Beef and Cancer, Again
12/16/2007Upon learning the results of a new, large-scale study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute showing that eating beef and...
Read MoreFlu Shots and Children
12/12/2007Health council members in New Jersey passed a resolution requiring that all children over the age of six months who...
Read MoreMoney Makes Government Health Policy
9/12/2007Your government, whichever one it is, is not necessarily putting your health interests first when determining government health policy.
Read MoreHow Bad Is Food Contamination from China
9/2/2007Over the past few months, Chinese products (and Chinese food imports in particular) have taken a beating in the world...
Read MoreChildren Inherit the Taste for Junk Food
8/30/2007A study conducted in Great Britain has found that a mother's diet during pregnancy, and even when breastfeeding, can affect...
Read MoreOlive Oil under Attack
8/24/2007In a recent Reader's Digest article, Dr. Dean Ornish expressed a number of concerns about olive oil - questioning its...
Read MoreColon Cancer, a Dietary Shocker
8/20/2007While there is no shortage of evidence linking the so-called Western diet to an increased risk for developing colon cancer,...
Read MoreIs Fluoride in our Water Dangerous?
8/15/2007Congress recently cited new scientific evidence that fluoridation, long promoted to fight tooth decay, is ineffective and has serious health...
Read MoreAvandia, Guns for Hire
8/11/2007A study of the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone ) has revealed a disturbing trend of increased heart attack risk.
Read MoreObesity is Virally Contagious
8/1/2007A recent three-decade long study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has reported that the risk of obesity...
Read MoreCancer, the Blind Leading the Blind
7/31/2007An advance copy of an article in the September 1st issue of Cancer was just released detailing the results of...
Read MoreSurprise! Cars Cause Heart Disease
7/31/2007Understand why the closer people live to roads with heavy traffic and high air pollution, the greater their risk of...
Read MoreVitamin C Does Not Prevent Colds?
7/23/2007The Cochrane Library has just published the results of a review of scientific literature that says that taking regular supplements...
Read MoreWhat about Microwave Cooking?
7/21/2007The problem with microwaved food is similar to the problem with irradiated food. Although the actual processes are different, the...
Read MoreFruits and Veggies Under Attack
7/20/2007A recent study that found that recurrence and survival rates among women who had previously had breast cancer were no...
Read MoreDeep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
7/10/2007DVT is an issue among not only airline travelers but potentially all those who sit immobile for extended periods of...
Read MoreToxic Babies, Chemical Contaminants
7/6/2007A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood reveals that involuntary levels of hundreds of...
Read MoreChildren’s Eating Habits, A Question of Will
7/5/2007An Associated Press review of 57 government nutrition education programs found overwhelming failure when viewed against the growing epidemic of...
Read MoreMandatory Healthcare? Universal Healthcare?
7/5/2007Massachusetts is the first state to mandate health care for every citizen, and the health care insurers and providers are...
Read MoreAspartame in the News
6/30/2007Italian researchers published a new study last week that showed aspartame, widely used in soft drinks, might cause leukemia, lymphoma...
Read MoreAntidepressants, a Canary in the Coal Mine
6/28/2007Infants born to women taking prescription antidepressants during the first trimester of their pregnancies have an increased risk of serious...
Read MoreEverybody Start Eating! Obesity
6/28/2007Researchers in Germany and Switzerland just announced that among patients who had received initial treatment for a specific type of...
Read MoreThe FDA Speaks on Dietary Supplements
6/27/2007Just a few days ago, the FDA announced its final rule establishing regulations on manufacturing practices for dietary supplements.
Read MoreRoyal Rife Vindicated? Electrical Frequencies
6/26/2007Just last month, a team of researchers announced the successful testing of an 'electric hat' that uses low-intensity, intermediate-frequency electric...
Read MoreEchinacea Studies, Again
6/25/2007A peer reviewed study released today finds that Echinacea is effective at preventing and reversing colds. This is in total...
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