Toxic chemicals used in food preparation leach into human bodies, study finds

“We’ve got, say, 60 years of research into the migration of chemicals into food from food processing and packaging equipment. It’s been studied very extensively.”

Never Again Should There Be a 9/11

Remembering and honoring all those who died, all those who survived, and all those whose lives will never be the same.  We came together then. Can we prevent a horrific act like this from happening again?

Remembering September 11th…

It’s a day we will never forget. It’s hard to believe it has been 23 years.

Nearly 10K people have gotten cancer from toxic 9/11 dust

“9/11 is still killing. Sadly this fragile community of heroes & survivors is shrinking by the day.” John Feal, advocate for World Trade Center (WTC) responders.

A September 11th Story: How one man’s life and career were transformed

A Good for You Conversation with Mike Jaffe, life coach and author of “Wake Up! Your life is Calling: Why settle for FINE when so much more is possible?”

9/11 hero’s daughter wants to raise awareness for linked cancer deaths

“We thought we were so lucky because nobody died. Now we have to wait until they’re picked off by cancer.”

9/11’s Second wave: Cancer and other diseases linked to the 2001 attacks are surging

“Today, 15 years after the attacks, doctors are starting to understand why people are still dying. When the towers came down, they say, they released a massive plume of carcinogens, turning lower Manhattan into a cesspool of cancer and deadly disease.”

Nearly two-thirds of supermarket baby foods are unhealthy, study finds

Don’t count on the baby food aisle at your local supermarket to provide healthy nutritious foods for your child. That’s the takeaway of a new study.

Practicing gratitude could help you live longer, according to new study

Now more than ever, a message worth heeding: “Gratitude is powerful: powerful for happiness, powerful for addressing at least more minor depressive symptoms, powerful for improving health, powerful for protecting against premature death — and it is something that anyone can do.” Dr. Tyler VanderWeele, senior study author, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Fatty Foods Before Surgery May Spell Trouble for Your Brain

“We’ve shown that an unhealthy diet, even in the short term, especially when it’s consumed so close to a surgery, which in and of itself will cause an inflammatory response, can have damaging results,” said senior author Ruth Barrientos, an investigator in OSU’s Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral health and neuroscience in the College of Medicine.

Fluoride exposure during pregnancy linked to increased risk of childhood neurobehavioral problems, study finds

“There are no known benefits to the fetus from ingesting fluoride. And yet now we have several studies conducted in North America suggesting that there may be a pretty significant risk to the developing brain during that time.” That’s the findings of researchers at the Keck School of Medicine at USC.

No TikTok? No problem. Here’s why you shouldn’t rush to buy your child a phone.

Carli Pierson writing in USA Today with some thoughtful advice to parents: “Phones and kids should be an ongoing conversation in our homes. We should be talking about the dangers of addiction. We need to teach them that obsessing over other people’s lives, or comparing themselves with another person they may or may not know,

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