Health & Wellness

Diet Soda Drinkers Rejoice: No Cancer Link to Aspartame

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2006 The results of a big European study of the artificial sweetener confirm those of a huge U.S. study released last month, which found no link to cancer. Go ahead, pop that Diet. Mr Pibbs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Teen Sex Comedies, Seriously

Staff / Truthdig May 4, 2006 Literary rock star Dave Eggers' magazine The Believer does a cover story on how 1980s teenage sex comedies "reflect a larger human and cultural failure to integrate sexual desire into regular life". Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Morning Glory Seeds Making Trippy Comeback

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2006 Teenagers are rediscovering the hallucinogenic potential of the flower seeds. Internet advice sites abound, and hospital trips are up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lay’s Chips to Use Healthier Oil

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2006 In an industry-rocking move, the nation's leading potato chip manufacturer will reduce saturated fat by switching from cottonseed oil to sunflower oil. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Soda Sales Will Stop in Most Public Schools

Staff / Truthdig May 3, 2006 The nation's largest beverage distributors have agreed to remove the sugary drinks from school vending machines and cafeterias. Bill Clinton brokered the deal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

One Drug, Two Takes

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2006 The FDA says there is no medical benefit to marijuana Tell that to the assistant D in this story, who used to prosecute drug busts but who now smokes pot to build up an appetite ravaged by AIDS . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Schwarzenegger & Celebs: ‘Stop the Madness’ on Drugs

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2006 This 1985 anti-drug music video was the only such work to ever be sponsored by the White House. Featuring Ah-nold, Whitney Houston, David Hasselhoff and Nancy Reagan, it is a bygone, cheesy reminder of the nation's fight against drugs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Brazilian Call Girl Stirs Debate on National Values

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2006 First in a blog, then in a best-selling memoir, a 21-year-old prostitute from Sao Paulo, Brazil, has revealed a country "that is not always as uninhibited as the world often assumes." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obesity Epidemic Underestimated by Up to 50%: Study

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2006 Were this study not from Harvard specialists, we wouldn't have thought it possible that soooo many more Americans are obese. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Urban Ex-Pats Flock to Buenos Aires

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2006 Big numbers of younger expatriates from New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco are finding a cosmopolitan haven--at one-fourth the cost of U.S. living--in Argentina. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Sex in a Spray’ Draws Concerns About an ‘Age of McNookie’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2006 PT-141, a nasal spray that is perhaps the world's first legitimate aphrodisiac, may hit the market in under three years. The Observer wonders whether such a "sure thing" will trivialize the emotional aspect of relationships. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Study: Sex Cues Ruin Men’s Decisiveness

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2006 Men shown pictures of attractive women fared worse in financial games than men who hadn't seen the pictures. The more testosterone a man had, the more his attention waned. After 10,000 years of anecdotal evidence, did we really need a scientific study to verify this one? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )