In a recent study conducted by UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, researchers discovered a possible link between traffic-related air pollution and several rare childhood cancers. The study, led by Julia Heck, an assistant researcher in the Fielding School’s epidemiology department, collected data on almost 4,000 children who were born in California between 1998 and 2007. Pollution exposure was estimated for the various areas around each child’s home and cancer risk was determined using statistical analysis. The study showed that children exposed to more pollution were those more prone to developing cancer. Continue reading »
Canada has long been touted as ‘a democracy with a social conscience’. And, a massive social conscience it has. Every year billions is spent by governments on serious medical and life challenges, but for some strange reason, they have turned a blind eye to the number one cause of death and disability worldwide, brain injury.
Essential oils have been used since the earliest civilizations to improve health and quality of life. Learn about their early history.
A New Zealand company, AgResearch, report that their scientists have produced a cow whose milk is both very low in ‘beta-lactoglobulin’ (BLG), and has more caseins, a phosphoprotein that is the principal protein of milk, making it safe to drink for children with milk allergies, and even more nutritious than normal cow’s milk.
