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  • Two more men cured of HIV

    Two men from Boston and New York City were diagnosed with HIV and cancer. They endured multiple rounds of treatment for lymphoma, stem cell treatments and received bone marrow transplants while continuing their antiretroviral therapy (ART). Two years and three and a half years later, both men are still seemingly uninfected. The researchers are cautious…

  • Efficiency and Love

    Deeply rooted in the core of each of us, is the desire for love. In this desire we find our true identity, our reason for being, our heart, our soul, our essence. In most of us, our desire for love has been distorted, buried or even purposely brushed under the rug. Pressures of life, careers,…

  • Eat a Rainbow

    Healthy eating is as simple as filling your plate with a rainbow of color! Red – Tomatoes, watermelon, guava Benefits: Lycopene: antioxidants Orange – Carrots, yams, mangoes, pumpkins Benefits: Beta-carotene: immune system Yellow-orange – Lemons, oranges, papayas, peaches Benefits: Vitamin C: detoxify harmful substances Green – Spinach, kale, collards Benefits: Folate: builds healthy cells Green-white…

  • Procrastinate Smarter at Work

    Multitasking makes us more stupid. Studies show it. In fact, The University of Utah claims that using a cell phone while driving reduces reaction time by just as much if the driver had a blood alcohol level of at least .08%. While there’s enough evidence to support that multitasking hinders more than it helps, there…

  • Does your brain burn more calories when you think really hard?

    In most cases, deep thought and concentration do not burn tons more calories than routine brain activity. But if we think we’ve worn out our brains, we will feel exhausted anyways. I’m thoroughly disappointed. All this time aggressively thinking while sitting on my butt in my cubicle doing nothing, no wonder I don’t look like…

  • FDA approves Qsymia by Vivus

    The first few times I read this I thought it said Virus. That about sums up my credibility as a health news reporter, but that won’t stop me from filling this post full of judgementalism and negativity. After all, that’s what news is about, no? Vivus shares are rallying yet again, continuing their big surge…