| 04/30/2008 - Merck used ghostwriters for studies and misled FDA on Vioxx dangers |
| The Ghosts of Vioxx Past just won't stop showing up on Merck's doorstep. How annoying is that! Actually, it's quite gratifying. Because no one deserves it more than Merck executives. And this time, the ghosts are real. |
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| 04/30/2008 - Water intoxication is a potential problem for athletes |
| It's easy to overdo a good thing. In fact, when it comes to water intake, you can actually become intoxicated if you overdo it. |
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| 04/29/2008 - Government diet lowers heart disease risks - with a little help from multivitamins |
| The Associated Press calls it the "strongest evidence yet" that a government- recommended diet can prevent heart attacks and strokes. |
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| 04/29/2008 - Two studies that reveal the glaringly obvious |
| Reading through health studies is like fishing. Every now and then you land a beauty, but between those beauties there are dozens you have to throw back. |
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| 04/28/2008 - Mammograms are changing, but the change is not as beneficial as it should be |
| Mammography technology has entered the digital age. Unfortunately, mammography technology managed to enter the digital age by taking a big step backward. |
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| 04/28/2008 - The extraordinary power of a determined human spirit |
| If you can spare about four minutes, I promise you'll be inspired… |
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| 04/24/2008 - Eight glasses of water per day? There's no evidence that shows a benefit |
| No doubt you've heard many times to drink eight eight-ounce glasses of water each day. Why? You'll flush toxins from the body, we're told. A new review of these widely held beliefs exposes them for what they are: completely unsubstantiated. |
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| 04/24/2008 - Acetaminophen in excessive doses may be deadly |
| Marcus Trunk died thirteen years ago today. At the age of 23, he was the victim of an unintentional overdose from a combination of over-the-counter drugs that contained acetaminophen. |
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| 04/23/2008 - Heart drug trial issues bad news - then patients are mislead by the spin |
| Given the billion-dollar profit levels of drugs that target heart problems, how do you feel about a government employee - whose salary is paid by you and me - schilling for major drug companies who make those drugs? |
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| 04/23/2008 - Fasting before chemo may help cancer patients overcome chemo side effects |
| Cancer patients may be able to reduce the toxic side effects of chemotherapy without spending a penny on absurdly expensive drugs like Procrit. |
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| 04/22/2008 - Healing clay benefits backed up by lab study |
| Getting stuck in the mud might actually be therapeutic - if you can just get past that "mud" part. |
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| 04/22/2008 - Fraudulent information from a major drug company prompts deaths |
| The New York Times reports that Ortho-Evra - Johnson & Johnson's birth control patch - was supposed to deliver a lower dose of estrogen than low-dose birth control pills. |
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| 04/21/2008 - Prevent hip fractures with ample vitamin K |
| In the prevention of hip fracture, which of these four nutrients appears to offer the greatest protection? |
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| 04/21/2008 - Farmer wins fight with agribusiness giant over genetically modified crop |
| Saskatchewan farmers know what to do when big business tries to push them around. |
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| 04/17/2008 - Tai Chi helps type 2 diabetics control blood sugar |
| Earlier this month, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published two studies that measured the effects of Tai Chi on type 2 diabetes markers. |
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| 04/17/2008 - BBQ Rules |
| As spring weather improves and barbeque units are rolled out of garages all over North America, this is a good time to review these few simple BBQ Rules, which I received this week in a much-forwarded e-mail. |
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| 04/16/2008 - Echinacea effectiveness revealed in several studies |
| Are you wasting your money on Echinacea? That depends on whom you ask. |
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| 04/16/2008 - Almonds impede glycemic and insulin responses |
| Researchers have revealed even more secrets of the almond. |
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| 04/15/2008 - Popular cholesterol-lowering drugs revealed: "They just don't work." |
| I was tempted to glance around and look for a hidden camera while watching television coverage of the most recent controversy about the cholesterol-lowering drugs Vytorin and Zetia. |
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| 04/15/2008 - Abdominal fat increases dementia risk |
| Tell the truth…is your middle not so little? |
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| 04/14/2008 - Coffee consumption may reduce risk of liver cancer |
| Research suggests that America's national java infatuation might actually play a role in our lower rates of a deadly cancer. |
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| 04/14/2008 - Stop Memory Loss in its Tracks |
| More than 26 million people worldwide are currently living with Alzheimer's disease. Over the next 40 years that number is expected to jump to more than100 million. |
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| 04/10/2008 - The trouble with tanning beds… |
| "Go get a tan. Your body will thank you." That's the feel-good tag line you'll soon be hearing from a new series of television commercials produced by the Indoor Tanning Association |
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| 04/10/2008 - Could a black hole consume the earth this summer? |
| Sometime this summer a giant particle accelerator in Switzerland will begin smashing protons at energy levels around seven trillion electron volts, which may create a black hole that could consume the earth… |
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| 04/09/2008 - Cod liver oil may reduce the need for NSAIDs in rheumatoid arthritis |
| A new UK study shows how some rheumatoid arthritis patients might reduce their use of non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs by supplementing with a safe, natural agent that has been shown to supply many other healthy benefits as well. |
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| 04/09/2008 - Drug safety may be compromised by mandated FDA deadlines |
| Harvard professor Daniel Carpenter conducted a study to see if congressionally mandated deadlines for drug approval might impact drug safety. |
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| 04/08/2008 - Valerian-based formula helps prompt sleep while reducing stress |
| An HSI member named Raymond writes: "I have a friend in the Netherlands who is having some problems. Her name is Trudy. She is having fatigue and sleeplessness. We are literally grabbing for straws at this point to help her get some much needed rest." |
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| 04/08/2008 - Another hormone therapy problem: Skewed mammogram results |
| And the negatives about estrogen combined with progestin hormone replacement therapy (HRT) just keep rolling in… |
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| 04/07/2008 - New warning for patients who use Fosamax to protect bones |
| This past January, the FDA sent an alert to physicians stating that biophosphonates like Fosamax may cause severe bone pain. |
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| 04/07/2008 - Need to lose weight? Get some help from an unusual diet coach |
| A new study shows that dieters who consulted daily with a diet coach stuck to their regime nearly twice as long as those who used hand-written logs or computer logs to keep tabs on their progress. |
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| 04/03/2008 - New hormone replacement therapy dangers revealed |
| And yet all these years later the FDA still stands behind it, never once suggesting it might be taken off the market. Of course, I'm talking about hormone replacement therapy (HRT), or more specifically, the combined use of estrogen plus progestin. |
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| 04/03/2008 - Sudden hearing loss is no surprise to married women |
| Any woman who's ever suspected that her husband has a "selective" hearing problem will probably like this one. |
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