By Ricardo Mendez |Staff Writer| Why juice your body with steroids when you can juice with fruits and vegetables? There are many methods to making fresh juice, from squeezing fruit by hand and using fruit squeezers to the most recognized method of using an appliance. "Juicing has taken the health world by storm, and millions of people are now gulping down pounds of produce by the glassful," according to joybauer.com. Many people are using this juicing method to help improve the overall intake of fruits and veggies. "The average American is eating less than the recommended servings of vegetables and fruits a day," according to foodrepublic.com. CSUSB students find ways to … [Read more...] about Juicing your way to health
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Created stem cells kill cancer
By Aimee Villalpando |Staff Writer| Cancer targeting stem cells have recently been designed by a team of scientists at Harvard. This could potentially end of the deadly disease. According to the Independent, the genetically engineered stem cells have been so effective on mice that scientists are considering this treatment to be a potential breakthrough in the cancer research field. “Cancer-killing toxins have been used with great success in a variety of blood cancers, but they don’t work as well in solid tumors because the cancers aren’t as accessible,” reported Dr. Khalid Shah, according to Medical News Today. Although the use of toxins to kill cancer cells is not new, the team … [Read more...] about Created stem cells kill cancer
Prescription drugs No. 1 killer in US
By Marlyn Rodriguez |Opinions Editor| More than 100 people die every day from prescription drug addiction in the United States. Doctors write approximately 300 million drug prescriptions a year. In 2010, doctors prescribed enough pain medication to provide a dosage to all the adults in the U.S. every four hours for a month, according to The Los Angeles Times and The Daily Beast. Drug addiction claims more lives than gunshot wounds, car accidents or suicide, according to the The Daily Beast. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) states that in 2010 30,000 of the 38,000 deaths due to drug overdose were unintentional. The Huffington Post compares that number to the 34,000 deaths from … [Read more...] about Prescription drugs No. 1 killer in US
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by Essence Dennis |Staff Writer| Mexico legalizes Vigilantism (Jan. 27) Mexico has legalized vigilantes after they captured a cartel leader. The self-appointed group of citizens captured “four top leaders” from the drug cartel known as “Knights Templar.” The government allowed the group to become part of a civilian group referred to as “Rural Defense Corps.” “I believe this is a really positive thing that’s happening in Mexico, the cartels are a big problem and the police (that aren’t corrupt) need help,” said student Miguel Rincon Jr. Incredible findings in sloth fur (Jan. 28) Sloth fur has been found to have a type of fungi that carries anti-parasitic, anti-cancer and … [Read more...] about Chronicle news briefs
Doctors discover medical breakthrough that may cure HIV
Tiffiny Gaston |Staff Writer| At a medical conference in Atlanta on Sunday March 3, a group of scientists mentioned that they believe they have cured a child of HIV. According to the LA Times, for the first time, doctors are reporting that a child born with HIV and put on an unusually aggressive treatment regimen has been functionally cured of the infection. The child in question is a two-year-old girl from Mississippi, whose identity has not been revealed to the public. The girl’s mother did not know she had HIV until she took a screening test after she was already in labor, according to Dr. Hannah Gay, the pediatric HIV specialist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center … [Read more...] about Doctors discover medical breakthrough that may cure HIV
Ph.D’s on food stamps
By Jonathan Ng |Staff Writer| Doctorate degrees are no longer considered to be the absolute road to a stable successful job. The number of Ph.D. recipients on food stamps and other forms of welfare more than tripled between 2007 and 2010 according to a recent Urban Institute analysis cited by the Chronicle of Higher Education. Many local professors, such as CSUSB's own Dr. Tony Yang, a former history professor, have been victimized by this economic crisis. "My darkest moment was when I finally finished dissertation, and there was no job... When I graduated, the first thing I had to do was file for unemployment," said Yang. The number of graduate degree holders in general on … [Read more...] about Ph.D’s on food stamps
Cantaloupe poses minimal threat
By Monica Gallegos |Staff Witer| The listeria bacterium has become a recent fear because of reported illnesses attributed to tainted cantaloupe; however doctors in the Student Health Center are not concerned about students being contaminated. Dr. Shan Pai, a physician at the Student Health Center, said that though the listeria outbreak has affected consumers of Jensen cantaloupes, he is not concerned with it affecting California. “The Public Health Policy in California has very aggressive management, so I’m not too concerned about (Listeria) affecting California residents,” said Pai. Though the source of the Jensen cantaloupe contamination is still under investigation, it is … [Read more...] about Cantaloupe poses minimal threat
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