Stress—even when you don't recognize it—can pack on the pounds. Cortisol, the stress hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, can make you fat. If you're under any kind of stress, this hormone...
Is Your Laptop Toasting You?
Avoiding "toasted skin" is just the beginning – protect yourself from infertility and worse. Have you ever noticed a sponge-patterned skin discoloration on your thighs? If so—and you use a laptop...
Is Your Cell Phone Zapping Your Brain?
Mobile phones, WiFi, and other digital gadgets can affect the way you think and what you remember. Remember that ad where an egg sizzling on a griddle represents your brain on drugs? A growing body...
Have Experts Grossly Underestimated Our Toxic Exposure?
Most of us have eight times the "acceptable" level of hormone-disrupting BPA. New research published in Environmental Health Perspectives shows that 90% of Americans are exposed to a...
Why Your Kitchen Is Killing You
Household cleaners still send kids to the ER—and have been linked to breast cancer. From deadly drain and oven cleaners to abrasives and biocides (antibacterial products that can raise the risk of...
Does Damp, Humid Weather Make Your Allergies Worse?
Molds, on foods and hidden away in homes, may be to blame. Are you coughing and wheezy with irritated eyes, a stuffy nose, and trouble breathing? Certainly, there's plenty of ragweed around to cause...
Premature Puberty Is a Growing Concern
Environmental toxins, insulin, melatonin, and obesity may all play a role. Precocious puberty—especially premature development of breast tissue—has dramatically increased in this country and Europe....
Shedding a Little Light on Pollution
What you don't know about lighting can hurt you. Global warming may still be up for debate. But there's no question that the world's getting brighter—due to the proliferation of both indoor and...
How Safe Are Your Supplements?
New Consumer Reports calls some herbs dangerous. Claiming the supplement industry isn't as safe as it should be, Consumer Reports (CR) has identified a dozen ingredients—mostly herbs—as dangerous:...
10 Ways to Fight Food Poisoning
Nasty "superbugs" and other pathogens can pop up in the strangest places. Those recyclable grocery bags may be green—but they're not clean, finds University of Arizona microbiologist Charles Gerba,...
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