Vanitas: Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic

A growing number of young women with eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa, because their body types do not match the prevailing fashion or “look” sported by the tall, thin models populating the media. Read more

Obesity Places Health Risks on Soon-To-Be Moms and Unborn Kids.

The growing problem of obesity affects pregnant women and their kids and makes them at higher risks for possible health problems. This is one of the findings in a three-year study conducted by the Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE), culling data from maternity units all over UK. Read more

Have Yourself A Mindful Merry Christmas!

For many of us, the festive season around Christmas brings out our worst over-indulgent habits: we eat, drink and spend more than we would normally do, and regret it come New Year when we step on those scales, or the credit card bill lands on the doormat. Read more

Are Your Opinions Harmful To Your Health?

Staying healthy is more important than ever considering the rising rates of cancer and chronic disease in our world - not to mention the expense of healthcare and the emotional fallout. Yet, the core of what makes us stay healthy or get sick is mindset. Yes, even disease is related to how you think and feel. In fact, it can make or break you and holistic/integrative physicians already get this. Read more

Excuses, excuses: 11 health cop-outs that hold you back

By Jessie Knadler
Prevention

As busy people know, coming up with good-for-you goals, such as snacking on more veggies or carving out enough "me time," isn't the issue. It's making them stick. But, thankfully, there is plenty of good science on how to make your health or fitness goals last for the long haul. Read more

Nutrition Spotlight: Fueling for Performance…with Coconut Water?

Coconut water, is not to be confused with coconut milk, which is made from coconut’s white flesh and is full of fat and calories, coconut water is the clear liquid at the fruit’s center. This water is low in calories (about 60 calories per 12-oz serving), high in potassium (more than the 450mg in a banana and about the amount of 15 servings of a sports drink), and contains modest amounts of other important electrolytes including sodium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus Read more

Bovine somatotropin

rBST is a product primarily given to dairy cattle by injection to increase milk production.
Bovine somatotropin (abbreviated bST and BST), also known as bovine growth hormone, or BGH, is a protein hormone produced in cattle.

Since 1994 it has been possible to synthesize the hormone using recombinant DNA technology to create recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST), recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), or artificial growth hormone. Monsanto was the first to develop the technology and marketed it as "Posilac" - a brand now owned by Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company Read more

Corn Syrup’s New Disguise

How do you like the sound of corn sugar?

The mega-producers of this processed sweetener think you’ll like that name better than high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), the biggest money maker in the history of the food industry. But a less scientific name isn’t going to transform it into something you’d want to put in your body. Read more

Could This be the Key Factor Spiking the Rise in Dementia and Alzheimer's?

We are in the midst of an Alzheimer's epidemic. Odds are absolutely overwhelming that you personally know someone with this disease or who has recently died from it.
In the next 20 years it is projected that Alzheimer's will affect one in four Americans.
According to the Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report for 2009, 5.3 million people in the U. S. now have the disease, which bumps it up to the sixth leading cause of death. ~ Dr. Mercola

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Obese Kids Have Middle-Aged Arteries

A glimpse inside the neck arteries of obese children and teens reveals cardiovascular systems more like those of 45-year-olds, researchers said Tuesday.

"There's a saying that you're as old as your arteries," said the study's lead author, Dr. Geetha Raghuveer, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine. "These kids are showing up with arteries that show middle-aged conditions.". Read more