| 02/27/2007 - Reversing the tide, parting the clouds |
| Sometimes you have to wonder if the news is designed to let the wind out of your sails. For women suffering from menopause, it must feel like an onslaught. |
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| 02/27/2007 - Breathe in ancient wisdom |
| Everything old is new again. So many people are willing to leap before they look on the latest bandwagon before they've fully investigated the remedies that have been used for years, sometimes centuries. |
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| 02/23/2007 - Reversing the tide |
| You wouldn't let a baby stick things into its mouth willy-nilly. You'd be vigilant when those tiny fingers hesitate over something on the floor and then slowly begin the climb to the mouth. |
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| 02/22/2007 - Drive-by colonoscopies |
| I get infuriated when I think of the way the modern medical paradigm is set up. I'd like to ask mainstream medicine if it wouldn't just be kinder to let their patients know upfront that they are going to throw them under the bus. |
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| 02/22/2007 - Peeper pleaser |
| I've got my drum out, and I'm ready to beat on it: Get active. Don't hesitate, pause, or take time to mull it over. Like that famous sneaker advertisement, you need to just do it. Do you need yet another reason? |
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| 02/20/2007 - Delays are dangerous |
| The good ol' Food and Drug Administration is cleaning up after itself again, in its quest to make sure medicines are "safe and effective". |
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| 02/20/2007 - Milked for all it's worth |
| If you are living with type 2 diabetes, there may be a little helper from the plant kingdom that can help you manage your blood sugar. |
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| 02/16/2007 - Quinine could cramp your health |
| Doctors will have to find another way to offer relief from leg cramps for their patients, now that the FDA has ordered unapproved quinine drugs off the market. |
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| 02/13/2007 - More from the frontier of conveyor belt medicine |
| One size does not fit all, and someone needs to let mainstream medicine know that. |
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| 02/13/2007 - Good riddance to breast cancer recurrence |
| You've heard of feed a cold, starve the flu. When it comes to a recurrence of breast cancer, there is one factor you can control: what you eat. |
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| 02/09/2007 - Here's a band wagon to jump on if you just fell off the hay truck |
| Get ready to be bowled over: A recent study found that Lipitor, a statin drug, can reduce the risk of stroke in patients with no known history of heart disease. |
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| 02/08/2007 - A bird in the hand not always worth two in the bush |
| In this case, it would appear that for researchers who are working on a vaccine for the bird flu, two in the bush is what they now think they'll have to settle for. |
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| 02/06/2007 - To your health, Valentine |
| Heart-shaped boxes stuffed full of calories and guilt. Not very romantic, and I'm sure that's not the message your Valentine is trying to convey, or you're trying to convey to your Valentine. |
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| 02/02/2007 - When they say a pain "killer"... |
| You have some aches from a little too much snow shoveling or, you've been cleaning house a little too strenuously. Your natural inclination may be to reach for an ibuprofen. |
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| 02/02/2007 - Benefits, benefits, benefits |
| No getting around it, ladies. You just need to start exercising, if you aren't already. And if I sound like a broken record, that's okay, too. Especially if the broken record plays a tune that goes something like this: "Reduce breast cancer risk". |
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| 02/01/2007 - The Dangers of Ketek |
| I find it difficult not to get up on my soapbox when the FDA conveniently places it under my feet. I can't - and won't - stop beating the drum on Ketek. |
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