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McDonald’s to Curb Purchases of Chicken Raised With Antibiotics in U.S.
Move follows decisions by others to curtail antibiotics use McDonald’s Corp. said its U.S. restaurants will stop selling chicken raised with antibiotics that are important to human health, one of ...
Advice From Leonard Nimoy: Don’t Smoke
Leonard Nimoy, famous for playing the half-Vulcan, super-logical alien Spock on “Star Trek,” died this morning of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), caused by years of smoking tobacco — even ...
The terrifying rate at which smokers die from smoking
Two-thirds of smokers will die early from cigarette-triggered illness -- unless they choose to kick the habit, according to new research from Australia. The study of more than 200,000 people, ...
Study Finds Common Food Additive Promotes Inflammatory Bowel Disease And Obesity
Humans have a habit of playing with their food, which is evident from the steady increase in food additives in packaged produce we have witnessed in the past half-century. Food ...
5 Things That Happen When You Quit Eating Sugar
First, let’s set the record straight by saying that sugar in and of itself isn’t evil, per se. It occurs naturally in plenty of foods, including fruits and milk. With ...
STUDY: SUGAR HIDDEN IN JUNK FOOD EIGHT TIMES MORE ADDICTIVE THAN COCAINE
A junk food addiction is a lot more like a drug addiction than researchers previously thought. They now claim sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine. Dr. Nicole Avena ...
Fatal If Swallowed
Dogs and cleaning products don’t mix! There are plenty of cleaning products out there that are harmful to humans, but our dogs are much more sensitive to them. Why? Well, ...
Food coloring in soft drinks carries cancer risk, new study shows
The caramel coloring used in many soda products produces a carcinogen that could raise the risk of cancer in consumers The latest results of a study comparing the attributes of ...
Looking for that fruit or vegetable that might prevent cancer?
Blueberries. Green tea. Tomatoes. And, oh, that cruciferous cauliflower. All make the lists of super foods that might help prevent cancer. Then there are the foods such as smoked meat ...
What Causes Breast Cancer? These Families Want To Help Find Out
At 48, Jenny Singleton got breast cancer. At 66, her mother did, too. "When my breast cancer was diagnosed, I immediately thought we must have a gene for it," Jenny ...
Smoking May Be More Dangerous Than Previously Thought, Study Says
Kidney disease and fatal infections now linked to the nasty habit Smoking may contribute to the deaths of an additional 60,00-120,000 Americans per year says a new study published by ...
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