Millions of people across the United States will sit down Nov. 24 to a traditional Thanksgiving meal, including turkey, potatoes, squash, corn and cranberries. These foods have become synonymous with Thanksgiving, but how did they end up on tables from Maine to California?
Hamilton, ON – For years doctors have warned that too much salt is bad for your heart. Now a new McMaster University study suggests that both high and low levels of salt intake may put people with heart disease or diabetes at increased risk of cardiovascular complications.
A new nationwide report indicates that from 2005 to 2009 (the latest year for which figures are available), there has been a sharp increase in the number of emergency departments visits associated with the use of non-alcohol energy drinks – from 1,128 visits in 2005 to 13,114 visits in 2009. According to the report by […]
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-On November 16th, PBS News Hour aired the second of a two-part series on the dental needs of rural Alaska. Their report comes on the heels of a report done by Reuters in September of this year. That report by Reuters pointed out that tooth decay in the rural areas of Alaska are four […]