Even though the Los Angeles School District is denying it, it seems like Jamie Oliver’s  (the British TV chef) push for a healthier school menu has paid off somewhat. The L.A. Unified became the largest school district  yet to stop serving flavored milk to help fight childhood obesity. Starting July 1st, L.A. Unified schools will ... Read More

U.S. and British researchers have released the results of a study which indicate that the use of a particular mist inhaler produced by Pfizer could increase the risk of dying by its users by 52 percent. The inhaler is used by people with lung diseases including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. “What we think is going ... Read More

We often worry about big corporations not giving a rat’s patootie about people, but Pfizer has surprised many by voluntarily suspending the sales of a poultry drug, which increases levels of carcinogens in chickens, in the United States. The drug is used to help control an intestinal parasitic disease. But let’s not get side-tracked by ... Read More

Luckily for Californians (and other likeminded 21st century ‘hippies’ across the World), a new study has revealed that having hallucinations doesn’t necessarily need to cost you an arm and a leg. A La Trobe University study has found that coffee lovers are three times more likely to hear imaginary things than anyone else. Professor Simon ... Read More

In an attempt to help Americans eat healthier and stop hurdling towards becoming a nation lard-asses, the Obama administration has seen fit to scrap the decades old food pyramid that we all have affixed to our fridge doors, and replace it with something more familiar, a plate. The Department of Agriculture unveiled the new food ... Read More