HEALTH & WELLBEING

Psychiatric Disorders Persist After Youths Leave Detention

When you go to a restaurant you have the reasonable expectation that your food will be properly prepared. So imagine one patron's surprise when he was recently served a raw chicken sandwich at a KFC in Ontario, Canada.

"Significant sleep problems, such as sleep disturbances or sleep deprivation, are common among adolescents," said lead author Dr. Indra Narang, Respirologist and Director of Sleep Medicine at SickKids. "Adolescents inability to sleep can affect their cholesterol levels, weight and blood pressure, placing them at increased risk for lifelong cardiovascular disease."

Drug Companies Pushing to Replace Nutrition with Pharmaceuticals; Take Your Meds Even If You Have No Symptoms

A noted environmental writer for a top British newspaper is questioning why governments aren't doing more to protect honeybee pollinators from a pesticide that is dramatically thinning the numbers of queen bees in many hives.

What if you just found out that cancer in America began when food processing plants became prominent and people moved closer to the industrial plants, where the jobs were, just after World War II?

A study has found that trafficked women in the Greater Sydney region lacked access to a breadth of health and community services, as there was a national focus on border protection and criminalisation rather than human rights.

Russia Completely Suspends Use of Monsanto's GM Corn

Refined sugar, which has been found to be four times as addictive as cocaine and as addictive as heroin, has wormed its way into virtually all of the processed foods that make up most of the calories Americans consume.

The recent release of the first ever long-term study to examine the consequences of prolonged consumption of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) has set the world ablaze, with individual citizens and even government officials now calling for an immediate embargo on all things GMO.

High blood pressure or hypertension afflicts many who may not be aware of it. It is referred to as a silent disease among those without recognizable symptoms. It's estimated that around one in three Americans have high blood pressure (HBP).

The past decade has seen thousands of studies published that all demonstrate the profound importance of obtaining sufficient amounts of the sunshine vitamin from food, sun exposure and supplementation.

Over 6,000 years have passed since the Egyptians referred to the common houseplant Aloe vera as the "plant of immortality," due to its myriad of uses for everything from acne to baldness, insomnia, digestive upsets, sepsis and cancer.

The benefits of consuming probiotic-rich yogurt extend a whole lot further than just promoting digestive health, according to a new study presented at a recent medical conference in Washington, D.C.

Science continues to provide more evidence that fluoride, which is added to most public drinking water systems in the U.S. as a way to fight tooth decay, causes more harm than good.

Australia will welcome more than 3000 medical graduates in 2012 but a significant fraction of them could be forced to seek overseas work placement due to lack of domestic internship opportunity, reports said.

Intense industry pressure to continue mass medicating Americans with fluoride chemicals via public water supplies has apparently influenced Harvard University researchers to backtrack on a recent study they conducted that verified fluoride chemicals lower IQ levels in children.

Australia's spending on healthcare reached $130.3 billion in 2010/11. It represents a 6.5 per cent increase from the $122.5 billion spent in 2009.10, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) reported.

Here at Rancho Santana, the first impression that strikes most folks is the raw beauty of the place. This little jewel on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua is a paradise that continuously delights all five senses.

Ovarian cancer never used to be much of a threat to young girls, especially girls who have not yet hit puberty and whose ovaries are still developing.

Are the chemicals commonly found in thermal receipt paper, aluminum cans, and plastic containers causing your children to become overweight or obese?

If you want to get a good look at the future of healthcare in America, compliments of the "Affordable Care Act," the monstrosity reform law known not-so-affectionately known as Obamacare, look across the Atlantic to Great Britain.

A recent New York Times article is calling for more people to control their blood pressure (BP). According to the CDC, 67 million Americans have high BP, and 36 million with uncontrolled high BP could greatly add to our healthcare burden. They argue for control of BP through drugs, but diet and exercise are far better options.

Jack Pula, MD, instructor of clinical psychiatry, was recently appointed chairperson of the Transgender Committee of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists.

Three possible coronavirus cases are now under the radar of the World Health Organisation (WHO) but the global health agency has insisted that an outbreak is unlikely looming, reports said.

By now, nearly all informed people recognize that Monsanto is widely regarded as the most evil corporation on our planet. But what, exactly, makes Monsanto so evil? Why is Monsanto worse than a pharmaceutical company, a pesticide company or even a weapons manufacturer?

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM) has found that elderly individuals who supplement with both vitamin D and calcium together may have a decreased risk of early mortality.

In recognition of Child Passenger Safety Week, Safe Kids East Central will hold car seat inspection events from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Tabernacle Baptist Church on Laney Walker Boulevard and at the Fort Gordon PX, 38200 Third Ave.

A new Cochrane Review concludes that all countries should consider establishing proper home birth services.