On Healthy Living

Outdoor activities might be the key to lifting your spirits: English mental health charity Mind is claiming that “ecotherapy” will help those with mental health problems.
The chief executive of Mind, Paul Farmer, was quoted in a recent article as saying that ecotherapy is “a credible, clinically-valid treatment option and needs to be prescribed by […]

The Federal Trade Commission has said the National Dairy Council will stop running advertisements saying that consuming three dairy products a day can help people lose weight.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a group that supports a vegan diet, had complained about the advertisements in 2005, saying the claims that dairy products helped people burn […]

Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration announced approval of Neupro, a skin patch designed to treat the early symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
The patches include the drug rotigotine, which mimics the chemical dopamine. In Parkinson’s patients, brain cells that produce dopamine die, leading to the physical symptoms of shaking, stiffness, slow movement and impaired balance.
The patch […]

The energy drink Cocaine is being pulled from stores shelves after the company failed to reply to a complaint from the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA said the company was marketing the drink as an alternative to illegal drugs with phrases like “Liquid Cocaine” and “Speed in a Can” on its website. The company said […]

A new study from Indiana suggests that the time of year a child is conceived could affect the child’s future academic performance.
Children in the study who were conceived in the summer months scored lower on the state’s standardized tests for math and reading than children conceived at other times of year did.
Researchers said babies conceived […]