Category Archives: In The News

BEIJING, (Xinhuanet) — A Canadian researcher has called for an investigation into why children from broken marriages are twice as likely to be prescribed attention-deficit drugs as children whose parents remain together. University pf Alberta professor Lisa Strohschein reported in … Continue reading →

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning pharmaceutical manufacturers, suppliers, drug repackers, and health professionals who compound medications to be especially vigilant in assuring that glycerin, a sweetener commonly used worldwide in liquid over-the-counter and prescription drug products, … Continue reading →

ST. PAUL – High school girls in Minnesota were twice as likely to take diet pills in 2004 than they were five years earlier, according to the results of a new survey. University of Minnesota researchers followed 2,500 young women … Continue reading →

by Dr. James Howenstine, MD Medical journals and textbooks typically portray iodine as an unimportant substance which should be taken in small amounts because of it’s dangers. Actually approximately one third of humanity has iodine deficiency. When humans lack iodine … Continue reading →

When students at a Lynnwood alternative high school thought administrators were cracking down on hugging recently, they launched a petition drive. Within a day, they’d gathered signatures from 80 of the school’s 250 students insisting on their right to hug. … Continue reading →

CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) — “Clean your plate or else!” and other authoritarian approaches to parenting can lead to overweight children, a new study finds. Strict mothers were nearly five times more likely to raise tubby first-graders than mothers who treated … Continue reading →