50 Habits of "Naturally Thin" People http://www.rd.com/living-healthy/50-habits-of... This is not a diet - or a rigorous exercise program. (Nobody can stick to those for long.) Instead, it's a simple way to make weight loss a natural part of the life you already live.
Rare Surgeries http://www.askmen.com/sports/health_150/190_m... If shows like House M.D. or ER have taught us anything, it’s that gift-wrapped medical mysteries with happy endings appeal to the public -- regardless of the story’s reliance on fact or “real”¯ science. Step aside Hollywood, the following are a few exciting and rare surgeries. Unlike their made-for-TV spin-offs, however, these rare surgeries are real.
Foetal screening 'misses defects' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7427523.stm... Tests used in pregnancy only pick up half of potential chromosomal abnormalities, Italian research warns. The team behind the work told a European genetics conference that women needed more information about their limitations, and the risks involved.
How to Motivate Ourselves to Lose Weight http://www.normhealth.com/how-to-motivate-our... Losing weight can be difficult, but the key to success is motivation. Why do I want to lose weight? The answer is the first and often most insurmountable obstacle along the road to the dream figure.
Drinking water can be harmful to smallest babies http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080527/hl_nm/dri... Babies younger than six months old should never be given water to drink. Consuming too much water can put babies at risk of a potentially life-threatening condition known as water intoxication.
8 Medical Terms Your Doctor Uses to Insult You http://www.cracked.com/article_16302_8-medica... Who do you think are the most cynical people in the world? Cops? Executioners? Or maybe prostitutes? Clowns? We're thinking it's doctors. If you want proof, check out some of the horrifying-yet-hilarious slang they use around the office.
Allergy Myths Busted: 5 Ways to Feel Better http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AllergiesNews/st... The buds and blossoms of spring are longed for, colorful additions to the gray, muted palette of a seemingly endless winter -- at least that appears
to be the perspective of many Americans. But for a growing number in the United States who suffer from seasonal allergies, the spring bloom and
resulting airborne storm of yellow-green pollen flecks can be the bane of their existence.
Insurance based on genetics: a questionable proposition http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080427...
In the wake of the Senate's passage of a bill designed to protect people from work or insurance decisions based on genetic testing, many are asking
why genetic factors shouldn't be taken into consideration.
The revolution will not be pasteurized: Inside the raw-milk underground http://harpers.org/archive/2008/04/0081992... The very thing that makes raw milk dangerous, its dirtiness, may make people healthier, and pasteurization could be cleansing beneficial bacteria
from milk. Milk as it emerges from the teat, it seems, is both panacea and poison.
Best Ways to Lose Weight http://www.normhealth.com/the-best-ways-to-lo... The organism of any individual is different and unique, that is why if at some people a diet is effective, at other people it gives a little or no results.
Don’t make the mistake to deprive yourself of any food whatsoever for a long period of time.
New Chemotherapy alternative will target only cancer cells http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?v... Trials to eliminate cancer cells when they have spread throughout the body of a patient with cancer could start in London within two years. Cancers
become deadly when they spread to seed new tumors throughout the body and the hope is that the treatment could be an alternative to
chemotherapy drugs that can cause nausea and hair loss.