Archive for September, 2014
A Call for a Low-Carb Diet
September 2nd, 2014New York Times, is that really you? Via: New York Times: People who avoid carbohydrates and eat more fat, even saturated fat, lose more body fat and have fewer cardiovascular risks than people who follow the low-fat diet that health authorities have favored for decades, a major new study shows. … By the end of […]
Mystery Illness Hits Girls in Small South American Town
September 1st, 2014Mass hysteria. That’s the ticket. Via: AP: A mystery illness has overwhelmed a small town in northern Colombia as scores of teenage girls have been hospitalized with symptoms that parents fear could be an adverse reaction to a popular vaccine against cervical cancer. Authorities say they still don’t know what caused more than 200 girls […]
