Health News

• So Fat You Can Taste It
  Australian scientists claim they've stumbled upon a sixth sense -- but not the kind where you see dead people. No, researchers down under have found a new flavor sense: fat. […]
• 'Fat' Taste Could Hold The Key To Cut Obesity
  A newly discovered ability for people to taste fat could hold the key to reducing obesity, researchers believe. They also found that people with a high sensitivity to the taste of fat tended to eat less fatty foods and were less likely to be overweight. The research team developed a screening procedure to test the ability of people to taste... […]
• RIP Abandoned Mental Asylum Hellingly [33 Creepy Pics]
  When you look at these photos, do you think death and derelict nightmare or do you think urban explorers’ dream? Let’s go off the rails on a crazy train to explore the decomposing mental hospital since it is at this moment being torn down. Here’s an ode to abandoned Hellingly Mental Asylum with 33 creepy photos. R.I.P. […]
• Diary of a quitter: Can e-cigarettes really help?
  I'm 48 now and I must find an alternative to tobacco. I can't bear to think of my blackening lungs anymore, not to mention the $50-a-week cost. So here goes. I screw the atomizer into the battery, fit a cartridge and I am ready to fake smoke. […]
• Eating Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
  Food is sustenance; it provides necessary nutrients to sustain life and, when done right, it can be a gratifying gustatory experience. Unfortunately, far too often, food can also just make you sick -- or worse. More than four in 10 Americans say they've become ill during the past two years because of something they've eaten. […]
• Sleep Habits Vary by Ethnicity
  Sleep problems and sleep habits vary among different ethnic groups, according to a new national survey. But among all ethnicities, there remains a common denominator: Many of us simply don't get enough sleep. […]
• Wii workouts: Best of the games
  Four top training videos that can get you moving and into shape.... […]
• Why Aren't Americans Sleeping Enough?
  Americans are too tired to go out and socialize, too tired to work, and even too tired for sex, according to a new survey from the National Sleep Foundation. But while the poll results highlight a nation of sleep-deprived adults, they also pull back the curtain on what we're doing, collectively and by race, instead of sleeping. […]
• Vitamin D Crucial To Activating Immune Defenses
  Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses and that without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system - T cells - will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body. […]
• Traffic Accidents: The Global Killer (Graphic)
  The Decade of Action for Road Safety was announced this week by the UN General Assembly. The WHO report on road safety makes for shocking reading. With over 3000 people dying on the world's roads daily and nearly 1.3 million people killed each year. If trends continue unabated deaths will rise to an estimated 2.4 million a year by 2030. […]