Tag: disease
Study: Helping Older Individuals Sleep Translates to Lower Disease Risk
It is no secret that chronic insomnia can wreak absolute havoc on our health. Sleep is the body's restoration phase: it is the time...
The Bourbon Virus: Another Reason to Watch Out for Ticks
Some of you may recall the rather sudden and unexpected hospitalization and death of a Kansas farmer last summer. Well, experts have zeroed in...
Toxic Fungi May Help Scientists Combat Deadly Diseases
We often hear that we should never eat mushrooms that we find in the wild, because they could be toxic. This is true -...
How You Can Fight Disease with Sleep
Researchers have recently found scientific evidence for what our mothers and grandmothers have been telling us for years: that the most important thing we...
Chronic Low Dose of Arsenic in Water Implicated in Serious Health...
The deadly effects of arsenic in large doses are well-known. However, what has not been clear until recently is the sickening effects of arsenic...
Living Longer but Living Sicker
A new study, reported last month by CBS News, found that although the life expectancy of Americans has been slowly increasing, obesity rates continue...
Will Insurance Premiums Skyrocket Now that Obesity is a Disease?
Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) met last week in Chicago and voted to consider obesity as a disease, despite opposition from the...
Preventing Disease and Illness Outbreaks Through Social Media Monitoring
People who tweet when they're ill could act as an early warning system for the spread of disease. Adam Sadilek at the University of...
West Nile Virus Danger the Worst Ever: How to Take Natural...
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the infection rates of West Nile viruses are at the highest levels since 1999, when the virus...
