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• How to Fight a Cold With Exercise
  Research is showing that exercise is a good idea when you’ve got a cold.  In one study, participants were infected with a cold virus and divided into either an exercise group or a non-exercise group. Researchers found no difference in the severity or duration of the symptoms between the two sets of subjects, but there was a difference in how they assessed th […]
• Muscle Soreness -- Is Cold Water Immersion Effective for Treatment?
  A recent study has shown that a cold bath after exercise may be an effective way to prevent sore muscles.  Such baths are popular among athletes as a means of reducing sore, swollen, or stiff muscles. Researchers attempted to determine whether the technique works by analyzing 17 small trials with a total of 366 volunteers. Cold water baths proved to be much […]
• The Most Unhappy of Pleasures: This Is Your Brain on Sugar
  The United States in the 21st century seems to take as a matter of course that the pursuit of pleasure is one of the most important pursuits.  But people are nonetheless not happy. The gross national happiness index is an indicator that measures quality of life, and the United States scores a lowly 44th on the happiness index Pleasure and happiness might act […]
• Warning: Why You Should Always Avoid Using this Popular Electronic Device as Recommended
  Recent research came to the conclusion that your laptop is, paradoxically, an unsafe place to use your laptop computer, “which consequently should be renamed to not induce customers towards an improper use,” according to the researchers. The electromagnetic fields produced by laptop computers likely induce currents within your body at unsafe levels.  Laptops […]
• New Evidence Shows Less Exercise Time Is Better
  A growing body of research is showing that you may need to take less time exercising than you think -- provided that you are willing to truly put in some effort when you do exercise. One research team recently gathered several groups of volunteers, including sedentary but generally healthy middle-aged men and women, and patients of a similar age who had been […]
• Farmers Against Monsanto Fight in New York City
  At the end of January, 55 farmers belonging to the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) traveled to Manhattan.   In a New York courtroom, Monsanto was trying to dismiss their lawsuit, which argued that family farmers are threatened by genetic trespass on their fields due to Monsanto’s aggressive enforcement of their alleged patent rights on th […]
• Where Does the FDA Get Billions of Dollars From?
  President Barack Obama has asked for a 17 percent hike in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's budget.  However, much of this planned increase would come from businesses, not tax dollars.  In fact, almost half of the FDA's proposed $4.5 billion budget would come from fees paid by companies that manufacture drugs and medical devices. In the past […]
• Aging of Your Eye Surprisingly Linked to Many Other Diseases by Circadian Rhythm Disruption
  As you age, the lens of your eye gradually yellows, the pupil becomes narrower, and less sunlight gets through to your retina.  Recent research suggests that this can disturb your body’s circadian rhythm, contributing to a broad range of health problems. Circadian rhythms are cyclical processes that rely on light to function properly.  People whose circadian […]
• Eating This Fatty Snack Can Protect Your Heart and More
  There have not been many epidemiologic studies undertaken to assess the effect of nut consumption on health risks.  A new study looked at their effects on cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. The study found that nut consumption was associated with a decreased body mass index and waist circumference, and a lower risk of hypertensi […]
• What Food to Take Before Bed to Dramatically Improve Post Exercise Recovery
  A recent study looked at the role of protein in modulating post-exercise overnight recovery. The researchers assessed the impact of protein ingestion immediately prior to sleep on digestion, absorption kinetics, and protein metabolism. 16 healthy young males were asked to perform resistance exercises in the evening.  Thirty minutes before they went to bed, h […]