Monthly Archives: May 2012

Foods That Look LIke Body Parts

  Learn how you can stay healthy by noshing on 10 anatomically shaped eats By Amanda Greene   Every child has heard the healthy-eating mantra “You are what you eat.” But there may be a closer resemblance between good-for-you grub and … Continue reading

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Starbugs Coffee?

A Starbucks barista recently blew the whistle on the coffee-maker’s use of crushed bugs for food coloring by submitting a tip to This Dish Is Veg recently. She wrote: “I’m a vegan who currently works as a barista at a Starbucks in … Continue reading

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Cost of children’s health care hitting families harder – CNN.com

  The institute is an independent nonprofit research organization that partnered with four major insurance companies (Aetna, Kaiser, United and Humana) to analyze 3 billion insurance claims of people with group employer-sponsored health insurance. The study said consumers’ out-of-pocket expenses … Continue reading

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Health News – Health News – Health.com

The same type of brain damage seen in athletes who suffer repeated concussions also occurs in soldiers exposed to large blasts, new research indicates. In the study, researchers at Boston University and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System analyzed brain … Continue reading

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Health News – Health News – Health.com

Drinking a daily cup of coffee—or even several cups—isn’t likely to harm your health, and it may even lower your risk of dying from chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, a new study in the New England Journal … Continue reading

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