Spring is around the corner, and the last thing I want to be thinking about is fruit salad dosed with pesticides or a lovely cut of meat on the grill, generously marinated in bug spray. Why, then, is my mind traveling so firmly in this direction? It’s almost 40 years after DDT was banned, and… Continue reading What You Should Know About Pesticide Dangers
Category: Health & Fitness
Ginger Eases Nausea for Cancer Patients
As if it weren’t tough enough to face cancer, many patients who receive chemotherapy experience severe nausea and vomiting afterward, particularly on the first day of a treatment cycle. And even when antivomiting drugs are used, nausea often continues. Good news from a recent study: For three days before and after their chemotherapy cycles, cancer… Continue reading Ginger Eases Nausea for Cancer Patients
Electroacupuncture for Pain Relief and More
“I felt a bit like Frankenstein, getting zapped with electricity while sharp things were sticking into me,” a friend told me with a laugh. “Yet it did make me feel like I was getting a new life, because after the electroacupuncture, my arthritis pain really was reduced.” It may seem strange to combine an ancient… Continue reading Electroacupuncture for Pain Relief and More
A Cup of Hot Tea Is Good for You — Or Is It?
Sitting down with a nice cup of hot tea feels positively virtuous these days. Every time we glance up at the evening news, there’s been another scientist telling us how good tea is for our health — it’s those antioxidants! But now here comes another study with a decidedly different take — tea can be… Continue reading A Cup of Hot Tea Is Good for You — Or Is It?
Finding the Courage to Act
Maybe life has been easy for you and maybe it hasn’t, but I bet that at some point in the past weeks you have wondered how you, personally, would have fared if you had been living in Japan when the earthquake and tsunami hit… or in the high-nuclear radiation zone… or, for that matter, in… Continue reading Finding the Courage to Act