This article was about a study that proved heavy drinkers had a much higher risk of a number of different cancers compared to those who drank in moderation.

Researchers are testing inserting a gene into a muscle that can cause it to produce protective antibodies against HIV. The new method worked in mice and now has proved successful in monkeys.

This article is about a study that found 40% of NC pharmacies do not carry emergency contraception, and of those pharmacies, 30% do not carry it because they refuse to order it. This article discusses mainly the effect this has of sexually assaulted women, but I am more concerned about the effect on women who simply choose to go out and buy EC if they feel it is needed. This goes back to a general misunderstanding of what EC is and how it works.

Some of you may have seen the commercials for the one-a-day teen advantage vitamins on TV. There’s a type for guys and girls, the guys promotes healthy muscle, and the girls promotes healthy skin. This article clarifies that teenagers do have some shortfalls when it comes to nutrition (especially college students who tend to eat more junk food and skip meals) and therefore a supplement can help fill in the gaps. However the need for a different vitamin for guys and girls is not as important.

This article points out how corn has become a MAJOR part of American life. The corn we produce if used as animal feed (which produces fattier meat), ethanol, dog and cat food, high fructose corn syrup and countless other things. Many argue this is contributing the America’s obesity problem and needs to be addressed, however producing corn is industrial policy and therefore very difficult to change. The movie King Corn covers this article in much more intense way, and it will make you check your food labels more carefully. It’s scary.

This site goes over some of the new and future procedures to prevent or cure heart disease such as: stem cell research, tissue engineering and cardiac resynchronization therapy.

This USA Today article looks at six college athletes as well as older adults and shows the damage sleep deprivation can do.

The athletes that got more sleep significantly improved their reaction time, physical strength and other factors.

Research found that when adults had four consecutive night of only four hours sleep they had much faster heartbeats and less heart rate variability the next day, which is a sign of a healthy interaction between heart and brain.