Are Chicken McNuggets really made out of the famous 'pink slime'? Not quite. But McDonald's Chicken McNuggets still aren't the healthiest choice. This video (sort of) shows why it's not as bad as we think, but not as awesome as we'd like.
The idea of the "perfect athletic body" is a myth. These photos of Olympic athlete body shapes, standing side by side, dispels that myth.
A PhD says that this is the biggest health problem faced by LGBT populations, but the reality often gets overshadowed by suicide and HIV prevention,.
These kids give adult smokers a huge reality check: "you're worried about me smoking....when will you worry about yourselves?"
Small Farms
In the midst of our nation's commercialized food system, a small family farm fights for a sustainable future by growing food, growing relationships and growing communities.
Photos on Deborah Cohan's CaringBridge page show what appears to be a fit, healthy woman. In one photo she is leaping into the air, in others, she looks relaxed while she plays with her children...
Pheidippides, a young Greek soldier, ran just over 24 miles from a battlefield in Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C. to proclaim ?Niki!? (?victory!?) during? the Greek war with the Persians.? Then, he promptly...
New research out of?Transylvanian city Cluj-Napoca, Romania?has shown an exciting preliminary success in synthetic blood use. The first clinical trials in rats show no reaction, the desired result. There are a lot of groups doing...
Plus size model discusses thigh gap
Plus-size model Robyn Lawley is familiar with "fat shaming." The 24-year-old Ralph Lauren and Vogue model crusades against unhealthy body image. When her image appeared on a pro "thigh gap" Facebook page, she was dismayed...
During this Breast Cancer Awareness Month scientists and advocates are focusing attention on Bisphenol A, an ingredient in the gooey film that lines food cans, as a cause of the breast cancer epidemic. Bisphenol A ?(BPA)...
There is a great dichotomy in the forum of public opinion surrounding the topic of a woman's ideal body size.? There is a continually raging debate about who's too skinny, who's too fat, who lost...
If you are going to bake you might as well send a message with your cookie. Marzipan Mammo-Grahams are both meaningful and delicious. Just a few Graham crackers, some special ingredients and you are filling...
In 2010, Haiti suffered a devastating earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale. They should have harvested, stored, and preserved the crops they had in light of this devastation. Instead, residents of Haiti set fire...
During the Values Voters Summit this past weekend, retired pediatric neurosurgeon turned Fox News contributor Dr. Ben Carson gave a speech about health care and the how precious life is. What was odd about his...
CrossFit for Kids
CrossFit gyms seem to pop up on a new corner every other week.? With adults flocking to classes in droves, it follows logic that they would want to cash in on the kids of those...
Healthcare.gov problems are caused by outsourcing
In the software development world there is a term for poorly written code: "code smell." In industry parlance, that means code that was poorly written, sloppy, and not designed to "scale" or support a large...
Last Friday in a move that proves for some judges law doesn't matter, only what your pastor has told you, the Nebraska Supreme Court denied a request from a 16 year old ward of the...
Processed and sugar loaded foods have plagued our school cafeterias for decades, helping in assisting youth obesity and poor eating habits. Schools all over the country are beginning to take a bigger look at the...
The only living adult known to be cured of HIV is in Seattle working with scientists to try and recreate this miracle in the laboratory.
The benefits of improving access to insurance through private or public means outweigh the risks of having persons living with HIV or AIDS uninsured.