Health

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Might Destroy Us Before Global Warming

If giant plumes of gurgling methane don't keep you up at night, then try this: England's chief medical officer recently warned government officials that...

This Green Prophet Hospitalized from Cairo’s Air Pollution

Joseph's lungs didn't like the return to polluted Cairo. It caused a dangerous bout of asthma. Returning to the city I have lived for more...

10 Weird and Wonderful Uses for Olive Oil

Humans have been plucking the fruit off olive trees for over 10,000 years, so it's no surprise we've found creative ways to use olives...

Dubai’s Bikram Yoga Turns Up the Heat, One Posture at a Time

A 90-minute yoga class in the great outdoors?  Piece of cake, some yogis will say.  But with Bikram yoga, a form created by Calcutta-born...

Intermittent Fasting for Fat Loss and Optimal Health an Old Prophecy?

Eat like a Paleo man? A pair of new medical books claim that a continual routine of restricted eating results in fat loss, increased...

Quinoa and its dirty secret to local societies

Quinoa is a healthy superfood filling up kitchen cupboards of ethical and vegetarian eaters, but quinoa comes at a high price for those in...

Fecal Transplant “Crapsule” Kills Super Bugs Better Than Antibiotics

New Nature study research shows that fatal first world, hospital-born diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile can be treated with donor feces.  It's exactly what it sounds like. Transferring feces...

Post Mubarak Egypt Struggles to Supply Wheat to Hungry Country

Taking irrigated water from the Nile, the Toshka pumping station in upper Egypt was supposed to help combat encroaching desert Political tension in Egypt in...

Go On A Spicy “Date” With This Health Drink

Of my most prized possessions is a new blender I recently purchased, the Vitamix.  Mine is a model called the TurboBlend VS.  The Vitamix...

A Farmer’s Market in Dead Dry Qatar

It's strange that a farmer's market should make news, but when it's in Qatar, one of the driest and least food secure nations on...

Wheat Berry Pudding Recipe

This traditional Iranian, or Persian, pudding makes a great winter breakfast or a satisfying dessert. Eating sustainably connotes regional foods that are available locally and...

Fight Crime By Getting the Lead Out

Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Myanmar and Yemen are still using leaded gasoline and many others have lead contaminated plumbing, soil, paint and household products. How...

Parrots Die After Exposure to Fumes from Non Stick Cook Ware

This grey Congo parrot could be at risk if exposed to  cooking fumes from PTFE coated cookware Issues surrounding the safety of ceramic and other...

Aussie trumps big tobacco

Government scored a massive win over the tobacco industry in 2012 when the Australian High Court ruled in favor of plain packaging for cigarettes, making this the first country to require all tobacco products to be sold in plain, standardized packaging.

WHO: Global Fertility Rates Mostly Holding Steady (Middle East exception)

Worldwide close to 50 million couples are unable to conceive after five years of trying, states a recent report. A recent World Health Organization report...

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