Public Health

Want To Make Fast Food Worse For You? Drink Coffee

Generally, coffee can be good for you just like in moderation fast food can be less bad for you.   Together, they are worse, according to a new University of Guelph study. Researcher Marie-Soleil Beaudoin says a healthy person's blood sugar levels spi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2011 - 10:57am

Portioning Your Stash Safely Without Chemical Scale

One of my dear readers out there wrote to me “I don't own a scale and I understand I have to measure this s**t out in mg.” Thus we introduce to the world today: Alpha Meme’s Divide and Join Portioning (DJP©). ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jan 31 2012 - 1:40am

Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr syn. T. malabaricaMiers ex Hook. f.; T. tomentosa Miers ex Hook. f. is similar to T.cordifolia, an important drug plant of traditional medicine

Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr syn. T. malabaricaMiers ex Hook. f.; T. tomentosa Miers ex Hook. f. Menispermaceae family, and the stem is used as medicine. The plant grows wild in most parts of India, both in forests and plains. The plant is used almost i ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 13 2011 - 6:16pm

Melilotus officinalis Linn. and Psoralea corylifolia Linn. plants used in traditional medicine

Melilotus officinalis Linn.Vernacular Names:- Bengal: Baupiring; English: King’s Clover; Hindi: Aspurk. Family:- Papilionaceae. Distribution:- It is found throughout India. Morphology:- It is a perennial herb found in dry fields with the smooth, erect and ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 14 2011 - 6:14am

Acupuncture No Better Than Placebo And May Be Harmful

Acupuncture is advocated by some for pain control but there are doubts about its effectiveness and its safety.   Investigators from the Universities of Exeter&Plymouth (Exeter, UK) and the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (Daejeon, South Korea) eva ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2011 - 8:40am

When Is A Medicine Not A Medicine?

LONDON, April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/-- In a report published today, the European Alliance For Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) has uncovered very serious consequences for patient safety when health care decisions are not made in the best interest of the pa ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 19 2011 - 11:12am

BPA, and a hidden cause of obesity?

    I’m not sure how come  Real Clear Science  came to replace  Live Science  on the board, but they do have a lot of jolly good stuff.  Today, following one of their links, I was heartened to read something  in favour  of plastics:      A Toxic Setback fo ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Apr 20 2011 - 10:18am

Does Your Intestinal Bacteria Type Determine How Well Medicines Work?

A new study says that an individual’s intestinal bacteria flora organizes itself in certain clusters and they hypothesize this intestinal bacteria flora will have an influence on how we react to diet and medicine absorbed through the gastro-intestinal trac ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2011 - 3:51pm

Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa Koenig ex Roxb. jungle fire or flame of the forest(Dhak Palas,Tesu.) in flowering now has medicinal properties also

FLAME OF THE FOREST on the foot hills of Sariska, Alwar give an impression as forest is on fire due to its organge coloured flowers. The tree is passing through flowering season now. B. monosperma (Lam.) Taub. syn. B. frondosa Koenig ex Roxb. Family Fabac ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 23 2011 - 6:29am

Can Gastric Bypass Cure Type 2 Diabetes?

Researchers say something about gastric bypass surgery changes the body’s metabolism that quickly improves Type 2 diabetes. But, before you call a surgeon, no one is going to be performing the surgery to treat diabetes anytime soon. ...

Blog Post - Ryan Luce - Apr 28 2011 - 4:30pm