| 11/30/2006 - Everything old is new again. |
| Old music is now "retro." Old clothes are "vintage." And health is no exception: the old debate about salt is coming back to the forefront. |
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| 11/30/2006 - When no treatment is the best treatment |
| If your doctor tries to give you an antibiotic for bronchitis, take a pass. According to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine, antibiotics have absolutely no effect on the vast majority of bronchitis cases. |
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| 11/28/2006 - Bad Trade Off |
| "It feels like my skull is split in half." That's how one of my patients described a migraine to me years ago. Lucky for me, I've never had one myself. But from what I've heard over the years, it's a fair description. |
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| 11/24/2006 - Carb Confusion |
| No wonder everyone is confused about carbs. Some say they're the enemy to weight loss and good health. Others say they should be the foundation of our entire diet. |
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| 11/24/2006 - Sleep singing |
| If you've tried everything to stop snoring (or to get your partner to stop snoring), here's a new idea: singing lessons. |
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| 11/23/2006 - Slow and Steady Wins the Race |
| If you're trying to eat healthy and manage your weight, Thanksgiving may seem like a minefield. |
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| 11/23/2006 - Where's the cranberry sauce? |
| Historians say that the first Thanksgiving menu was a good healthy balance of proteins and carbohydrates, too, though the foods were a little different from what we've come to expect. |
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| 11/21/2006 - Don't Take Chances with your Sight |
| Our bodies give us lots of second chances. But when it comes to our eyes, there's little room for mistakes. Once damage is done, it's hard to turn back. |
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| 11/21/2006 - Red red wine |
| Here's a snifter full of good news for oenophiles: new research has shown that a compound in red wine can not only protect you from a stroke, but can also help combat the negative health impact of carrying extra weight. |
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| 11/17/2006 - A curry a day keeps Alzheimer's at bay? |
| Researchers have noted that Alzheimer's disease rates in India (where curry dishes are a dietary staple) are much lower than in the U.S. Now new data supports the curry connection... |
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| 11/17/2006 - Another option for arthritis pain |
| Speaking of arthritis pain, remember drugs aren't the only way to spell relief. I've told you before how fish oil can relieve joint pain and even reverse damage to joint cartilage. |
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| 11/16/2006 - Your grocery store is about to become one scary place. |
| By the end of this year, the FDA is expected to approve the sale of meats and dairy products from cloned animals. And if they have their way, you'll have no way of knowing the origins of what you're buying. |
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| 11/16/2006 - More good news about nuts |
| We know that plant sterols are a safe, natural way to lower cholesterol. And we had a vague idea of which foods were good sterol sources... |
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| 11/14/2006 - Hide and Seek |
| Ever play hide and seek with a very young child? Often, they'll stand in plain view, with their hands over their eyes, secure in their invisibility. In their young minds, it makes sense -- if they can't see you, you can't see them. |
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| 11/14/2006 - Breath Therapy |
| Americans spend $288 million dollars a year on breath mints. But these products only mask the problem - and their ingredients read like the inventory of a chemical warehouse. Fortunately, there are many natural ways to combat bad breath. |
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| 11/10/2006 - But wait, there's more! |
| The statin drug spin is starting to remind me of a Ginzu knife commercial. Remember those? "It slices! It dices!" Then an overenthusiastic actor would demonstrate how the amazing Ginzu could cut a tin can in half. |
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| 11/10/2006 - Obesity and gas mileage |
| Here's another reason to lose a little weight: it can improve your gas mileage. Researchers at the University of Illinois reported that Americans are burning 938 million more gallons of gasoline a year than they did in 1960. |
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| 11/07/2006 - More Than Just a Theory |
| The government is telling everyone 60 and older that they need to get the new shingles vaccine. But we don't really have enough information about the vaccine to know if it's a good idea. |
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| 11/07/2006 - Tea Time |
| Researchers there showed that regular tea drinking can help you more effectively recover from stressful situations, by cutting the secretion of cortisol, a hormone secreted in response to stress. |
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| 11/04/2006 - Hair they come to save the day |
| It never ceases to amaze me how the medical mainstream can turn on a dime, suddenly embracing a theory they had previously thrown right under the bus. We've seen it happen with nutritional therapy, homocysteine, the inflammation theory... |
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| 11/04/2006 - By the weigh |
| Here's another example of conventional "wisdom" being debunked. After years of telling dieters not to weigh in every day, now the experts say the best way to keep weight off is to hop on the scale every morning. |
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| 11/03/2006 - Bad Medicine |
| Drug-wary doctors like me often warn patients away from the new-fangled drug they see advertised on television. Drugs come to market too fast these days, and there just isn't enough information available. |
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| 11/03/2006 - Nuts to you |
| Speaking of food as medicine, I recently discovered more evidence to support nuts as one of my favorite health foods. |
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