Curbing obesity can be done, but not by demonizing specific food culprits like sweet snacks and fast food combos, by looking at people's overall diet and physical activity, according to a study by Cornell University.
Vitamin C has already been linked to health benefits including boosting immune systems, treating the common cold, and preventing skin wrinkles. Meanwhile, a breakthrough study shows that a vitamin found naturally in oranges, apples, bell peppers, and green leafy vegetables, might also be effective in battling colorectal cancer.
An American university announced on November 6, Friday that it would return a $1 million grant from Coca-Cola after discovering the funds had established an advocacy group that tried to play down the connection between soft drinks including those in Coke cans, and obesity. In 2014 the multi-national corporation had made the big contribution to the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Its goal was to start a non-profit group that encouraged people to exercise more, and focus less on the food they eat and the beverages they drink such as fizzy sodas.
A 47-year-old woman got the surprise of a lifetime when she learned she was an expecting mother around one hour before the gave birth to a baby girl. She went to a hospital in Beverley, Massachusetts because of serious stomach pain, thinking it was a gallstone. However, the medical staff then figured out that in fact she was pregnant and in labor.
The findings of a new study challenged the effectiveness of using light therapy lamps to treat people with the winter blues caused by seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which results from less sunlight and cold weather. A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) designed for SAD treatment was superior in preventing the winter depression in future years.
Following President Xi Jinping's visit to the Chequers pub in Oxfordshire on Oct. 22, upon the invitation of British Prime Minister David Cameron, many Chinese have become interested to know about the British menu.
Contemporary art exhibition “Tomorrow’s Party” will return to the Orange in Beijing’s Taikoo Li Sanlitun District from Dec. 12-17, following its successful debut there in 2014.
China has agreed to provide special trademark protection to Walt Disney Co. as the U.S. entertainment giant prepares to open its first theme park in the Chinese mainland next year, the country’s industry regulators announced on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Some of the best apps on the market that have gotten favorable responses are those that guide consumers to buy healthier food options, encourage fitness, and track reproductive health or increase the chance of becoming pregnant.
Chinese archaeologists have unearthed more than 10 tons of ancient coins dating back to the West Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - A.D. 25) at royal tombs in East China’s Jiangxi Province, The Mirror reported on Thursday, Nov. 5.
"The Double Bass," a play written by Patrick Suskind, has come to Beijing. The play features only one actor interacting with a double bass for 90 minutes.
Yu Yishuang has been honored as one of the 15 "People's Literary Stars" for expressing the experiences of the youth in her writing. Yu has been known to write daring stories about relationships and sex.
New Chinese textbooks for secondary classes have compiled several stories and characters from popular science fiction and fantasy works, including Harry Potter. The new textbooks also have a section for news writing and classic Chinese poetry.
The father and mother of a terminally-ill infant girl has made a bucket list after doctors gave her a spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) diagnosis, which limited her lifespan to another two years. The 8-month-old has a genetic order. People are helping her parents check off items on the list that includes experiences and memories they believe every kid should have.
A California man in his 20s is recovering after surgeons recently removed a live "wiggling" tapeworm from his brain in an emergency operation. A doctor later told the California university student that after the parasite that caused him terrible headaches and his mother to call 911 entered the organ, he would have died 30 minutes later.
