Health
Sub-topics: Diet & Fitness, Psychology
Homeopathy Shake-Up Goes Global 
LiveScience.com
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When is a sugar pill deadly? When it is substituted for real medicine, the Japanese public has come to understand.
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How does booze extend your lifespan?
Slate Magazine
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People who drink heavily live longer than those who completely abstain from alcohol, according to a new study conducted by a psychologist at the University of Texas.
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Study Finds Even a Little Cigarette Smoke Harms Airway
National Women's Health Info Cntr
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FRIDAY, Aug. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A drag from a cigarette now and then can't hurt, right? Wrong, according to a new study that finds even low levels of smoke exposure can cause
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'Smoking is the new SARS' - warning
News.com.au
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THE head of the World Health Organisation in China believes smoking should be given the same attention as an outbreak of the deadly SARS
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Sleep disorder linked to Parkinson’s and dementia
Globe and Mail
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EDT P In fact, a recent study suggests the sleep disorder may precede these neurological illnesses by as many as 50 years.
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Researchers Zero In On Protein That Destroys HIV
Slashdot.org
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Julie188 writes with this excerpt from a Loyola University news release: "Using a $225,000 microscope, researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a
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MyWire Knowledge
Alternative therapy: Mind, body, and Spirit
Ency of Cancer and Society (SAGE)
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ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES THAT deal with the body, mind, and spirit (physical, emotional, and spiritual) view humans or other natural life forms as a holistic system.
End-of-Life Care
Ency of Disability (SAGE)
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End-of-life care generally refers to palliative care, care that affords relief, but not cure, to dying patients with no reasonable possibility
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Death, Dying, and Hospice Care
Ency of Health and Aging (SAGE)
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The experience of death and dying has changed in the United States since the 19th century.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ency of Health Services Research (SAGE)
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the principal federal agency responsible for overseeing and financially supporting health-related and
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