Traffic Pollution Speeds Hardening Of Arteries

A new study found that artery walls thicken twice as fast in people who live near freeways .Sort of gives new meaning to the phrase “dying to drive”.

Read more from the LA Times.

Top Beauty Trends For 2010

As consumers become more aware of what is going into their bodies, they’ll start to notice specifics about their beauty products as well, according to Nica Lewis, director of Mintel Beauty Innovation in Chicago.

Beauty in 2010 will be a combination of old and new trends, the market research firm claims. Here are Mintel’s top beauty predictions for this year.

What isn’t mentioned is cutting edge age related gene clusters and new technology to modulate the expression of how pigmentation, hydration, elasticity, and the free radicals that supplements alone can’t handle.

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Cell Phone Exposure May Protect Against and Reverse Alzheimer’s Disease

The millions of people who spend hours every day on a cell phone, may have a new excuse for yakking.  A surprising new study in mice provides the first evidence that long-term exposure to electromagnetic waves associated with cell phone use may actually protect against, and even reverse, Alzheimer’s disease. The study, led by University of South Florida researchers at the Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), was published today in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Bacteria In Gut Tied To Weight Gain

A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than just pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, increasing the proportion of the little buggers that make it easier for you gain weight and harder to lose it.

See the study abstract at Science Translational Medicine.

Tastes Like . . . Chicken?

We file this editorial from the LA Times under the heading:  CSI Health Crimes.