Month: February, 2009

Drinking Coffee May Reduce the Risk of Stroke

February 20, 2009 11:36 pm | Health News, Medical News | No comments

This could be great news for older women who over the years have loved to sip their cappuccinos. Studies seem to indicate that as long as a woman does not smoke, drinking coffee may actually lower the risk for a stroke. After a 24 year study using data and charts from Nurses Health it was [...]

Health ratings for New York Restaurants

February 2, 2009 2:47 pm | Health News | No comments

For the first time, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will compel nearly 25,000 New York restaurants to publicly post inspectors’ cleanliness ratings, which have previously been available only online or at the department. Rating signs, to be supplied by the city, will be required to be visible from the street, [...]