Health

A recent study confirms that exercise alone can provide tremendous health benefits. BBC NEWS | Health | Obese should exercise not ‘diet’: A programme which encouraged women not to diet but to take part in exercise classes found significant improvements in health and mental well-being. The study showed exercise improved blood pressure, heart rate and

The New York Times has an article today on drinking alcohol and pregnancy: The Weighty Responsibility of Drinking for Two. They focused on a couple of themes.  One, how there are no studies about moderate drinking and pregnancy.  All the studies are about five drinks a day or no alcohol.  Two, how society tries to

Having had a lot of experience with the health care world lately, I’ve become amazed at how pricing is set.  When trying to pick which insurance company to go with, I called my doctors and the hospital to find out what my expenses would be.  I discovered that what they charge depends on what insurance

Women’s biggest concern about drinking alcohol during pregnancy is "what about those drinks I had before I knew I was pregnant?"  This is the first study I’ve seen about what affect drinking early in a pregnancy has: MedlinePlus: Prenatal drinking may boost baby’s stress response.  Basically they found that two drinks a day early in

I bet many a couple has had the "circumcision" debate but hardly anybody talks about it.  This medical student feels very strongly that boys should not be circumcised and she explains why here: Tales from the Emergency Room and Beyond…. She says that less than 20% of boys in Canada are circumcised.  According to this

If your baby is allergic to milk, switching him or her to soy based formula is not the answer.  Being allergic to milk is not the same as being lactose intolerant.  Babies with milk allergies should proabably be switched to a hypoallergic or amino-acid based formula.  BBC NEWS | Health | Milk allergy in babies

Ever wondered why things don’t taste good after brushing your teeth?  It’s because of something called "sodium laurel sulfate."  It blocks the sweet sensors on your tongue and enhances the sour and bitter sensors. Why does orange juice taste so bad after brushing your teeth? :: ABC Gold & Tweed Coasts.

This plane is flying around Vietnam not just performing eye surgery on people that can’t afford to go to a hospital for surgery but it also has a teaching room to teach local doctors to perform the surgery themselves. Flying eye hospital aids world’s poor – Yahoo! News. The front section of the plane has

Another weird tidbit for you from BBC NEWS | Health | Hunger dictates who men fancy. A study of 61 male university students found those who were hungry were attracted to heavier women than those who were satiated. They also said that societies where food is scarce tend to value heavier women and societies like