This week's health news roundup (click on the link for the full article):
A simple massage could keep you from getting sick: "This research indicates that massage doesn't only feel good, it also may be good for you," explained Dr. Rapaport in a press release. "People often seek out massage as part of a healthy lifestyle but there hasn't been much physiological proof of the body's heightened immune response following massage until now."
USDA failure may have helped cause salmonella egg outbreak: In yet another shocking display of incompetence and regulatory failure, the Wall Street Journal has reported that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) knew all along that one of the egg mega-farms involved in the recent recall had sanitation issues, but did not report them to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as it should have.
Obama's tone on health care shifts: President Barack Obama told voters repeatedly during the health care debate that the overhaul legislation would bring down fast-rising health care costs and save them money. Now, he's hemming and hawing on that.
Obesity and colon cancer linked: “The researchers noted belly fat’s particular link to mortality rates; those women with a high waist-to-hip ratio had a 30-40 percent increased chance of dying specifically because of colon cancer.”
Scientists discover way to recharge laptops and cell phones with soda pop and vegetable oil: Researchers looking for new, cheap energy sources might want to look in the food pantry and junk food aisle at the grocery story. Sugary drinks as well as vegetable oils and plain old table sugar could one day be used to recharge cell phones, laptops and other portable electronics.
Wikipedia's anti-natural health slant: Wikipedia is the largest and most popular reference site on the Internet. Yet the articles that are pro-health freedom or integrative medicine perspectives are consistently gutted, removed, or vandalized.
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