You know that eating an entire box of cookies in one sitting isn’t good for you—but experts say overdoing it with certain more nutritious foods could be just as dangerous. There’s no need to ditch these foods from your diet altogether—but you’ll want to avoid taking in excessive amounts since that’s when they can start […]

Microbes to the rescue! Swallowing one common strain of bacteria could wipe out your worst food allergies, suggests a new study from American and Swiss researchers. After the study team exposed peanut-sensitive mice to a variety of bacteria called Clostridia for five weeks, the rodents’ nut allergies all but evaporated. Simply put, their tiny bodies […]

Not only is opening your mouth before shutting  your eyes a recipe for gaining weight and sleeping poorly, but it can also seriously damage the tissue in your throat and esophagus. No doubt you’re familiar with acid reflux, which occurs when digestive juices back up into the chest and/or throat and cause a burning sensation. […]

Here’s some sobering news: The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) predicts more than 585,000 Americans will die of cancer in 2015. And half of those deaths could have been avoided with just a few lifestyle changes. The 2014 edition of the AACR’s annual report—released earlier today—attributes about one-third of next year’s cancer deaths to […]

Acupuncture Points used in IVF Clinical Trials Note: Acupuncture protocols used in clinical studies are generally simplified, short, and standardized procedures, because the protocols are developed not only with consideration of its potential efficacy but also by considering its experimental design, budgets, time constraint, and other methodological factors. They are compromised acupuncture protocols, and often […]