Aging, Telomeres and Torpor
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Why aren't they hibernating?
What do aging, telomeres and torpor have in common? It may be that torpor slows the process of aging.
Aging is directly linked to telomere lengths. Telomeres, the caps on the end of …

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Carcinogens and Toxins in Cosmetics – How Much Do You Want to Know?
Thursday, 18 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
Carcinogens and Toxins in Cosmetics – How Much Do You Want to Know?

Thanks to Michael Burkhart for forwarding me this article entitled, “Beauty Secret: Your Make-Up Can Kill You” by Jacqueline Houton, about the lack of oversight of the cosmetic industry. If you thought the FDA provides safeguards to protect …

Estrogen-laced Moisturizers Pose Risk for Breast Cancer Patients
Tuesday, 16 Dec, 2008 – 2:00 | One Comment
Estrogen-laced Moisturizers Pose Risk for Breast Cancer Patients

While all the major media outlets reported today on a very interesting finding about breast cancer survival rates among women who took hormone replacement therapy (HRT), what was not reported by the media was a troubling finding that …

Women and Better Educated Likely to Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Monday, 15 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | One Comment
Women and Better Educated Likely to Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Why is it that women and people with higher levels of education are more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)? The study released by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for …

Mandatory Health Insurance Reveals Massachusetts Physician Shortages
Friday, 12 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
Mandatory Health Insurance Reveals Massachusetts Physician Shortages

Yes I am for universal health care but manadatory health care insurance does reveal an underlying problem with the health care system overall -a shortage of health care providers. This has become clear in Massachusetts where I …

Jessica Cox Armless Pilot
Thursday, 11 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
Jessica Cox Armless Pilot

Jessica Cox – Watch the top videos of the week here
As a licensed pilot, I’m a member of AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Assoc) and get email updates on the magazine. When I saw the …

College Students: Improve Test Scores With the Flu Vaccine
Wednesday, 10 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
College Students: Improve Test Scores With the Flu Vaccine

Ok, the headline might seem like a stretch but in fact, college students were 47% less likely to score poorly on exams according to Dr. Kristen Nichol,one of the authors of this study and chief of …

Amphetamines for Everyone?
Tuesday, 9 Dec, 2008 – 8:15 | No Comment
Amphetamines for Everyone?

This commentary appeared in the journal Nature (12/8/08) : “The drugs just reviewed (ADHD medications and other cognitive enhancing medications), along with newer technologies such as brain stimulation and prosthetic brain chips, should be viewed in the same …

Why We Need A National Healthcare Plan
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
Why We Need A National Healthcare Plan

Crunch these numbers: A small company pays $2 million/year to insure its employees and their families. The insurer pays out $700,000 in claims last year (one claim for treating ovarian cancer - just the chemo alone – …

Drugs Block Puberty in Gender-Confused Kids
Sunday, 7 Dec, 2008 – 9:19 | One Comment
Drugs Block Puberty in Gender-Confused Kids

Preliminary guidelines related to the treatment of gender confused kids were recently issued by the Endocrine Society. The recommendations include giving children as young as 12, drugs that block puberty to avoid the emotional distress associated with …

A Gene for the Placebo Effect
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 6:00 | No Comment
A Gene for the Placebo Effect

Why is it that some people get better even though they are given nothing more than a sugar pill? Well, scientists have wondered why too. A new study by Tomas Furmark of Uppsala University in …