Men with high risk for heart disease had lower blood pressure readings after drinking non-alcoholic red wine every day for four weeks, according to a new study in the American Heart Association journal Circulation Research. Non-alcoholic red wine increased participants’ levels of nitric oxide, which helped decrease both systolic and diastolic blood pressure, researchers report. Nitric oxide is a molecule that helps blood vessels relax and allows more blood to reach the heart and organs. Read More →

Texas state health officials have sanctioned aerial spraying of mosquito insecticide to abate a serious outbreak of West Nile virus. Most of the spraying from aircraft is targeted in the Dallas Texas area, and many of the people there are not too happy about it. Read More →

Presently, nearly half of all American high school studentssmoke, drink or use other drugs, according to the researchers at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. They say that their findings show that adolescence is the most important period of life for the start of substance abuse. A number of social factors are linked directly to the high risk of addictive substance use by American teens, according to the researchers. These include: acceptance of substance use by parents, schools or communities: widespread advertising of products such as alcohol and cigarettes; and media depictions of substance use as harmless, glamorous, fun and relaxing. In addition, tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and prescription drugs are widely available to teens. Read More →

The American agricultural biotechnology giant Monsanto, which developed Roundup, knew in 1976 that birth defects were found in laboratory animals. Dilation of the heart was the most common health defect in rabbits and mice. While Roundup has been associated with deformities in a host of laboratory animals, its impact on humans remains unclear. One laboratory study in France in 2005 found glyphosate caused death in human placental cells. Another study, conducted in 2009, found that roundup caused total cell death in human umbilical, embryonic and placental cells within 24 hours. Read More →

Most of the over-the-counter medications we buy to reduce the pain and swelling of arthritis are simply dangerous. While providing a seemingly pleasant and temporary relief from discomfort, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID’s) are not safe. Lets face it,Americans love their drugs. Americans make up 5 percent of the world’s population but consume 50 percent of all prescription drugs made in the world. If you do not take any drugs, there is a 41 percent chance that you are living with someone who regularly takes prescription drugs. Read More →