New study finds household plastics linked to heart disease deaths worldwide
- Health & Healing
- May 1, 2025
Dental hygiene may factor into the development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. Bacteria in your mouth, which is linked to gum disease, can get into the bloodstream and spread to other areas of the body, such as the brain. "The issue is to reduce the bacterial load
READ MOREWe all know what it’s like to have a catchy refrain to a popular song stuck in our heads, but have you ever thought about who’s singing the lines with your favorite artists?
READ MOREGroundbreaking resuscitation research that is currently going on could change our definition of what dying really is. Dr. Sam Parnia, co-author of "Erasing Death: The Science That Is Rewriting the Boundaries Between Life and Death," says, "For millennia, we couldn't do anything when someone stopped breathing. Now, we're almost having to redefine the way we think
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Did you know that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) favors a ban on the manufacture and sale of sit-in baby walkers—maintaining they don’t help, but hurt infants learning to walk?
READ MOREMore than 18,000 adults were unaware they were infected with the H.I.V. virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. A three-year old campaign developed to extend AIDs treatment found that more people living with the disease did not know it. The New York Times, 6/27/2011
READ MOREIn 1999, teacher Nicole Waicunas suffered from a brain hemorrhage and was told by doctors that she would never teach again. Years later, she is teaching English at Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT and is one of 10 teachers across the nation honored with the 2012 Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award for
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