Personal Health:
Personal Care, Personal Health
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Sep 17th, 2009
Consumers can now visit an interactive website called HealthyStuff.org and identify hundreds of items, from toys to school supplies and women’s handbags, that contain potentially dangerous amounts of lead, arsenic, and other toxins. The website is reported to be the largest searchable public database in the United States.
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Sep 15th, 2009
Will we one day be seeing warning labels on cell phones saying prolonged use may cause cancer? Lawmakers are starting to wonder and are asking for more federally funded research into the possible connection between cell phone use and cancer.
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Sep 14th, 2009
Red Cross Centers across the United States are noting that business are canceling blood drives. Summer blood donations are often down due to vacations and closed high schools, but there is concern that the decline may also be due to the increased lay-offs from major corporations.
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Sep 13th, 2009
There are over 100,000 people in the United States waiting for organ transplants. Their plight to survive and live depends on people willing to sign up and donate organs. Studies show Americans support organ donation, but few follow through.
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Sep 9th, 2009
Researchers measured the strain placed on ligaments in cadaver knees during simulated sports landing movements to show that no two knees respond the same, and that injury prevention programs should be tailored to individual athletes.
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Sep 9th, 2009
Doctors and patients looking for a way to reduce antibiotic exposure may now have help in the form of a simple blood test.
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Sep 8th, 2009
The potted indoor plant next to your desk at home or at work could be less green than you thought. According to researchers at the University of Georgia’s Department of Horticulture, some potted plants emit harmful gases called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that have the ability to make you ill.
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Sep 7th, 2009
September marks the end of summer. Schools resume. It’s the middle of hurricane season. September is National Preparedness Month.
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Sep 4th, 2009
For years people have worked on their thighs making them smaller, firmer, and tighter however, a team of Dutch researchers have recently discovered through a study that bigger thighs could mean better health.
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Sep 1st, 2009
For someone who is not familiar with urgent care choices and where the best place is to get care for a broken arm or chest pain, the variety of places that is available can be confusing. Just a few years ago, there was the doctor’s office or the emergency room. Now there are even services in the local grocery store! Urgent care shopping requires some background knowledge about the services provided.
