spoke to these unsung environmental heroes who daily work where we fear to...

Girls get more boost from breast-feeding than boys

" WASHINGTON - Breast-feeding gives all infants numerous health advantages compared to baby formula, but in at least one respect girls get a greater benefit from breast milk than boys, researchers said on...

New sexual consent law confusing, youth workers say

Youth advocates are worried a somewhat technical new law in Canada that effectively raises the age of consent from 14 to 16 may confuse teenagers, making them susceptible to early pregnancy and STIs.However, as the...

Couple finds out hard way they've bought a grow-op

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGrow ops and other Illegal Drug Manufacturing Facilities are certainly no bargain whatever the cost.I speak from experience,as one who has attended many drug busts and...

Ketek Side Effects and FDA Under Investigation by Congress

"A congressional subcommittee voted Tuesday to subpoena former and current Food and Drug Administration investigators to testify about fraudulent clinical data that supported approval of the antibiotic drug Ketek. Ketek was approved in 2004. It is manufactured by Sanofi...

Community Associated MRSA Found to Have Evolved from a Single Strain

A study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of NIH, reports that CA-MRSA infections are caused mostly by a single strain, known as USA300, of an evolving bacterium.

Bacteria resistant to antibiotics

" Staphylococcus aureus According to an article in Governing.com by Zach Patton Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a strain of staph bacteria that, in only a few decades, has become resistant to the antibiotics that once were counted on to destroy...

US Readiness for Flu Outbreak "Spotty"- RapidRecon

Putting aside for a moment whether an outbreak of Pandemic avian flu (H5N1) is on the horizon or not, the recent outbreaks in China (where no concrete connections have yet been proven) and in Pakistan (where a small chain of human to human transmission has occurred...

Happy New Year and Dangerous Computer Infections

lthough we're all expecting to see a rise in the number of web attacks, there are only a few weak spam campaigns currently in progress with low damage potential and pretty easy to detect malicious attachments. Security company F-Secure today found another spamattack...

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