The role of stress and one’s working environment in the disease process cannot be understated or underestimated. Yet, little attention is often given to such factors in preventing as well as reversing health conditions.
Recent research has drawn an interesting link between one’s risk of heart disease (and death) and working for a poor boss. This connection is discussed in more detail in the following article. (more…)
Some of the main dangers of commercial meat and animal farming today is linked to the use of antibiotics. Such drugs are used to fight illness in the animals, which are almost always raised in unhygienic and overcrowded conditions.
Besides the fact that most of us consume such meats, the following article outlines another way in which the toxins resulting from such farming practices may be making their way into our lives. (more…)
Asthma rates in children today have soared to very high levels. This trend mirrors the rates of many other health conditions and ailments which the young ones suffer from nowadays.
One of the causes is an environmentally more toxic and polluted world. And the following article suggests that traffic pollution could be one of the contributors. (more…)
When a cellphone or mobile phone is placed next to a computer monitor or a television and an incoming signal is received, either for an SMS or a call, the image on the screen gets all distorted and contorted. After using a cellphone for a number of minutes, it is not uncommon for one’s ears to hurt, and one’s side of the face to feel almost like it’s burning.
These are signs of the potential dangers of cellphone radiation. With these little contraptions becoming so common and so much a part of our daily lives (some of us even sleep with our cellphones next to us!), what detrimental effects on health are lurking and waiting to explode on the cellphone-using population? (more…)
The number of potential indoor health hazards in our homes and offices just seems to get more and more. A recent study carried out at the Queensland University of Technology has found that laser printers could produce tiny airborne particles which are potentially harmful to our health.
These particles are said to be produced by the bonding of toner to paper, and they could be hazardous to humans. (more…)
Over the past few months, several studies have surfaced information on some possible causes and triggers of asthma. These factors could be lurking in our environment, or we could be unwittingly inhaling or consuming them.
Not surprisingly, the big culprits are household chemicals as well as pharmaceutical drugs. (more…)
Don’t you just love the feeling of being in amongst nature, enjoying the serenity and fresh air? I most certainly do, and, compared to the polluted and noisy cities, it really feels like a different world altogether.
And it’s not just about feelings, too. There are clear, quantifiable health benefits, as the following studies outline. (more…)
Artificial or synthetic playing turfs are increasingly being installed and used in place of grass fields. But how safe exactly are they?
Philip J Landrigan, MD, MSc, Professor of Pediatrics, the Director of the Children’s Environmental Health Center at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, had quite recently written to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and raised some concerns. Prof Landrigan is also Chairman of the Department of Community & Preventive Medicine. (more…)
A study in Edmonton, Canada has found that those in the lower income group are of generally poorer health.
The study, released by Capital Health found that the low income group smoked more, drank more alcohol, are physically less active and, overall, are of poor health as compared to their richer counterparts. (more…)
I’m sure you have heard of the phrase, “clean and green”. Now, we perhaps need to coin a new one – “clean and slim”.
According to a study conducted at the Indiana University School of Medicine, living in a neighborhood with more greenery actually lowers the risk of children being obese. (more…)
A study conducted at the University of Glasgow has found that living near parks and forests improves people’s health. And this is regardless of their social class.
According to Dr Richard Mitchell, the use of parks and fields for walks as well as other activities helps to lower blood pressure and also to combat the harmful effects caused by stress. (more…)