Tobacco promotions and depictions of smoking in movies cause teenagers to start smoking, according to a sweeping report on tobacco in the media released on Thursday.
The government will allow food producers to start zapping fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and other dangerous germs, a key safety move amid increasing outbreaks from raw produce
Two vaccines against cervical cancer are being widely used without sufficient evidence about whether they are worth their high cost or even whether they will effectively stop women from getting the disease, two articles in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine conclude.
I just got back from an 11-day visit to my mom's house in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Normally, this visit is call for an orgy of cheese-laden enchiladas, deep-fried sopaipillas smothered in honey, and chips and salsa with every meal. But since I was with my toddler daughter, I had to exercise restraint. And being away from our own well-stocked refrigerator and regular routine made me realize how easy it is to let a vacation mood (even when you're staying with family) interfere with... Read more...
Juicing with Penelope
Ladies, for those of you who secretly (or overtly) want to look like Penelope Cruz, you might want to invest in a juicer. I’ve dusted off mine and started using it again. Why?! Because at the new Woody Allen film, Vicky Christina Barcelona’s movie junket, Penelope — who is stunning even without a stitch of makeup — was drinking carrot juice! (Which is more than I could say for Javier Bardem. It was 10am and he was drinking a caffeinated soda. But the guy is... Read more...
Eight scientific organizations urged the next U.S. president to help protect the country from climate change by pushing for increased funding for research and forecasting, saying about $2 trillion of U.S. economic output could be hurt by storms, floods and droughts.
Teresa Rocha, a migrant worker who picks coffee on the steamy, lush, green farms near La Merced in central Peru, might not understand the mechanics of climate change, but she knows its effects.
Here in a 13,700-year-old peat bog, ecologist Ed Berg reaches into the moss and pulls out more evidence of the drastic changes afoot due to the Earth's warming climate.
We did it! We finally went camping! Despite many misgivings about cooking over an open flame and our collective ruggedness, we opted for camping lite at a cabin at Stub Stewart, Oregon’s newest State Park. We had two days of wilderness wondering, in an E-Z a comfy cabin complete with electricity.
We packed up a bunch of stuff during the week, but as departure day came we realized we didn’t have sleeping bags, so off to the store we went. We also got an emergency... Read more...