Health Blogs

April 23, 2018 | 125 Views

If you’ve ever had an excruciating headache, you probably were more concerned at the time about getting rid of it than figuring out what kind of headache it was. But if you’re prone to headaches, Science Alert has offered up a chart for...

April 23, 2018 | 125 Views

In a development that’s left health officials scratching their heads, more and more young adult Canadians are coming down with shingles — a disease that historically was a disease of middle-aged and senior citizens, CTV News reports....

April 22, 2018 | 4,814 Views

New research shows that a class of blood pressure drugs known as short-acting calcium channel blockers may come with a previously unknown side effect for women, the LA Times reports. Findings show that women are twice as likely to develop pancreatic...

April 22, 2018 | 833 Views

Many studies show that green tea can be a healthy addition to your diet, as it contains antioxidants that contribute to overall good health. But, like many things in life, too much of a good thing can turn into something bad, as Reuters points out...

April 21, 2018 | 2,154 Views

Should "beef" grown in a petri dish be allowed to carry the same label as actual beef from an actual animal? If you want to know what it is you're eating, you have less than 30 days left to tell the USDA you want to know if the "burger" you're...

April 21, 2018 | 832 Views

When you look at it, that little plastic straw in your drink doesn’t seem like much. It’s just so small, so seemingly innocuous, so microscopic when compared to the world as a whole. But the fact is, like individual sand pebbles that...

April 20, 2018 | 4,131 Views

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended that a pharmaceutical grade of cannabidiol, aka CBD, be approved for use in treating rare forms of epilepsy, Forbes reports. The product is derived from marijuana plants...

April 20, 2018 | 836 Views

We’ve all experienced it: that uncomfortable rumbling and the not-so-pleasant side effects of eating a food that sets your large intestine rolling and ultimately producing what’s commonly known as gas. Although it’s a perfectly...

April 20, 2018 | 815 Views

If you suffer from persistent headaches, you’re probably desperate to make them go away. But, as Cricketbio reports, a key step to solving a headache problem is first knowing its cause. Dehydration, stress and lack of sleep are all notorious...

April 19, 2018 | 3,657 Views

Photochromic lenses, which darken when exposed to bright light and revert to clear in low ambient light conditions, were developed by Corning Glass Works Inc. in the 1960s. The foundational technology that underpins these color changing lenses are...