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Airlines Conspiring to Keep Ticket Prices High
Jet fuel prices dropped by 40 percent since last year, but ticket prices have remained high. If you’re wondering why ticket prices haven’t followed the subsequent drop, you’re not alone. Multiple senators have called for an investigation, and the Departmen...
Citrus Fruit Can Increase the Risk of Skin Cancer
Picture this: It’s a bright, hot summer day. You’re sitting poolside, relaxing, sunbathing and sipping a cool glass of orange juice. You’ve got on a layer of SPF 50, and you think you’re protected.Most people who spend a lot of time outside know it’s s...
This “Brand New” 70 Year Old Treatment Offers Hope for Hepatitis C Patients
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health believe a common antihistamine may have the potential to treat hepatitis C.The study found that the antihistamine chlorcyclizine treated hepatitis C in petri dishes and in humanized mice.
Chlorocyclizi...
Diabetes Warning: FDA Issues Concerns Over the Popular Drug, Onglyza
This popular drug has raised flags for many in the FDA after disturbing numbers have come forward about the incidence of mortality from those using these drugs. Heart failure is becoming more common in patients who have taken this drug. Onglyz...
The New Flu Drug That Hopes to Save Thousands of Lives
The majority of deaths caused by the flu can be traced back to one simple cause, respiratory failure.Respiratory failure is the common trigger that causes the majority of elderly deaths and the trauma that is seen from rare super strains acting on popu...
New Fracking Study Finds Man-Made Earthquakes
A recent study published in Science has gained significant insight into the ways in which fluid injection processes commonly used in the geothermal, oil, and natural gas industries may induce micro earthquakes. There has been a long debate about the potent...
More Americans Are Qualifying As Obese, Not Just Overweight
It is no secret that in American culture, we like things big. Big SUVs, big sodas and big butts are the norm, but it’s clear that this penchant for all things big has led to a shift in the Body Mass Index of our nation’s population. And now, researchers ar...
Fashion Statement or Fashion Victim? Skinny Jeans Health Concern
Slim-fit garments that hug the form and show off the curves have become increasingly trendy in international culture. But what many people do not realize is that tight clothing can cause serious damage to the body. Like a snake constricting its victim's th...
New Product Makes it Possible to Stop Bleeding Instantly
When Joe Landolina was 17 years old, he imagined a product that would have the power to immediately stop a wound from bleeding.Today, Landolina is 22 years old and his dreams have become a reality. His invention, VetiGel, is an algae-based polymer that...