Category Archives: Health

A study attributes the recent dramatic drop in heart attack deaths in the UK to lifestyle changes. This articles contains what I think is an astonishing statistic: Statistics show that over the 1980s and 90s, deaths from heart disease fell … Continue reading →

The Federal government’s new dietary guidelines are out and they’re being hailed as the strongest yet. The guidelines, updated every five years, recommend eating up to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day and specify that at least three … Continue reading →

A 20-year study links high red meat consumption with colon cancer, but a second study fails to show a correlation between high fruit and vegetable consumption and reduced breast cancer risk. In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Walter C. Willett, at … Continue reading →

A new technique involves breaking the day into a sequence of episodes and rating each activity or moment as a kind of snapshot. Sleep quality had a large effect on the enjoyment of life, the researchers found. Women who slept … Continue reading →

The U.S. is falling behind in the creation of new marijuana-based drugs because of government restrictions on marijuana research. The drugs have the potential to shrink tumors, enhance the effects of morphine in cancer patients, and treat depression, among other … Continue reading →

A study finds that novice weightlifters fail to choose heavy enough weights to gain benefits.

A new study indicates that people who live in the suburbs are less healthy because they have to drive everywhere they go and don’t get any exercise.

A new study finds that going vegan is easy. To investigate how people would cope with a switch to an all-vegan diet, Barnard and his team asked half of 64 overweight women to try a low-fat form of the diet … Continue reading →

Researchers designed games to boost your self-esteem. The link in the article doesn’t work, the games are here.

A new study on the health benefits of martial arts. In their study, Douris’ team examined the overall fitness of 18 individuals between 40 and 60 years of age. Nine of the study participants had been practicing soo bahk do, … Continue reading →

A study finds that humans evolved genes to offset high cholesterol and chronic diseases assocated with a meat-rich diet. “Meat contains cholesterol and fat, not to mention potential parasites and diseases like Mad Cow,” he said. “We believe humans evolved … Continue reading →

Scott Granneman of SecurityFocus wrote this piece in The Register explaining why Linux is less vulnerable to viruses than Windows. Pete Sergeant of Virus Bulletin offers this rebuttal. Unfortunately, it’s full of misrepresentation and factual errors. I’m no security expert … Continue reading →

Scientists Reveal Three Keys to Happiness. Well that’s convenient.

Newsfactor: The Flourishing Dell-Linux Coalition. “The overall server market seems to be getting back on track. According to IDC, spending on servers in the United States is expected to hit US$18.2 billion in 2003, about 3 percent growth over 2002. … Continue reading →