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Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Pros and Cons of Alcohol | Healthmad

The Pros and Cons of Alcohol | Healthmad


Research tells us that one drink of wine every day is good for our health. One glass of wine a day lowers your risk of heart diseases and protects your liver. It does slightly raise the risk of breast cancer. Wine also increases your HDL (good cholesterol) which is very good. You do not get the same benefits from beer or liquor. They are the leading cause of liver disease.

Bumblebees are Becoming Extinct | Scienceray

Bumblebees are Becoming Extinct | Scienceray


Bumblebees are becoming extinct. In the last twenty years bumblebees have declined 96 percent. Not only are bumblebees becoming extinct, so are honey bees and solitary bees. Bees pollinate more than 235,000 species of plants on the Earth, without them we will become a starving population. The EPA has allowed the use of a toxic insecticide called Clothianidin that is killing off bees that pollinate our crops.