Health experts have are putting together a campaign against the tanning industry. According to the campaign the tanning industry portrays indoor tanning beds and sunbathing a safe practice and even goes so far as to say that it is good for the health of consumers.  Read more... (331 words, estimated 1:19 mins reading time)

A study was conducted by researchers at the University of Florence in Italy in hopes to discover the effects of eating a Mediterranean diet. Their research taught them that this diet can help to significantly reduce the risk of death from heart disease, cancer, and from developing brain diseases (such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s).  Read more... (255 words, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)

The U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention released a new study that showed the effects of the chickenpox vaccine. According to their study it was able to reduce the disease by 90%. “The U.S. varicella vaccination program has dramatically reduced varicella incidence and related complications, hospitalizations and deaths,” CDC researchers said.  Read more... (192 words, estimated 46 secs reading time)

As adults we are made aware of the dangers that we pose to ourselves and the people around us when we smoke. Smoking is a stress reliever for many people and is highly addictive making it a hard habit to break. However, in exchange for a bit of relief throughout the day you are staining your teeth, living with bad breath, and killing your lungs.  Read more... (349 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia discovered the first gene that they believe might be connected to a form of neuroblastoma. Neorublastoma is a type of cancer that many doctors believe is inherited.  Read more... (147 words, estimated 35 secs reading time)