The 2016 "Dirty Dozen" and "Clean Fifteen" Lists Are Out EWG's "Dirty Dozen" for the first time rates strawberries as the #1 most toxic produce item. They are contaminated by pesticides linked to cancer, reproductive and developmental damage, ... [Read More]
Til Death Do Us Part: Does Marriage Improve Survival After Cancer?
New research suggests that marital status impacts cancer survival. Investigators report that among those individuals treated for lung cancer (with stage 3, non-small cell lung cancer) with chemotherapy and radiation, married patients were much more ... [Read More]
Social interaction (even over the phone) reduces the body’s response to stress
In a study (published in May 2010, in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.) investigators have demonstrated that social interaction (over the telephone) after a stressful event significantly decreases amount of stress hormones (cortisol) ... [Read More]