During recessions, idled factories spew less pollution and fewer people commuting to jobs means fewer traffic deaths. Laid-off workers have more time to exercise and cook for themselves and less money to eat out. All of these factors have led some economists over the past decade to overturn previous assumptions that recessions are bad for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Health’
Scientists debate: Are recessions good for health?
Posted: 4th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in LifestyleTags: economic depression, Health, Recession
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Could Cobra Venom Cure Arthritis?
Posted: 13th January 2010 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: arthritis, cobra, healing, Health, medicine, snake, venom
In 2002, arthritis sufferer Joe de Casa was working in his Northamptonshire garden in England when a venomous snake bit him. After surviving the bite, de Casa, who struggles with arthritis, claimed that the following months provided his only pain-free days in years. Such anecdotal claims, including teachings in India’s centuries’ old Ayurveda traditional medicine [...]
Why Soda Makes You Fat
Posted: 2nd November 2009 by Veritas in LifestyleTags: diet, Health, juice, overweight, soda, sugar, tea, water
Soda, pop, cola, soft drink — whatever you call it, it is one of the worst beverages that you could be drinking for your health. As the debate for whether to put a tax on the sale of soft drinks continues, you should know how they affect your body so that you can make an [...]
Ralph Lauren Fires Model for Being too Fat
Posted: 15th October 2009 by Veritas in Entertainment, LifestyleTags: Health, model, ralph lauren, skinny
Last week Ralph Lauren came under fire for (what looked to be) an extremely altered photo of a model in one of its ads. Bloggers at the website BoingBoing.net posted the image online, and lawyers for Ralph Lauren attempted to sue them for copyright infringement. Unfortunately for Ralph Lauren, this only furthered public interest and [...]
Can Scientists Now Prevent Heart Failure?
Posted: 13th October 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: disease, Health, heart, life, scientist
Scientists in Japan said they have uncovered evidence that shows it may be possible to delay or prevent heart failure in humans.
Obama’s Healthcare Reform Worries Middle Class
Posted: 4th October 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle, PoliticsTags: Health, insurance, legislation, Obama
Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable. The legislation advancing in Congress would require all Americans to get insurance — through an employer, a government program or by buying it themselves. But new tax credits to help with [...]
Scientists Find Antibodies that Attack the AIDS Virus – Could this be a Cure?
Posted: 6th September 2009 by Veritas in LifestyleTags: AIDS, cure, Health, vaccine, virus
WASHINGTON – The discovery of immune system particles that attack the AIDS virus may finally open a way to make a vaccine that could protect people against the deadly and incurable infection, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
Pfizer & Abbott Explore Gene Rearrangement for Lung Cancer Treatment
Posted: 28th August 2009 by Veritas in Lifestyle, Science | TechnologyTags: cancer, gene, Health, lung, pfizer, pharmaceutical
CHICAGO – An Abbott Laboratories Inc unit that makes genetic tests will work with Pfizer Inc to develop a test to screen non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors to determine which patients are good candidates for a novel cancer therapy being developed by Pfizer.
Are Flu Vaccines More Dangerous than Flu Itself?
Posted: 22nd August 2009 by Veritas in LifestyleTags: flu, government, Health, injection, pandemic, vaccine, virus
The vaccines are far more deadly than the swine flu. Mass vaccinations is a recipe for disaster Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins
Best Tuna…When Every Penny Counts
Posted: 1st August 2009 by Veritas in LifestyleTags: diet, eating, food, Health, oil, water
We taste tested 13 canned chunk light tunas, in water and oil, and reeled in a few winners Everyone has a preferred flavor enhancer for a “mean” tuna salad—celery, apples, relish, olives…the list goes on. But the key ingredient has got to be the tuna itself: Not even a whole jar of mayonnaise can salvage [...]