by Dr. Orna | Feb 9, 2010 | cancer, healthy living in a toxic world, Uncategorized
You know the smell that’s left on clothes, furniture and hair after being around cigarettes? Turns out the chemicals causing that smell, dubbed “third-hand smoke,” offer a whole new kind of cancer risk. When cigarette smoke mixes with nitrous acid —...
by Dr. Orna | Feb 9, 2010 | healthy living in a toxic world, Uncategorized
Bisphenol A (BPA), a common chemical used in polycarbonate plastics and often found in the lining of food cans, is frequently in the news because it also disrupts human hormones. Researchers have known for a while that the chemical can impair female fertility. But new...
by Dr. Orna | Feb 6, 2010 | cancer, healthy living in a toxic world, Uncategorized
Cell phones are now indispensable to many people around the world, but are they endangering your health? Not all the research is clear, but some studies find strong connections to cancers of the brain and saliva-producing parotid glands with extensive use over time....
by Dr. Orna | Feb 5, 2010 | chronic disease, depression, food as medicine, graceful aging, mood cures, Uncategorized
You’ve always heard that fish is brain food. Now, a growing body of research is supporting that contention. One study published in the February 2010 edition of the Archives of General Psychiatry found that fish-oil supplements high in omega-3 fatty acids warded...
