In a recent effort to eradicate the infamous artery blocking trans fats from menus of major fast food chains across several cities, California became the first state in the US to ban trans fats from restaurant foods. Naturally occurring in limited amounts in meat and dairy products, trans fats are created when vegetable oil is [...]
With the help of a latest discovery, the diagnosis of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) may become speedier and more objective. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that detecting and measuring brain activity can help identify the risk of developing the disorder in people.
OCD is detected by clinical interview and traits of progression witnessed [...]
The Omega-3 fatty acids have been known to be good for health since long, however a report in the June issue of Archives of Opthamology has finally confirmed it. The greatest advantage of the Omega-3 fatty acids is that they prevent the age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
The people consuming a diet rich in the Omega-3 fatty [...]
Spices are not only the most important flavouring agents in foods but they also have some very important health benefits. Like we reported on turmeric being the savior for type 2 diabetics; there is yet another spice that can have positive effects on health. It is our very own, none other than, the humble – [...]
Mobiles has been an issue of concern in some way or the other for instance health problems which result because of usage of the mobile phones for long, listening to music through the head phones for more hours, crossing the roads while talking on the phone and the list goes on and on.
These issues [...]
XanGo, LLC, has introduced a new whole-food nutrition multi-vitamin brand to supplement its XanGo Juice. XanGo, the creator of mangosteen supplement category, combined the mangosteen rind with botanical phytonutrients from 12 fruits and 12 vegetables to bring out a whole food formula 3SIXTY5.
The super nutrition food is a formula of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty [...]
Smokers know it is hard to get away from the clutches of smoking addiction. Family members know it is tough to snatch away their beloved from the hands of the dirty habit. Smoking causes cancer and heart attacks, this is also a known fact. So what really makes quitting smoking so tough?
Well, where there is [...]
According to the researchers at the University of Queensland; a new technology has been invented for early detection of disease.
Dr. Krassen Dimitrov, of UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, has created fluorescent “barcodes” known as nanostrings, which have higher sensitivity and accurateness compared to the recent detection methods.
Dr. Dimitrov said nanostrings tend [...]
Japan has declared to give a record $560 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Giving a firm commitment at an international conference conducted in Tokyo by the Global Fund to combat three diseases to improve the health of the people, particularly in Africa, Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda made [...]
The ‘Tobacco Free Youth’ campaign has kicked off using the ad campaign of fake cigarette packets with pictorial warnings and a public lighter, on hoardings and other public viewing boards. It has been designed to ring a “bell to hell” which is one of the tasks undertaken till the World No Tobacco Day on May [...]
