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Pesticides can be tracked into the home up to a week after they're applied.

Precautions like putting a mat in the entrance hall or taking off your shoes will limit chemical residue.

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If you want to reduce your risk of developing Parkinson's disease, tea may be the brew for you.

Although coffee drinking has been heralded in recent news for its association with a reduction in Parkinson's disease risk, a recent study revealed that drinking two cups of tea per day also may reduce your risk. What's more, tea contains important health-protective flavonoids that coffee lacks and tea typically has less caffeine than coffee.

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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) has been touted as an essential nutrient for heart and gum health. It isn't exactly a vitamin or mineral; it's found in each and every one of the tiny engines - mitochondria - that power your cells by burning fat and carbohydrates as fuel. New research has shown that CoQ10 may also be a valuable weight loss aid for those who have been on the losing side of the battle of the bulge.

It appears that some obese people naturally have a slower rate of thermogenesis (the production of heat by the body as food is metabolized for energy) than lean people. Sluggish thermogenesis may correspond with slow metabolic rate. Some scientists have researched the notion that a genetic flaw in cells causes a depletion of CoQ10, slowing down mitochondrial energy production, reducing thermogenesis, and predisposing obese people to weight gain.

When the CoQ10 levels of obese subjects were measured, slightly more than half of the results came back low. In the same study, nine of the subjects-five of whom were CoQ10 deficient-were given 100 mg of CoQ10 daily, in addition to a low-calorie diet . Eight to nine weeks later, the CoQ10-deficient supplemented subjects had lost an average of 30 pounds, while the non-deficient supplemented subjects only lost 13 pounds on average. The researchers concluded that in people who have depleted levels of CoQ10, supplementation could significantly enhance weight loss on a low-calorie diet.

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An AIDS drug being jointly developed by Roche and Trimeris showed further promise in fighting the virus among patients who don't respond well to other therapies.

The drug, called T-20, is the most advanced of a new class of AIDS treatments called fusion inhibitors.

Though researchers say it isn't a cure-all for the growing problem of drug resistance among AIDS patients, it could be beneficial to some who no longer respond to other medicines.

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Prostate cancer - Is there a way to prevent it naturally?

Prostate problems are a concern for every American man over 50. No one knows for sure what causes prostate cancer. Difficulty urinating, feelings of not being able to completely empty the bladder, frequent trips to the bathroom during the night, or frequent urinary tract infections are all signs that the prostate gland is enlarged and interfering with the flow of urine out of the body.

The Japanese have 90 percent less prostate cancer than Americans. There is yet another group of people whose death rate is 50 percent less than the Japanese! Actually they are Japanese too, but separated by 400 miles of ocean on the island of Okinawa . They have almost five times more people living over the age of 100 than even on the mainland. Their death rate that plagues today's men of heart disease, strokes, and cancer, is dramatically lower.

The difference is because of their diet. They eat more fish, more vegetables, less rice, and 150 percent more soy (100 grams daily) than the mainland Japanese. In Fact, they consume more soy than  anywhere in the world-so you might want to consider adding soy to your diet.

Another item that you might want to add to your diet is selenium, which helps to stop tumor growth and protects your liver so that it can do a better job of detoxification. Another anti-prostate cancer weapon is lycopene, which is the powerful phytonutrient in tomatoes that makes them red. It is a cousin to beta-carotene and is found in the highest concentrations in the testes and prostate. A recent Harvard study of about 48,000 healthcare professionals showed higher consumption of lycopene resulted in an almost 45 percent reduction in prostate cancer! Something else that helps in the fight against cancer is right outside your door-sunshine! Ultraviolet light from the sun is what your body uses to produce vitamin D. What an easy way to help your body!

There is also an excellent diagnostic tool that many physicians don't know about called the anti-malignin antibody in serum (AMAS) test. Malignin is a component of all cancer cells. Your immune system sends antibodies into your bloodstream to defeat malignin. The AMAS test detects the anti-malignin antibodies.

The AMAS test is a simple blood test, that can be taken at any Smith-Kline laboratory. It will detect cancer anywhere in the body. Its one drawback is that it gives no indication of where the cancer may be. Also, it is not very accurate in detecting cancer in the very late stages, when the immune system has "thrown in the towel" and is no longer producing antibodies. Because it is a very sensitive test, it is imperative that the lab drawing the blood follows the protocol exactly or it will skew the results.

If your physician is unfamiliar with the test, you can have him (or her) call 800-922-8378 for more information.