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A calm, gentle, friendly dog can reduce stress and lower blood pressure.79

Therapy Dogs Offer Many Benefits

by Carol Bogart

There's nothing like a friendly dog to make you forget for a moment the stresses of the day. In fact, studies show that human-pet interaction actually lowers heart rate and blood pressure. That fact has... published 17 months ago

3 comments    health pets dogs

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It converts food to energy and cleanses poisons from the blood. Graphic Courtesy of University of Virginia Health System.76

Silent Killer

by Carol Bogart

The Cleveland paramedic teetered precariously between life and death, burned over 75 percent of his body when a basement filled with natural gas exploded. I was a reporter at a Cleveland television station.... published 15 months ago

3 comments    health symptoms research

Permanent changes to the genetic makeup of a developing embryo may result from in-utero exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals, or EDCs.65

Endocrine Disrupters

by Carol Bogart

Everything from obesity to prostate cancer. That's what researchers say could be triggered by prenatal exposure to an array of chemicals suspected to be endocrine disrupters. According to a report on the... published 16 months ago

0 comments    health food environment

Brain imaging using a PET scan finds abnormalities in the ADHD brain's "executive" functions, such as stop and think.85

The ADHD Brain IS Different

by Carol Bogart

The kid rockets around the room like a whirling dervish - in between staring off dreamily into space. It doesn't just happen once in awhile. It's every day. Yet some still call ADHD a "made up" disability... published 18 months ago

5 comments    health family education

Physicist Albert Einstein and comic Robin Williams are among the many famous people thought to have ADHD.82

ADHD - Famous People

by Carol Bogart

Some adults who have ADHD view it not as a disability, but an asset. Bright and creative, they would never dream of "blunting" their personality with medication. And, in fact, some studies show that ADHD's... published 17 months ago

4 comments    health education celebrities

Ice core drilling in the Arctic reveals trapped methane, a greenhouse gas believed to contribute to climate change. Landfills (bottom photo) don't always have monitors to burn off methane emitted by buried waste. 88

Global Warming, Health and Methane Gas

by Carol Bogart

The adage, "What you don't know can't hurt you," anything but true when it comes to America's improperly abandoned landfills. Uncapped and unlined, such landfills spew out methane gas: a threat to human health... published 17 months ago

7 comments    health environment cancer

When a person’s persistent mood feels like a morass of descending dark clouds, the symptoms may indicate he or she is suffering from clinical depression. Photo courtesy the National Weather Service.72

Deep Brain Stimulation

by Carol Bogart

You've probably seen the ad "Depression Hurts" - and know that stress can get anyone down. But being down for weeks or months on end goes beyond a simple funk. Now, science may have a new tool to help those... published 15 months ago

3 comments    depression mental health brain

Ritalin is the best known psychostimulant medication for ADHD.75

ADHD Drugs - Yes or No?

by Carol Bogart

The 8-year-old, bright but struggling in school, begins a Ritalin "trial." Soon, though, the child psychiatrist switches the child to Dexedrine sustained release because the capsule can be opened, and the drug... published 18 months ago

12 comments    health family kids

Athletes who suffer a severe or repeated concussions may develop dementia or depression later in life, according to recent research. 72

Athletes at Risk?

by Carol Bogart

A 60-year-old man pruning a pear tree slips and falls, hits his head hard on the ground and goes to the hospital with mild concussion and a herniated disk in his neck. Two vertebrae are fused, he returns home,... published 16 months ago

0 comments    health sports medicine

Some ADHD children seem extra sensitive to certain foods, sounds, touch and texture.74

Sensory Stimulation and ADHD

by Carol Bogart

Diagnosed at age 4 with ADHD, the first grader is struggling to conform in his first grade class. During "story time" - he plays with his hair or drums his fingers. Antsy to get up and move around, the boy... published 17 months ago

0 comments    health family education


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