Aug 31, 2016 02:07PM ● By Sandra Murphy
If you love to live with pets but not their dirty feet and fluff balls, here are effective strategies to keep our space—and theirs—sparkling clean.
Aug 31, 2016 02:07PM ● By Randy Kambic
Adding an M for music to the three R’s boosts students’ self-confidence and bolsters not only their appreciation of music but also vocabulary and math skills.
Aug 31, 2016 02:07PM ● By Carl Greer
When we pay attention to life’s small, sweet pleasures, we enter into sublime experiences of pure perfection.
Aug 31, 2016 01:44PM
Obese youngsters between the ages of 9 and 18 fared better in heart-health markers when adhering to a vegan plant-based diet than their counterparts following the American Heart Association diet.
In a Korean study, the robust compounds in black raspberries significantly decreased artery stiffness and increased cells that help repair blood vessels.
In a study of 77 premature infants, those that received at least half of their diet from breast milk had larger brain volumes, a possible indicator of better cognitive development.
Multiple sclerosis patients that underwent pulsed-frequency electrotherapy improved their scores in nine of 10 categories of functional abilities.
In a British study of twins, those that consumed the most fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C developed fewer cataracts than their sibling.
Faced with rising consumer resistance to High-Fructose Corn Syrup, the corn refiners industry has created the terms “fructose syrup” or just “fructose” to hide its intense use in processed foods.
At more than 20 medical schools, doctors-to-be are learning about healthy diets and food preparation, often in hands-on cooking classes.
Students in a South Carolina school learn their spelling and math by rotating through 15 stations that combine learning exercises with play-ready basketball hoops or exercise bikes.
Serbian soccer players who took astaxanthin daily for three months recovered more quickly from muscle exertion and had lower rates of inflammation than a control group.
Aug 31, 2016 01:43PM
A South African vineyard uses Indian runner ducks to devour the snails that would otherwise consume delicate grape vine buds.
Lockheed Martin scientists are well-along in developing a safe nuclear-fusion reactor small enough to fit on the back of a truck and powerful enough to power 80,000 homes.
Organized opposition is building in key states to the environmentally risky practice of fracking, which continues to contaminate large volumes of precious drinking water supplies.
Aug 31, 2016 01:43PM ● By Linda Sechrist
Shamanism has emerged from Earth’s jungle and forest peoples to offer contemporary society an integrative worldview with rich healing potential.
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