Head And Neck Cancer Cells Destroyed By Grape Seed Extract, But Healthy Cells Are Unharmed

Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million. A study published in the journal Carcinogenesisshows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed…

Most Mothers Want To Breastfeed For As Long As They Can

According to the Philips Mother & Child Care Index, expecting and new parents in the U.S. are doing whatever they can to ensure their children have a healthy future, including breastfeeding their babies for as long as possible.

Treating Corneal Disease With Vitamin B-Based Medication May Offer Some Patients A Permanent Solution

Patients in the United States who have the cornea-damaging disease keratoconus may soon be able to benefit from a new treatment that is already proving effective in Europe and other parts of the world. The treatment, called collagen crosslinking, improved vision in almost 70 percent of patients treated for keratoconus in a recent three-year clinical trial in Milan, Italy…

18 Million People In The United States Are Sensitive To Gluten

It is estimated that around 18 million people in the United States are sensitive or allergic to gluten to some degree.

Chocolate Wars: Flavored Milk Ban In Schools Continues

There really is a war going on against obesity in the United States and now the childhood favorite of so many, the reason for multiple bullying incidents and a huge sugar delivery mechanism may be banned from schools…

Send Your Child To School With A Healthy And Cold Lunch

Even though the United States has one of the safest food supplies in the world, there are still millions of cases of foodborne illness each year.

Can Eggs Be A Healthy Breakfast Choice?

Eggs, one of the most commonly consumed breakfast foods in the United States, have long been a subject of controversy. Are they healthy or are they a high-cholesterol trap?

Surgeon General: Health Care Discussions Need To Put Prevention First

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin said Monday that health care in the United States must shift its primary focus to disease prevention rather than the treatment of illness. Dr…

Eat Your Fruits And Vegetables! Californians Seem To Be Listening

According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthy People 2010 objectives, adequate fruit and vegetable consumption is a national public health priority for disease prevention and maintenance of good health…

Inorganic Arsenic Levels Forces Pfizer To Kill Dated Chicken Drug

The United States’ poultry industry is the world’s largest producer and second largest exporter of poultry meat. Now, a 67 year old, yes 67, year old drug used to control coccidiosis in chickens is being pulled from the usage market

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