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Gluten-free for the holidays

For the millions of Americans who are gluten-intolerant, the holiday season can be tricky. Traditional favorites like cornbread stuffing or Grandma’s snicker-doodles may be off-limits but there’s no need to feel deprived. There are an ever-expanding range of gluten-free foods and ingredients available to help you develop your own gluten-free holiday traditions.
Karina (”The Gluten […]

Study: Gastric bypass reduces death risk in the morbidly obese

Severely obese people who have weight-loss surgery are less likely to die from heart disease, diabetes and cancer seven to 10 years following the procedure than similarly heavy people who don’t have the operation, according to two studies in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine examined […]

Alarming UN report on climate change is too rosy, many say

VALENCIA, Spain: The blunt and alarming final report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released here by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, may well underplay the problem of climate change, many experts and even the reports authors admit.
The report describes the evidence for human-induced climate change as “unequivocal.” The rise […]

Meat can be murder on long-term health

If you’ve dabbled with the idea of becoming a vegetarian, the thought of never eating a cheeseburger again may have seemed daunting.
But if it’s the potential health benefits such as a lower risk of heart disease and certain cancers you’re after, doctors and health experts say you don’t necessarily have to become a […]

Non-stick chemicals may cut birth weight

Babies exposed in the womb to chemicals used in non-stick cookware and other products may be born slightly smaller than other infants, two new studies report.
Earlier tests on animals have linked two chemicals, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), to cancer and developmental problems.
Studies also show that the chemicals can remain in the […]