Articles written by Elaine Sloan

Health & Fitness > Weight Issues Thoughts on obesity: 2 of 12

Super-sized sandwiches lead to plus-size pants The Big Mac turns 40 this year. The oversized sandwich was invented in 1967 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, by McDonald's franchisee Jim Delligatti, and it was introduced on McDonald's menus across America in 1968. Today, approximately 550 million Big Macs are sold each year in the ...
Health & Fitness > General Health (Other) Steps to prevent breast cancer: 3 of 3

As a breast cancer survivor, I'm particularly interested in new studies showing the connection between breast cancer and diet. One recently released study confirms what a number of previous studies have shown: Women who eat meat are more likely to develop breast cancer than women who don't eat meat. The new studyconducted by...