How Good Urban Planning Can Improve Public Health – Atlanta Streets Alive!
Still not quite sure what the relationship is between bad planning and poor health? This great article from Miller McCune elucidates clearly and succinctly the argument that sprawl is bad for us, both...
View ArticleVaccine now misses many pneumococcal infections in kids
Vaccine now misses many pneumococcal infections in kids Wed, Apr 21, 2010 (HealthDay News) — The advent in 2000 of the PCV7 vaccine to battle bacteria that causes pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis...
View ArticleSustainable Industries | Food and Farms | ChicoBag kicks the produce bag habit
CHICO, CALIF. Political and social attempts to stop the use of disposable bags are gaining steam. But these efforts generally focus on the “carry-out” bag shoppers use to transport purchases from the...
View ArticleRegular lack of sleep is ‘linked to early death’ -
Sleeping less than six hours a night increases the risk of early death, it was claimed today. Scientists arrived at the result after analysing data from 16 studies involving more than 1.5 million...
View ArticleBabyCenter: MOMformation » Blog Archive » Parenting expert claims sleep...
In her soon-to-be-released book, “The Essential First Year,” Penelope Leach claims that “distressed babies who are repeatedly left to cry are at risk of developing problems in later life.” A story in...
View ArticleBee Pollen And Hives Laden With Pesticides, Study Shows
MERCED, Calif. — The mysterious 4-year-old crisis of disappearing honeybees is deepening. A quick federal survey indicates a heavy bee die-off this winter, while a new study shows honeybees’ pollen and...
View ArticleThe Associated Press: Athens stray dogs mingle at protest rallies
Athens stray dogs mingle at protest rallies By DEMETRIS NELLAS (AP) – 1 day ago ATHENS, Greece — They roam the strees of Athens unperturbed, a blue collar around their necks indicating that they have...
View ArticleThe Barefoot Beekeeper
New research from China has shown that synthetic pyrethroids – the same chemicals that we have been told to use in our hives against Varroa for the last 30 years, and the same chemicals that the...
View ArticleThe Barefoot Beekeeper
Widely Used Pesticides Found to Impair Bee Reproduction Posted: March 8, 2010 By Janet Raloff, for Science News’ Science & the Public Blog Pesticides are agents designed to rid targeted portions of...
View ArticleBenefits of good childcare extend into teen years | BabyCenter
In another study in the same journal, researchers measured levels of the stress hormone cortisol in 150 mostly white, 3- and 4-year-olds from middle-class families, attending licensed, full-day home...
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