German scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute of Engineering Processes and Packaging designed cancer preventing bread. Flax seeds contain phytoestrogens, which prevent development of hormone-related cancers, such as breast and prostate cancer. Lupine seeds contain cholesterol lowering substances. Unfortunately, nobody enjoys eating those seeds as they have a bad taste. The scientists came up with a way to introduce the healthy substances from those seeds into our regular foods. Full story

The scientists at British Heart Foundation decided to find out which diet plan is the unhealthiest one. Previous studies were focused on healthy diets, indicating the Mediterranean diet as the most beneficial one, but scientists took little or no interest in the most unhealthy diet plans. With this in mind, they studied eating patterns of more than 52 000 people from 62 countries. Full story

Women who work the night shifts or work very late into the night at the office are often insomniac. How can you fight sleeping problems? Working at night is stressful for our body. We were biologically designed to be active during the day and rest at night. The way our body functions and the type of hormones it produces differ depending on whether we are asleep or awake. If your sleeping schedule is off track, it can disturb the normal sleep-awake cycle. The body becomes unable to function the way it is supposed to. That leads to insomnia and health problems. Here are some tips on how to mitigate effects of disturbed cycle. Full story

Beautiful hair is certainly a great nature’s gift. Unfortunately, there are lots of things that could make them unhealthy. How can we give dry and damaged hair back its strength and lustre? Balanced diet and care will sure help you get healthy and magnificent mane. Here are some simple but useful tips for the healthy hair. Full story

The revolutionary new "digital" frying pan Thermometer Fry Pan created by Mingle Instrument company, Hong Kong, will help you cook perfect pancakes and beefsteaks. The frying pan ET541, which has non-stick coating, displays exact temperature of the bottom of the pan as well as the optimum temperature for cooking various foods on the LCD display. The ideal temperature menu consists of 11 entries for cooking such foods as lamb, beefsteak, pork, fish, poultry, and vegetables. Full story

German scientists discovered that light emitting diodes can smooth out wrinkles and improve skin elasticity. The health benefits of visible light emission have been known for quite a long time. For instance, it was used to accelerate the wound-healing processes. But scientists couldn't explain the effect until recently. Full story

American doctors confessed they give their patients so-called placebo treatment that has no therapeutic effect. Although the doctors now admitted the fact, they've been using this kind of therapy for a long time, prescribing medically neutral drugs. Physiologically, however, placebo effect is beneficial. Patient's trust in medicine often brings long-awaited "recovery". Full story

Unfortunately, having healthy and good-looking feet might take many of us a lot of time and efforts – both emotional and financial. Among them is the need to discard your favorite footwear. We create problems for ourselves wearing high heel shoes or trendy models that actually hurt our feet (like tight stiletto shoes). Eventually, being tortured over fall/winter season, our feet just don't look good enough to wear open shoes. Callosities, corns, blisters, calluses and cracks are all far from being a nice-looking exterior. Additionally, they all can be really painful. Full story

Scientists continue to make shocking discoveries that often contradict their earlier ones. According to the latest studies conducted by the researchers at Copenhagen University, there is no conclusive evidence supporting life prolonging benefits of antioxidants. On the contrary, vitamins A and E may weaken body's natural defense mechanisms. "Even more, beta-carotene, vitamin A, and vitamin E seem to increase mortality," - Danish scientists’ review says. Full story

It is considered that fats should make 30% of daily calorie intake. But fats are not equally healthy. Monounsaturated fats help neutralize harmful effects of triglycerides. It makes monounsaturated fats especially beneficial for our heart and cardiovascular system. Even those who want to lose weight need fats in their diet. So, before saying no to fats, one should distinguish between “good” and “bad” fats. Full story

Which nation do you think is the healthiest one? Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences held a study to measure health index across nations. 45 largest nations of the world caught the researchers' attention. Those countries account for 90% of the world's GDP and 77% of the world's population. Finns occurred to be the healthiest nation in the world. Full story

American scientist Charles Gerba from Arizona University believes that typical office equipment, such as phones, keyboards, and mice can present a serious danger to the health of people working with it. According to the results of the study conducted by Gerba, some desktops are hundreds times dirtier than the public washrooms. For instance, a mouse which hasn’t been cleaned for a few weeks can contain up to 1676 germs per square inch, while the same area on the keyboard will host around 3300 microbes. Full story

October issue of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research magazine features the findings of American scientists about suntan health impacts. They reveal that any suntan whether you get it from the sun or in a tanning salon is harmful for our health and may cause various illnesses, from premature skin aging to the skin cancer. Full story

Elizabeth Hurley is launching a line of low-fat organic food. The actress-model focuses on low-fat food because she is sure that would help in prevention of breast cancer. Elizabeth Hurley set up her own Breast Cancer Research Foundation after her grandmother died from this disease. According to Foundation, breast cancer is detected in one woman every two and a half minutes in the US. Full story

Researchers at Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA, discovered new taste sensation. It turned out that along with basic sensations of sweet, sour, salty, and bitter, we are able to detect a taste of calcium. Experimenting on rats, the scientists found two receptors (CaSR and Tas1r3) that are involved in tasting calcium in food. Full story

Sitting with your back straight can be bad for your health, according to the claim made by Canadian scientists. A study conducted by radiologist Waseem Amir Bashir and his colleagues from the Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Alberta Hospital, Canada, showed that when the person sits with the back straight (so that the angle between the thighs and the trunk is about 90 degrees), this position can eventually lead to experiencing some pain. Full story

You’ve certainly heard so many beliefs about manicure, such as: remove your nail polish time to time to let your nails breathe; or nail polish remover containing acetone is very harmful for the nails; or eating plenty of gelatin makes your nails especially strong and healthy. But all these statements are just myths. Let’s break these and other myths about how to make nails look nice and healthy. Full story

Maintaining good eyesight throughout life is challenging. Right diet will make the task easier, for example, if you add some avocado, spinach or beans to your daily diet. Having perfect eyesight in youth doesn't mean you will be able to see as clearly when you become a senior citizen. 30% of seniors worldwide 65 years of age suffer from eyesight diseases. This figure goes up to 50% among people 80 years of age. While some diseases can be cured, the others can cause blindness. Full story

Honey is well known for its various healthy properties. But scientists could not even imagine that this common folk remedy is in fact that effective. Canadian researchers discovered that honey can destroy the bacterium which brings about chronic runny nose. The effectiveness of this remedy in some cases even surpassed the one of antibiotics. Full story

Young people struggle against the lack of independency, while elderly - from the idea of approaching of death. But the ones who go through the hardest times are, as scientists believe, those "over 40". Moreover, the peak of this crisis takes place around the age of 44. Earlier studies in this area showed that psychological health of the person does not depend on the person's age. Yet, specialists from University of Warwick, Dartmouth College in the U.S. opposed those results. Full story