| 10/31/2008 - Common sense finally prevailing on colonoscopies |
| And when you talk about over-performed procedures, colonoscopies for men over the age of 75 should be on the top of the list. |
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| 10/31/2008 - The natural mood lifter that's beating antidepressants |
| According to a recent analysis of 29 studies involving 5,489 subjects, St. John's Wort blew the doors off prescription-strength antidepressants. |
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| 10/30/2008 - Fed bailout bill did more than rescue banks… |
| There was plenty of outrage when the federal government passed a bill recently spending billions of our dollars to bail out greedy banks. |
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| 10/30/2008 - Chinese herb may be the fix for sexual performance problems |
| It sounds like the punch line of a Jay Leno joke, but it's actually a natural alternative to prescription drugs for sexual performance. I'm talking about horny goat weed. |
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| 10/28/2008 - Turning kids into pin cusions |
| New Jersey is dealing with a massive outcry from parents who are rightly questioning the wisdom of a new state law that is requiring children from the ages of 6 months to 5 years old to get flu shots in order to attend day-care centers and pre-K programs. |
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| 10/28/2008 - Your belly bulge may be denying you asthma relief |
| In my experience, most overweight people don't need any extra motivation to drop pounds. They know how the extra weight harms their quality of life. |
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| 10/24/2008 - Big Pharma's latest train wreck |
| There's a new wave of drugs that could be headed for the market, and I predict nothing but problems. |
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| 10/24/2008 - Vitamin C the safe bet against bone loss |
| A new study adds more evidence that a natural alternative is the way to go in the fight against bone loss. |
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| 10/23/2008 - FDA ignores elephant in the room on produce inspections |
| It's like having a sore arm and cutting off your leg as treatment. That's what I'd call the FDA's latest push to beef up inspection on American – yes, you read that right, American -- produce. |
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| 10/23/2008 - Watch out for the depressing aftermath of a heart attack |
| The weeks and months after a heart attack or cardiac surgery can bring on a lot of despair. I've had patients who think the rough going of the early recuperation period means rough going for the rest of their lives. |
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| 10/21/2008 - FDA makes back-room deal on cold medicine? |
| A report has just surfaced claiming that the voluntary warning on cold medicines only happened after the drug companies had a closed-door meeting with the FDA to arrive at some compromise on the issue. |
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| 10/21/2008 - Don't be fooled by the trans-fat spin machine |
| You know what scares me about the ongoing trans-fat debacle? Someone could read the news and end up getting the very mistaken idea that fast-food joints were now healthy. |
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| 10/17/2008 - New study gives the skinny on ineffective gastric bypass |
| Researchers found that patients with diabetes did not lose as much weight as non-diabetes patients after having gastric bypass. |
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| 10/17/2008 - The flu circus is in town |
| At the beginning of the flu season, the Centers for Disease Control announced it had about 145 million doses prepared. That's a ridiculous amount, considering 27 million doses wound up going unused last year. |
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| 10/16/2008 - Study on mice may unlock sleep-sex connection |
| If you've ever had mice in your house, you know that two becomes 20 pretty quickly. Mice are breeding machines, and I dare say it would take a lot to make one of these critters lose its libido. |
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| 10/16/2008 - Europeans turn up noses at drugs for kids |
| Why, in this age where America's children are being put on psychological drugs at an alarming rate, are the Europeans not following suit? |
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| 10/14/2008 - Most seniors not taking voice problems seriously |
| Many seniors are under the mistaken belief that there's nothing that can be done about voice problems that develop as they age. |
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| 10/14/2008 - Sweet, goopy remedy for sinusitis |
| Scientists may have finally uncovered why Winnie the Pooh always had his nose in a honey jar – he may have been suffering from chronic sinusitis. |
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| 10/10/2008 - Senator takes aim at Big Pharma influence |
| Big Pharma is so shameful in its attempts to influence doctors, I wonder sometimes if its drug reps could look a cyclops in the eye. Fortunately, there appears to be someone in Congress who is finally willing to do something about it. |
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| 10/10/2008 - Get more of this "brain vitamin" |
| You've heard of brain foods, right? So why not a brain vitamin? |
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| 10/09/2008 - Mediterranean diet gets amazing results in latest study |
| For years now, the Mediterranean diet has enjoyed its lofty place as the hardest diet to spell. Now, it's receiving an even more prestigious crown – the best diet for your health. |
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| 10/09/2008 - The hidden killer in your leg |
| It's so easy to ignore aches and pains as we get older, but there's one type of pain that too many Americans are ignoring - and it's sending them to their graves. |
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| 10/07/2008 - FDA admits to staffing, turnover problems |
| It's not that I hate the FDA. It's just that I think it's an under-achieving bureaucracy that is so inbred with the drug companies that it doesn't know where it's lawn ends and Big Pharma's begins. |
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| 10/07/2008 - FDA finally gets around to banning exports from Indian drug company |
| The FDA recently stopped the import of more than 30 generic drugs from the giant Ranbaxy Laboratories in India. |
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| 10/03/2008 - FDA outdoes itself with useless drug investigation resource |
| The FDA is giving itself kudos for launching a barely useful Web page that reports drugs under investigation for potential safety problems. |
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| 10/03/2008 - Bark extract can soothe those aching knees |
| If you're looking for natural cures to joint pain, let me get you barking up the right tree. |
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| 10/02/2008 - Flu vaccine success may be overblown |
| New research on the flu vaccine is confirming something I've been saying for years – the vaccine's effectiveness, particularly among the elderly, has been greatly exaggerated. |
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| 10/02/2008 - How your spare tire is attacking your knees |
| Knee pain seems to be one of those unpleasant ailments millions of folks face as they age. Turns out, it's even more prevalent than we thought. |
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