Activists gathered at Peace Arch park on Sunday to protest the American policy of banning entry to persons who are HIV positive. The rally was led by a Canadian man from Surrey, British Columbia, named Martin Rooney. The ban was implemented in the 1980’s and is still, in 2009, in place. Now maybe in the […]
Cancer is expected to overtake heart disease as the leading cause for death in 2010, but are these kind of statistics misleading? Well to put it simply, yes. The rate of deaths caused by cancer have been decreasing steadily for many years now. Due to the new steps in prevention, detection, and treatment, we have […]
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of former President John F. Kennedy, died at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, at the age of 88. Shriver came from a male-dominated political family that witnessed much more than its fair share of tragedy. However, through this tragedy and adversity hope was still able to find its way out. Eunice […]
Almost every American woman’s dream is to one day settle down with the perfect husband and raise a family together. The idea seems simple enough (love + family = happiness) however most of us don’t take the costs of raising a family into enough consideration. Some families live by common phrases like “We’ll make it […]
A recent study has shown that tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation are definite causes of cancer, and have appropriately been moved into the “top cancer risk” category. An analysis of 20 studies shows that people who use tanning beds have a 75% increase in risk of developing cancer before the age of 30! Most tanning […]
If there’s one thing that women love to have, it’s longer, fuller, thicker and more beautiful eyelashes. There’s something sexy about eyelashes that can never be explained, and when it comes to lashes, the fuller the better. For those who weren’t born with goddess like lashes, there’s a product by Dr. Lin called New MD […]
Canadian researches have now discovered isolated stem cells inside umbilical cords. They have also conducted experiments that have shown the regenerative abilities that these cells could be used for. For those that do not know, stem cells are certain cells that are able to change and become any cell in the body. However, while we […]
The unexpected heat waves of summer are actually more of a pain than we thought. A recent study has found that there is a definite link between unexpected rises of temperature and headaches. Even the “warm” days of winter can trigger migraines. Researchers at Harvard University published their on March 10th this year in the […]
The summer certainly has kicked into full gear with the heat reaching almost unbearable heights. For many of us there is no air conditioning installed in our houses or apartments, or not any proper A/C at least. However, there is some good news for those that don’t have air conditioning. There are still ways to […]
In the recent months, we as a collective people have watched the Swine Influenza spread from Mexico to the rest of the world. In doing so, the virus has created quite the commotion. Though not very deadly, at least not yet, the virus has achieved pandemic status, the highest level given by the World Health […]
