Researchers have developed a more accurate method for estimating breast cancer risk for Asian and Pacific Islander American (APA) women. Most current risk estimates rely on data from non-Hispanic white women, but researchers have now come up with a statistical model that more specifically assesses risk for American women who identify themselves as Chinese, Japanese, [...]

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The most commonly considered symptom with tinnitus is a ringing sound that is usually high pitched. It should not really be surprising to know that there are more symptoms with this condition aside the high-pitched ringing. It is now commonly recognized that a little more than ten percent of males between 65 and 75 develop [...]

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It is often desired of those who have a fast-paced life, who have many obligations to attend to or those with a family, to not get sick…ever. While it would be great if you could do something that would prevent sickness from ever knocking at your door, this is truly impossible. At some point your [...]

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Avoid Food/Beverages That Cause Acid Reflux & Change Your Lifestyle Food is important to good health. Sadly, however, in the modern world it is easy to eat “junk food” that has little or no nutritional value. In addition to not providing nutrition, some modern foods contribute to stomach problems – like acid reflux and heartburn.  [...]

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Heal Your Heartburn Through Acid Reflux Diet Acid Reflux, another term for heartburn, occurs when the stomach produces too much acid. As a result of the excess acid, it sometimes travels up the esophagus, which can cause the burning sensation of heartburn. While you may think this is only a problem for people of a [...]

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How High – Fiber Diets help Prevent Colon Cancer The popularity of high fiber diets has steadily increased over the last few years. The health benefits of a high-fiber diet include increasing the bulk in the colon so that excretion passes smoothly. However, the other health benefit is that dietary fiber, the part of the [...]

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Most adults get three colds a year, and while there is no cure for the common cold virus, there are things you can do to feel better, while your body fights off the virus. Cold symptoms develop over several days and can include fever, runny nose, sore throat, coughing, and headaches. While taking common cold [...]

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The “sunshine vitamin”, more commonly known as vitamin D, might be more effective than flu shots at preventing the flu, according to a new study. This month, Japanese doctors and scientists published a double blind study of more than 350 children comparing the two flu precautions, and vitamin D was superior.

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Anyone with a Facebook account knows that Farmville is the latest unlikely hit, allowing users to design and operate their own cartoon farm complete with too cute livestock and the unlikely banana tree that still produces a crop every three days regardless of the snow on the ground. With millions of players, the charming escapist [...]

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Internet addiction is a serious problem these days and will only become more so as the Internet continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Can humanity keep up? If you don’t think Internet addiction is a problem, we’ll have another post on that later.

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