Imagine hearing your mother telling you this, or a school teacher.  Yet it may be the truth. I always knew this!  LOL Sitting straight ‘bad for backs’ On another note, I once heard somewhere that, in the time of Jesus, people used to eat laying on their sides, in a kind of lounging out position.…

According to an article(1) that just appeared today on Alternet.org: Over 200 studies since the early 1980s have now documented that people living in societies where wealth has concentrated at the top of the economic ladder live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than people who live in societies that spread their wealth more evenly. The…

An article in ScienceDaily.com discusses a new technology that involves using low-temperature plasma to disinfect decayed teeth instead of the current process of drilling.  This new process does not require mechanical/physical contact with the tooth! Article: Painless Plasma Jets Could Replace Dentist’s Drill

90% of the omega-3 fatty acid in the human brain is docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).  It is essential (similar to all vitamins), because the human body cannot produce it itself.  More and more research is being done which reveals how vital this compound is for humans.  For example, it is known that during pregnancy a disproportionate…

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