OverTheLimit

In a study published this week it is suggested that caffeine can reduce the risk of skin cancer. Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle. Found that in cells that had been damaged by UV radiation, the caffeine interrupted a protein called ATR-ChK1. This process in turn caused the damaged cells to self destruct. [...]

[Read more →]

Results of testing performed on a group of nearly 19,000 men over the last several years reveal that a common drug used in treating baldness is an effective preventive drug for prostate cancer. The tests were conducted using two groups, one taking the drug finasteride, while the control group received a placebo.
Finasteride is sold under [...]

[Read more →]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week has brought attention to the efforts of people dedicated to making help available to people with eating disorders. Some pay a heavy price for the advances of a modern culture that loads our lives with stress in an environment filled with an overabundance of food, much of it unhealthy, and [...]

[Read more →]

Calcium decrease cancer risk: Alcohol consumption increases risk Recent studies conclude that while high calcium intake can decrease the risk of colon cancer in men and women, the consumption of just one alcoholic drink per day may increase the chance of developing cancer in women.
A large-scale observational study of older men and women recently published [...]

[Read more →]

Toronto (OTL) – Eating disorders often stem from a disillusioned self image that has been triggered from various physiological and psychological aspects of acceptance, traumas, and possibly deprived needs. Ultimately, the suppressed source becomes a progressive habit and addiction.
Visualizing ones physiological image realistically and comparing, as well as, accepting that a memory of a triggering [...]

[Read more →]

Toronto (OTL) – The iPhone is one of the greatest technological breakthroughs of today’s society.  With it, the user can make phone calls, play games, text message, get on the internet, listen to music, and much more.
No matter how popular this new technology is however, new research shows that many of the applications downloaded for [...]

[Read more →]

Can taking calcium be beneficial to your health? According to a United States National Cancer Institute study, taking calcium helps to reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. Calcium seems to help reduce the risk more for women than men; this might be because men and women have different hormones and metabolic factors.
The U.S. National Institutes [...]

[Read more →]

The 81st Annual Academy Awards delivered all sorts of surprises throughout the night. From the starlets in their stunning dresses to the posthumous Oscar awarded to the late Heath Ledger, the night was filled with emotional ups and downs. The highly acclaimed film, Slumdog Millionaire, won Best Motion Picture of the Year along with Best [...]

[Read more →]

Hamilton (OTL) – After announcing on Thursday, January 19, 2009, a company wide layoff of up to 5000 jobs, roughly 5 percent of their workforce, Microsoft has publicized an innovative employment skills updating effort. The plan will begin with Microsoft working in conjunction with federal, state and local leaders to retrain America’s workforce.
The goal is [...]

[Read more →]

Toronto – According to a report, obesity is causing employees to miss more days of work and be less productive. In 1995, thirteen percent of Canadian workers were obese this figure increased to sixteen percent in 2005.
Male workers that are over the age of fifty five are becoming more obese; sixty three percent of Canadian [...]

[Read more →]