Councilman Dan Johnson says he plans to file an ordinance to ban using trans fatty acids in 2,600 Louisville Kentucky eateries.
Food chains that have recently decided to ban trans fatty acids from their foods on their own include the following.
Lots of others are listed on other entires on this blog.
Among Scottish general practices, 60% (that’s six oh!!) now prescribe homoeopathic or herbal remedies.
And the practice is increasing.
Our very unscientific survey suggests so far that the second most commonly requested entry to this site is marijuana. Believe me, I’m looking.
In the mean time, here’s a “little known fact” about marijuana from Medical Marijuana ProCon.org.
Some researcher and editors must think that jargon-filled writing increases the relevance of their work. Here’s an abstract from a study where the word “shibboleth” was used.
Ten points if you know the definition of “shibboleth” without looking it up. Bonus points if you can use it in a sentence where no other simpler English-language word can be used.
That said. Here’s my summary of this spirituality study, with “shibboleth” deleted.
I hate these negative headlines, but there seems to be no upside to the latest survey results on obesity among Americans.
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A study in northern India 
The Calcium Key is a weight loss book focusing on calcium via dairy foods that the author says, “increase fat burning and decrease fat making and fat storage by 50% or more than obtaining calcium from non-dietary sources.”
There’s one hospital in Sweden where anthroposophic medicine is practiced. Here is a 
This review concludes that spinal manipulation and acupuncture are not cost-effective for low-back pain.
An article in a recent issue of AARP The Magazine (and