According to a new theory, cancer cells survive by getting healthy cells around it  to self destruct by releasing hydrogen peroxide. This self-destruction releases nutrients that feed the cancer cells.
Just how do the cancer cells …

Which burns more calories: a slow run or a fast walk? According to exercise physiologist David Swain, in an article in Runner’s World, the amount of calories burned depends on the  amount of oxygen consumed.
According …

Turns out that a highly potent antibiotic is a by-product of muskrat feces. Discovered by a team from Pusan National University in South Korea, it  kills Salmonella (the pathogen that causes food poisoning), Staph. aureus (which causes opportunistic …

I was eating my lunch when I read this article, published today, about the diversity and sheer number of bacteria found on hands. A study from the University of Colorado showed that not only were bacterial counts …

Perforated eardrum from vigorous nose blowing
Ok, so you’re probably wondering what on earth there is to learn about nose blowing. Actually, how you blow your nose is important.
Everyone blows their noses differently. Some are honkers, …

First of all, the ‘flu virus is responsible for influenza, a viral upper respiratory illness that hospitalizes up to 200,000 and kills about 36,000 people in the USA each year.
The flu is different from other …

Isn’t this just frustrating for those of us trying to lose weight? The common belief is that eating 3500 fewer calories per week or burning off that same amount in exercise,  results, ipso facto, in …

Ibuprofen (Motrin/Advil) and acetaminophen (Tylenol) combined in one pill provide greater pain relief in documented osteoarthritis in a study published in Annuals of the Rheumatic Diseases, this past October.
What interested me was that 3 grams …

The Occupy Wall Street hunger strike, which began on Dec 3,2011, has not gained much traction – in fact it’s not clear that it is still ongoing. But it does raise an interesting question about …

Dizziness can be the bane of medical practitioners because it can be a challenge to figure out the underlying cause of this very common symptom. Essentially, the practitioner must determine if the cause is central …