Health Points
- According to the Associated Press health and fitness experts believe the answer to the obesity epidemic is in the blueprints: New Urban Designs Sought In Obesity Fight
It'll take more than public service campaigns to solve the nation's obesity problem, according to fitness experts who say neighborhoods must be designed so people can get around without their cars.
- Medicine and Man takes a look at the many origins of skin allergies: Top 10 Causes Of Skin Allergy
4. Neomycin sulfate - A topical antibiotic common in first aid creams and ointments, also found occasionally in cosmetics, deodorant, soap, and pet food
5. Fragrance mix - A group of the eight most common fragrance allergens found in foods, cosmetic products, insecticides, antiseptics, soaps, perfumes, and dental products.
- All you've ever wanted to know about Lyme Disease presented by Doc Around The Clock: The Bugs Of Summer
According to the CDC the states that report the largest number of cases of LD are, in no particular order except alphabetical: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
- Bitter Poison presents a myriad of reasons to start eating healthier regardless of your previous dietary misgivings: Does eating healthy make a difference after a lifetime of junk food?
Most people who start to get interested in healthier eating wonder sometimes if there is a point to it all. If you ate junk food your entire life, can you still undo some of the damage you did? There is good news and bad news. The bad news: you could still get cancer. The good news: there is a good chance you can reverse all damage to your arteries. Even though you might still get cancer, your chances at survival are much higher if you adopt a healthy diet.
- People react to last week's New York Times about breastfeeding: Letters
If our country is serious about the benefits of mothers' milk, we need to make sure that insurance covers a longer stay, that all hospitals are supportive of breast-feeding, that lactation consultants visit every new mother, and that questions and problems are dealt with in a comprehensive way during childbirth classes and prenatal visits.
- You nature buffs will get a kick out of this, Sweet Riot teaches us about cacao: Cacao Farm!
Cacao farms are not nearly as orderly, so one can't walk straight through them -- the cacao trees grow upward and outward over many years time. The funny looking football-sized cacao pods (the fruit) actually grow straight out of the trunk!
