Archive for the ‘health’ Category

Darker fruits could fight cancer

Monday, August 20th, 2007

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Scientists show that not only are darker colored fruits slowing down cancer, the darker more exotic ones can actually killed cancer cells.

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Biofuels shift seen to put major squeeze on food prices

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

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A global shift toward renewable energy could jack up food prices by up to 80 percent as crops and farmland are diverted to producing biofuels, an international agricultural
think-tank warned Thursday.

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Office printers ‘are health risk’

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

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It turns out that the tiny toner particles emitted by laser printers have a similar effect on lungs as second-hand smoke.

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Unhappy Meals

Monday, July 30th, 2007

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Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy.

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Suppressed report shows cancer link to GM potatoes

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

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A study that has linked genetically modified potatoes to cancer has been finally released after being suppressed
by the biotech industry. The study showed that rats who ate genetically modified potatoes were much more likely
to develop organ and tissue damage.

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Our Vaginas, Ourselves

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

Damn. Body image is in a sad state.

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