Gaining weight? Rather go back to bed, skip the gym, and still weigh less? Well, while you’re sleeping on it, you actually can. Sounds strange, but medical evidence suggests that how much and how well you sleep affects how much you weigh.
Sleep affects your hormones, and recently doctors have linked sleep to appetite. Recent research [...]

Not long ago, health professionals were warning parents to keep their kids away from drinking too much fruit juice because of its link to obesity. However, a recent study has found no association between childhood obesity and 100 percent fruit juice with no sugar added. “That’s big news,” says Dr. Pamela Rockwell, D.O., assistant professor in the [...]

Thirty-eight percent of the American adult population and about 12 percent of children are turning to unconventional medical treatment for health problems like chronic pain, say US health officials.
Back pain is the number one reason Americans use complementary and alternative medicine techniques, followed by neck, joint, and arthritic pain, according to a survey by the [...]

A West African fruit may hold the key to helping overweight people lose weight and drop their cholesterol, a new study suggests.
Researchers are investigating the properties of the extract from African mango, a fruit commonly eaten in West Africa, is also known as Irvingia gabonensis. Lab research has shown that extracts from the plant’s seed [...]

Directly or indirectly, each of us has felt the impact of recent economic change, and some of us feel it more than others. Layoffs, tighter budgets, hiring freezes—they’re all adding to increased on-the-job tension.
An American Psychological Association survey in 2008 found that eight out of 10 people have “major stress” due to the current economic [...]

Do camels spit? No, they don’t—it’s more like projectile vomiting! Camels bring up the contents of their stomachs, along with saliva, and hurl it out in order to surprise, distract, or bother whatever threat they’re facing.
People’s spit, however, contains bacteria that’s consistent in human mouths around the world. Researchers are salivating over this little gem [...]

Times are getting tough for teenagers in Texas. Lawmakers are proposing a bill to make it harder for Texas teens to climb onto a tanning bed, and they’re comparing it with legislation against the tobacco industry.
“In the United States and Texas, we don’t allow our teens to purchase cigarettes until after they are 18 because [...]

March is Peanut Month.
In the 1800s, American scientist, educator, and inventor George Washington Carver used the peanut to revolutionize agriculture in the Southern United States. Through his efforts, peanuts became both a source of food and a source of products to improve the quality of life for impoverished farmers. He created or influenced the development [...]

Spring is just around the corner. What better time than now to take a close look at the stuff that’s in your school locker? And what better time to take a closer look at some of the stuff that goes into some of the stuff that’s in your locker—and in your friends’ lockers too?
The Canadian [...]

You may not know it, but your neighbourhood may be home to hundreds of plants with healing and medicinal properties. First nations people have used the bark, berries, leaves, and roots of native plants for centuries to soothe burns, cure colds, and survive vicious bouts of stomach flu. If you poke around a bit, you [...]