What are you doing NOW that’s
Good for Your Own Well-Being?
What are you doing to Make a Positive
DIFFERENCE in the lives of others?
On average, bachelor’s degrees pay off. But students and parents of college-age students may be interested to know the following: a new study confirms that some undergraduate majors pay off a lot more than others. In fact, the difference in earning potential between one major and another can be more than 300 percent. Georgetown University: Center on
READ MORESimplyThick is designed to help premature babies swallow, but some babies are developing an intestinal disorder that has already proven fatal twice. Two premature infants died as a result of having the thickening agent SimplyThick added to their breast milk or formula. There have been 15 cases reported from around the country – all premature
READ MORECan we be certain that pain medications considered safe for adults, based on extensive clinical data and experience, are equally safe for use in young children? Medical News Today, 5/20/2011
READ MOREIf you are allergic to peanuts and you're about to receive a blood transfusion, you may want to pay attention to this: It's possible that, if the blood donor ate peanuts before donating the blood, you could actually experience an allergic reaction. The New England Journal of Medicine has published a letter citing the story
READ MOREAn exciting advancement in HIV treatment! Edurant, the name of the drug approved by the FDA, is intended for use by those individuals who have been identified as being HIV+ but have not had any medical treatment. Patients take the pill daily, and this prevents the virus from reproducing, which will reduce the levels of
READ MOREApparently when Dr. Mehment Oz speaks (on The Doctor Oz Show), a lot of his viewers are listening. As soon as he mentions that a particular food or supplement is Good For You, it's reported that health food stores and supermarkets are seeing an immediate- perhaps temporary- increase in sales of the products he is
READ MORE
