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It's time to green this old (White) House - again (AP)

It's time to green this old (White) House - again

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(AP) -- President Barack Obama will find out two things as he studies how to make the White House more environmentally friendly:


Some health products paring back on claims they boost the immune system

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Airborne, the popular dietary supplement created by a germ-averse schoolteacher, no longer boasts that it can prevent your cold or ease the aggravating symptoms. Instead, the packaging says the effervescent pill helps "support ...





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Hallucinogenic herb a problem in Wash.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 26, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Both Washington state and U.S. officials are growing increasingly concerned over the popularity of a legal hallucinogenic herb in the region around Seattle.


Chinese sage may provide alcoholism cure

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 27, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The active ingredient in Chinese medicinal sage could help alcoholics beat their addiction, Italian researchers said.


An herbal extract inhibits the development of pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

An herb recently found to kill pancreatic cancer cells also appears to inhibit development of pancreatic cancer as a result of its anti-inflammatory properties, according to researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson. ...


Herbal extract found to increase lifespan

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 05, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (50) | comments 5

The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan of fruit fly populations, according to a University of California, Irvine study.


Ginkgo biloba doesn’t prevent cardiovascular events but may have potential peripheral artery disease benefits

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ginkgo biloba didn’t prevent cardiovascular death or major events such as heart attack and stroke in people age 75 and older, but the herb may affect peripheral vascular disease, according to research reported ...


Frankincense oil -- a wise man's remedy for bladder cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Originating from Africa, India, and the Middle East, frankincense oil has been found to have many medicinal benefits. Now, an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia carteri has been shown to kill off ...


Lawmakers worry about FDA funding

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 17, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lawmakers on both side of the aisle say it appears the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seriously underfunded for next year.


German researchers testing veggie Viagra: reports

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

German researchers are testing an impotency treatment for men made using only natural ingredients that in some cases works better than Viagra, newspapers reported Monday.


Think herbal supplements are safe? Think again, book by SLU doctor says

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 27, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

People are mixing supplements, herbs and over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs to cure themselves of ills, unaware that they could be making themselves sicker, says George Grossberg, M.D., director of the division ...


A potential anti-ulcer herb medicine: Rocket 'Eruca sativa'

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gastric ulcer is an illness that affects a considerable number of people worldwide. Although the introduction of proton-pump inhibitors to the classic anti-ulcer therapy has revolutionized treatment of peptic ulcers and other ...



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