Salvia Divinorum : Legal

Salvia divinorum - aka the 'YouTube drug' - is banned in many countries around the world, but not in Britain. Hogan is smoking salvia divinorum, a species of sage that also happens to be the most powerful hallucinogenic herb known to man. At 40, Hogan is older than the average salvia user in Britain, who is in his teens or twenties. Watching young people out of their minds on salvia is the latest YouTube sensation and is fuelling the popularity of the herb. For his part, Lee Hogan describes his first experience of salvia as the, 'most mind-bending, totally bizzarest, weirdest, strangest experience I have ever...

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Against Cancer With Aspirin?

According to scientists at the University of Newcastle (UK), aspirin has cancer-fighting effects that extend beyond already understood Cox inhibitors. This finding, which appears in the October 2006 issue of The FASEB Journal, provides important clues to how aspirin works in cancer and in inflammation: aspirin reduces the formation of blood vessels that fuel developing tumors. Without new blood vessels (formed through a process called angiogenesis) tumors cannot grow. With this information, researchers can pursue new lines of investigation that could ultimately yield an entirely new type of cancer-fighting drug. Additionally,...

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Appendectomy Overview, Surgical Procedures

Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix when an infection has made it inflamed and swollen. Fortunately, appendectomy is a common procedure and complications are rare. And if appendicitis is promptly diagnosed and an appendectomy is performed, most kids recover quickly and with little difficulty. About AppendicitisLocated in the abdomen, the appendix is a small organ that isn't important to a person's health. There's no way to prevent appendicitis. Other times mucus produced by the appendix can thicken and cause a blockage.  Signs and SymptomsAppendicitis also can cause:loss of appetite fever nausea vomiting diarrhea If...

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Dukan Diets Claims To Have Helped 5 Million French Peole Lose Weight

The Dukan Diet was created by French physician Pierre Dukan more than 10 years ago as a treatment for obese people. It's no wonder: The book claims to have helped 5 million French people lose weight. And singer Jennifer Lopez and model Giselle Bundchen are reported to have lost their post-pregnancy pounds on The Dukan Diet. Essentially, it's a four-phase, high-protein, low-calorie diet plan. It's much like the first Atkins diet. Dieters lose weight rapidly - as much as 1-2 pounds a day during the first phase -- which Dukan says helps to instill lasting motivation. The Dukan Diet: What You Can Eat Phase 1, the "Attack" phase, is quite...

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Saving Lives Through Salt Reduction

Reducing salt intake among Americans could save thousands of lives, as well as billions of healthcare dollars. Back in the fall of 2009, the National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI) was born and has slowly gained acceptance by major food companies. The initiative has developed specific targets to guide company salt reductions across 62 categories of packaged food and 25 categories of restaurant food. The food companies committing to targets today will reduce sodium in 29 of the NSRI packaged food categories. Six companies are joining forces with NSRI: The company commits to meeting the NSRI on the East Coast. The company will reduce sodium...

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Pope Benedict XVI Has Opened The Door On The Previously Taboo Subject Of Condoms As A Way To Fight HIV

Pope Benedict XVI has opened the door on the previously taboo subject of condoms as a way to fight HIV, saying male prostitutes who use condoms may be beginning to act responsibly. Church teaching has long opposed condoms because they are a form of artificial contraception, although the Vatican has never released an explicit policy about condoms and HIV. Benedict said that condoms are not a moral solution to stopping AIDS. Asked if that meant that the church wasn't opposed in principle to condoms, the pope replied: Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans said clearly the pope wasn't encouraging condom use. In Africa, Benedict's comments drew...

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