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A controversial study suggests that smacking children may put them at a greater risk of developing cancer later on in life. It also adds that smacking might also put those same children at higher risk of asthma and heart disease. A comparative study was done between healthy adults and unhealthy adults. It …

As cell phones are getting more and more popular more younger children want to have one. Even a 5 year old child already wants to have his own cell phone. So the question of whether your child is old enough to have a cell phone is certainly going through your …

Asthma is a condition that affects the lungs of a person. The airways of such a person periodically get inflamed and narrow. People suffering from it may periodically endure difficulty breathing. When a person has an asthmatic period you will usually hear their heavy breathing as a whistling sound due …

The fact that president Obama was re-elected again means that his health care plan will progressively take effect on the coming year. The way this new health care reform will affect each American individual will depend on what that person’s income level is and the type of insurance that person …

Not all phones are as safe as one would want to believe. First of all those phones emit electromagnetic radiations that are believed by some to cause cancer in the brain. It doesn’t stop there. A new study also shows that some phones contain some amount of nickel and cobalt. …

Since 2004 a new movement in relation to men’s health was born. That is the Movember movement. Movember is created by an NGO that encourages every men to grow a moustache during the whole month of November. The purpose of Movember is to educate about men’s health specifically prostate and …

Obama has obtained victory again on this years elections. That allows him to continue with his health care program as planned. His health care reform law will then move forward. That doesn’t means it will not receive some opposition from some conservative members of congress but with Obama as president …

Heart diseases are the leading cause of death in many countries around the world. The heart and the vascular system (veins and arteries connected to it) play an important role in the circulation of the blood throughout our body. The blood flow within the vascular system is what takes oxygen …

The immune system is a collection of organs in the body that protects it from foreign particles. Without the immune system we would get sick all the time. Actually people with AIDS are sick all the time for the simple reason that their immune system is deficient. A weak immune …

A smile is a facial expression that comes out when we are happy. A lot of people tend to show their teeth when they are smiling. But here is the problem. Showing off your teeth may turn out to be an embarrassing moment. Not all smiles are made equal. Some …