Archive for Health
Men’s Brains, Women’s Brains
Laughyourway.com brings you this hilarious video by Mark Gungor, about the differences between men’s brains and women’s brains.img src=”wild>/aggbug.aspx?PostID=71031″ width=”1″ height=”1″>br>a runat=”server” href=’/blogs/public_blog/Men-s-Brains–Women-s-Brains-71031.aspx#comments’> img runat=”server” border=”0″ alt=wild> wild>/img>/a>
The Next President Will Also Be the Farmer in Chief
p>Michael Pollan, author of “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,†has written an open letter to the next President of the United States. p>In it, he points out that among the major issues facing the new Commander-in-Chief will be one that has barely been mentioned during the campaign: food. Food policy is not something [...]
Google Lets You Browse the Classics — Without Opening a Book
With Google Book Search, you can flick through books from the comfort of your home computer! img src=”wild>/aggbug.aspx?PostID=71195″ width=”1″ height=”1″>br>a runat=”server” href=’/blogs/public_blog/Google-Lets-You-Browse-the-Classics—-Without-Opening-a-Book-71195.aspx#comments’> img runat=”server” border=”0″ alt=wild> wild>/img>/a>
Can Bad Times Be Healthy?
p>Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But the economy also affects your health — and not always in the way you might expect. The data on how an economic downturn influences health is surprisingly mixed. p>Long-term economic gains do lead to improvements in a population’s overall health, in developing and industrialized [...]
Probiotics Fight Irritable Bowel Syndrome
p>Several studies presented at a recent meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology highlight the safety and efficacy of probiotics in improving symptoms and normalizing bowel movement frequency in patients suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). p>A systematic review of the efficacy of probiotics in IBS that included 19 randomized controlled trials found that “probiotics [...]