Manipulating Cellular Signaling with Magnetic Fields
Investigators at Children's Hospital Boston, in collaboration with physicists at Harvard University, developed nanobeads, particles onl...

Cofactors May Explain Why Some Get Colon Cancer, Others Don't
Although scientists are not sure what causes colon or rectal cancers, they know that they are associated with lack of exercise, eating ...

Keeping an Eye on Iron
Do you know where to find your recommended daily intake of 18 milligrams of iron? The Popeye cartoon leads us all to believe that spina...

Breaking: Calcium Rich Carrots for Better Bones in Young and Old
Texas scientists have developed calcium rich carrots that have shown clinically significant calcium absorption in volunteers in a small...

Health Points: Wednesday
Diesel might be a cool nickname, but, apparently diesel fumes are really bad for your lungs. Reuters reports:Inhaling diesel exhaus...

Are you a competitive parent?
Filed under: Elementary school, 6-7 years, Working moms, Crafts, Creative projectsAre you a competitive parent? Is there such a thing a...

Food Pyramid Modernized for Older Adults
We're all getting older, some of us precipitously. Our bodies don't function as well as they did when we were younger and we process an...

A Turtle Mountain of Soy Yogurt
I just wrote about the Turtle Mountain lines of nondairy soy frozen desserts a month ago. Now they're back in the news again.With a bra...

What The Heck Did I Eat Today? 1/7/08
Random that is the word to describe my day, food wise. I did take an hour walk, quickly, pushing my 3 year old daughter- and she is ...