Healthy articles

When I was a teenager growing up on a particularly weed-prone farm, the Monsanto herbicide Roundup was regarded practically as a godsend. Endless hours in the fields with a hoe were no longer necessary. But has Roundup use gone too far?

The wonder-supplement resveratrol became a little less wonderful when Danish scientists announced that is doesn't seem to reverse the metabolic problems associated with overweight. But perhaps they were testing the wrong component of red wine.

Recent research revealed more than one hundred of genetic risk factors associated with cancer. New detection techniques will be able to accurately predict individual chances of cancer and advise the best monitoring or preventing measures for each patient.

Father's Day is always tricky — unique gifts that really make a man happy are hard to come by. Why not go for something that will boost his health this year?

It really shouldn't come as any surprise that US President Barack Obama supports Planned Parenthood, the organization and the concept. But is this quite the same thing as being "for" abortion?

People prone to alcohol abuse have long been advised to "get out and do something" (other than bar hopping) to get their minds off drinking. A new study finds that getting out for exercise may evern reverse alcohol-related damage to the brain.

For over 50 years, pregnant women have been advised to avoid all alcohol consumption so that their babies will not be born with a a condition known as fetal alcohol syndrome. Now researchers are saying a few sips of wine are OK. But are they?

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Communist island nation of Cuba experienced a severe economic crisis. Everything about the economic crisis, however, turned out not to be bad.

Most folks have a handle on what an overall healthy diet consists of, but do you really know how much protein you need to consume for optimal results? Protein is a highly underestimated macronutrient, and could be the key to quicker progress.

New data from the General Social Survey suggests that, like money, sex is more satisfying if we believe we get as much as other people.