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Study: Ecotourism Has Significant Benefits0
- Environmental Well-Being
- October 1, 2011
If you are looking to do the standard all-inclusive travel package with your family this year, you may want to reconsider. According to a study by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests, ecotourism is a concept that emphasizes authentic experiences in preserved nature guided by local people. The locals have an economic incentive to protect their
READ MOREStudy: Allowing organ donation status on Facebook increased number of donors0
- What I Can Do
- June 24, 2013
Including your organ donor status on Facebook can help save lives, according to a new study. Facebook’s donor program was launched last May, leading 57,451 users to update their organ donor status and generating more than 13,012 new organ registrations nationwide, a response in the number of organ donors that is higher than ever before.
READ MOREStudy: 9/11 WTC dust sickened residents years later0
- Environmental Well-Being
- May 24, 2012
A study blames long-term sickness on 9/11 dust from the World Trade Center. "It will also be important to use the results to improve guidance about returning to residences and other locations after a major terrorist or natural event," said an e-mail from Paul Lioy, an environmental health expert and deputy director at Rutgers University's Environmental
READ MOREStudy shows ICU patients often suffer long-term brain impairment similar to concussions, Alzheimer’s disease0
- Health & Healing
- October 13, 2013
Many patients who have stayed in the intensive care unit (ICU) end up leaving with brain dysfunction, a new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center has found. Dr. Pratik Pandharipande, a professor of anesthesiology and critical care at Vanderbilt Medical Center explains, “As survival has increased from critical illness based on modern medical therapies, we
READ MOREStudy links common food additives to Crohn’s disease0
- Health & Healing
- March 12, 2015
The next time you purchase packaged bread, processed foods, ice cream, candy, cream cheese, salad dressing, mayonnaise or margarine, take a look at the ingredients on the label. These products may contain emulsifiers like polysorbate 80 or carboxymethyl cellulose, which are added not only to extend their shelf life, but to improve the texture.
READ MOREStudy finds unsafe mercury levels in 84 percent of all fish0
- Environmental Well-Being
- January 22, 2013
Unsafe levels of mercury in fish pose serious health risks for humans. Mercury poisoning, most often caused by eating fish, can permanently damage the brain and kidneys. CBS Evening News, 1/13/2013
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