By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – By 10 years after a diagnosis of celiac disease, people with the condition are no more likely to die from cancer or cardiovascular disease than the general population, according to a new study. People with celiac disease were, in fact, slightly less likely to die of cardiovascular disease than others in the new study. When people with celiac disease, a hereditary condition, eat gluten
By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) – Living with a smoker can be like breathing the air in the world’s most polluted cities, according to a new study from Scotland. “The message is pretty simple really – smoking in your home leads to really poor air quality and results in concentrations of fine particles, that you can’t see, that would cause real concern to us if they were found outside,” said
Soak up the extra morning light to stave off the winter blues. When the phrase “turning back the clock” is applied to the anti-aging benefits of a new skincare routine, there is very little downside. “The autumn change is usually the more benign one,” said Michael Grandner, a instructor in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology. So adding time
(This version of the Oct 30 story, corrects title in first paragraph to chief marketing, not medical, officer) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)-Former Adobe Chief Marketing Officer Melissa Dyrdahl hopes to bring a spa-like feel to the experience of breast cancer screenings. Her start-up, Ella Health, has opened seven mammogram centers across the United States, in places ranging from Toms River, New Jersey to San Francisco. Ella’s pitch: to improve the often
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took no action on a closely watched case that challenges a key part of the Obamacare healthcare law and could limit the availability of federal health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans. The legal fight concerns whether the subsidies vital to the implantation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act should be available in all 50 states or only
Quick memory quiz: According to John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, what do they call a Quarterpounder with cheese in France? When Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm in a diner in When Harry Met Sally, what does the woman at the next table order?
The IUD is one underused — and highly effective — method of birth control. Since the Pill first swept onto the scene in the 1960s, the perception of contraception has gone from controversial to common sense. Yet many women have never advanced beyond their pill packet— even as science has proven there are a number of viable alternatives to oral contraception, some of which are actually more effective. “When you
By Ed Stoddard and Peroshni Govender JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African gold producer AngloGold Ashanti, which runs the world’s deepest mines, said on Monday it had completed six months without any fatalities, a first for a company that has struggled with the industry’s “zero harm” target. The news helped lift AngloGold shares, up more than 7 percent after its first quarterly earnings since it scrapped a plan to sell new
(NaturalNews) A major U.S. manufacturer of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has announced that it will not purchase a new strain of genetically modified (GM) corn from biotech company Syngenta.The company, Illinois-based Ingredion Inc., did not state its reasons for rejecting GM…
Here come the sun: Mornings get a little cheerier when things brighten up. By Michael Gollust If you’ve been starting your day in near-total darkness each morning, relief has arrived: November 2 marks the end of Daylight Savings Time (in most of the country) — the day when your clocks “fall back” an hour. Although the prospect of leaving work when it’s dark out may be depressing, sleep specialist and