Posted on July 03, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has assessed recent evidence on allergies. It found that the once controversial immune therapy against allergy symptoms can definitely help many people with allergies. When it is green and the flowers have returned, the allergy season has hit its peak. And the number of people [...]
Posted on July 01, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
A new study reveals that mental health disorders such as anxiety and depression are associated with obesity. The research from Otago University involved nearly 13,000 New Zealanders, and is the first study t examine links between all anxiety disorders and obesity. The research shows there are associations between obesity and some anxiety disorders but less [...]
Posted on June 29, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
A NEW York man has sued the makers of a health drink, saying it has given him a permanent erection for the last two years. Christopher Woods said he drank the vitamin-enriched Boost Plus, made by the Swiss-based Novartis pharmaceutical company, on June 5, 2004. He woke up the next morning "with an erection that [...]
Posted on June 29, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
OBESE airline passengers should be forced to pay a "fat tax" to cover the cost of transporting their excess weight, according to a controversial proposal by health experts. Editors Note: After you have read this, check out Fat Loss For Idiots Calls for the tax - which would be determined per extra kilo, in the same [...]
Posted on June 29, 2008 by DFHS Article Team
News of a cluster of at least 17 pregnant teenagers at a Massachusetts high school recently made headlines around the world, but it came at a time when teen pregnancies and abortions in the United States actually are at their lowest points in 30 years. Pregnancies — whether they end in birth, miscarriage or abortion [...]
