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- Shockwave Is Inferior to Physical Therapy for Shoulder Pain
- Don’t Forget the HDL Cholesterol Fraction
- Are You Really Eating Enough Fruit & Veggies?
- Higher Folate Intake Can Battle Hearing Loss in Men
- Living on a Noisy Road Can Raise Your Blood Pressure
- Do You Think Garlic Can Treat the Common Cold?
- Boomers and Beyond, Get on the Net!
- Saturday Quack – Magnetic or Copper Bracelets for Arthritis
- Supervised Exercises Seem to Work for Kneecap Pain
- Maybe a Soda Tax Wouldn’t Work?
- A Late Effect of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Could Skim Milk Prevent Gout? Or Lots of Water?
- Can Exercise Be Better than a Stent for Stable Angina?
- Self-Medicating with Alcohol – More Common than You’d Think
- High Blood Uric Acid Slows Development of Parkinson’s
- The Time for SAD – Seasonal Affective Disorder – Approaches
- The Pros and Cons of Keyhole Prostate Surgery
- Banning Smoking Reduces Heart Attacks
- Breast Tenderness in Women on HRT May Be a Warning Sign . . .
- Steroid Meds Can Double the Risk of Afib
- A Standby in Diabetes Therapy Protects against Some Cancers
- Both Approved and Non-Approved AMD Drugs Work Equally Well
- Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome a Viral Disease?
- Shingles Increases the Risk for Stroke
- Wife’s Education Level, rather than Husband’s, Is Relevant for Mortality of Both
- How Stiff Are Your Arteries? Try This Simple Test
- Is There a Link between Diabetics with Allergies and Kidney Disease?
- You Probably Sleep Better (or Worse) Than You Think . . .
- Pedometers Prevent Pre-diabetes Progressing
- Half the Canadians with Depression Don’t Go to the Doctor
- Are Recessions Linked to Lessened Mortality?
- Can Coffee and Tea Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?
- Smoking, High Blood Pressure & Cholesterol Cost 10-15 Years
- Persistent Pain Makes You Feel and Act 10-20 Years Older
- Yoga Can Help with Your Dieting Efforts
- Watch Out – Flu Can (Rarely) Trigger an MI
- More on the Dietary Effect of Who You Lunch With
- Hormone Replacement Therapy May Increase the Risk of Lung Cancer
- Another Sign That Mild Cognitive Impairment Is Progressing to Alzheimer’s
- Diagnosing a Stroke May Need an Eye Test, Not an MRI
- Ten Small Steps to Weight Loss
- Should We Tax Sugary Drinks?
- “Watchful Waiting” Works Well for Prostate Cancer
- The Path from Mild Cognitive Decline to Dementia
- Latinos Have Their Own Cancer Statistics
- Had a Heart Attack? Nibble Some Chocolate!
- A New Blood Test for Ovarian Cancer
- Elderly Muscles Wilt Easily
- Green Tea Reduces Weight in Moderately Overweight Chinese
- Couch Potatoes, Even if They Exercise, Develop Insulin Resistance
- Lead Exposure and Heart Disease
- Infections Can Exacerbate Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s
- Strengthen Those Quads to Curtail Knee Pain
- Treating Dupuytren’s Contracture by Injection, not Surgery
- Plastic Surgery for Migraines???
- Yoga Is Beneficial for Low Back Pain
- Saturday Quack – Does Reflexology Work?
- Even 3 Cigarettes a Day Carry an Increased Risk of Heart Disease
- 80% of Heart Attack Victims Take It as a “Wake-up Call”, but . . .
- Are You Scared to Have the Swine Flu Vaccine?
- Teetotalers Are at Greater Risk of Depression
- Do You Sit Too Long in the Bathroom?
- COPD Patients Benefit from Upper Arm Exercises
- Warning Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer
- How to Be a Good Caregiver
- Serious Effects of Negative Thinking & Hopelessness in Women
- Must You be Screened before Starting an Exercise Program?
- Good News about Hip Fracture Rates
- 50 Ways to Stimulate Your Aging Brain
- A Chinese Herb That Works in Rheumatoid Arthritis
- High Blood Pressure at Middle Age Can Increase the Risk of Dementia
- Which is Best, BMI or Waist-Hip Ratio? Or Body Fat %age?
- Resistance Training OK for Lymphedema after Breast Cancer
- Why Men Won’t Work at Improving Their Lifestyle
- How Sleeping Poorly Can Increase the Risk of Diabetes
- The Risk of a High Cholesterol Level in Middle Age
- Simple Lifestyle Benefits Are Cumulative
- Blood Transfusions Are Often Overdone in Cardiac Surgery
- Add “Debt” to the List of Risk Factors for Overweight/Obesity
- Cement Injections for Spinal Fractures Are Not Effective
- You May Slow the Onset of Dementia with Mental Exercises
- Success in Dieting May Depend on with Whom You Lunch
- Do You Suffer from Cold Sores? There’s Hope
- You Can Have Amyloid Plaques without Having Alzheimer’s, But . . .
- Saturday Quack – “Organic” Isn’t Necessarily Healthier
- Living at Higher Altitude Helps the Cardiovascular System
- If Not for Yourself, Diet for the Planet
- It’s the Traffic Jam, Not Road Rage, That Damages the Heart
- An Effective IV Infusion for Alzheimer’s?
- A Simple Test for Chlamydia in Men
- Variations in Hospitals’ Vital Times-to-Defibrillation
- Saturday Quack – Alternative Medicine Spending Is $34 Billion/Year
- The High Cost of Fainting
- One Type of Blood Pressure Pill May Help Prevent Dementia
- Seniors Don’t Handle Alcohol as Well as They Think
- Living Together Increases the Likelihood of Obesity
- What Kind of Paintings Do You Like?
- People Contemplating Suicide Often Don’t Seek Help
- What’s the Risk of Kidney Disease in Overweight Hypertensives?
- Help the Elderly Avoid Heat-Related Illness
- Schizophrenia Drug Emerging from Under a Cloud
- Mild Cognitive Impairment – What to Do?
- A New, Easy Approach for Treating Tennis Elbow
- Regular Exercisers Recover Better after a Stroke
- A Good Expletive Can Reduce the Pain of a Hammered Thumb
- Baking Soda Can Help Chronic Kidney Disease
- Linguistic Skills and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Treating Trichotillomania, or Compulsive Hair Pulling
- Correct Your Walking to Fix Back or Knee Pain?
- COPD Linked to Cognitive Impairment
- No Need to Force Blood Pressure below 140/90?
- Migraine Subjects Are Less Likely to Develop Breast Cancer
- What Is the Anti-Hypertension Protein in Veggies?
- The Benefits of Physical Activity as One Ages
- US Seniors are Smarter than Their British Counterparts
- Being Single at Midlife May Increase Risk of Dementia
- Walking Effectively Means 100 Steps a Minute
- Beware of Self-Help Books!
- A Policeman’s Lot is Not a Healthy One
- Pneumonia Vaccination Lowers the Risk of a Heart Attack
- An Improved Approach for Treating Anxiety in Old Age
- Walkers and Canes Are Themselves Causes of Falls
- End-Of-Life Abandonment?
- The Most Effective Components of the Mediterranean Diet
- Is Golf Driving You Deaf? Maybe!
- A Test for Mild Cognitive Impairment
- A Drug Combination Used for Alzheimer’s Disease
- How To Drive Your Doctor Crazy
- Do You Have a Purpose in Life? If So, You May Live Longer
- Does Your Veterinarian Give Better Service Than Your Physician?
- Try Milk Instead of Fruit Juice at Breakfast . . .
- Pets Can Cause Serious Infections in Humans
- Too Many Glaucoma Patients Don’t Stick to Their Treatment
- Saturday Quack – $2½ Billion Finds No Effective Alternative Meds.
- If Viagra Doesn’t Work, One Can Try Adding Metformin
- If You Can’t Take a Statin . . .
- For Best Results Don’t Dice Your Carrots Too Early
- Take Your Thyroid Hormone before Breakfast
- Adieu, Yo-Yo Dieting
- Pet Owners – Do You Anthropomorphize?
- Post-Meal Blood Sugar Spikes Lower Testosterone Levels
- People with Psoriasis May Have More Cardiovascular Disease
- Cut the Carbs and Feel Full Longer?
- Gotta Walk More? Get a Dog!
- Quick Memory Test Screens for Alzheimer’s
- Healthy Foods May Carry the Greatest Risk of Food-borne Illness
- Some Good News for Stroke Victims
- The Evil Effects of Smoking and Drinking
- Infection May Link Periodontitis with Erectile Dysfunction
- How Long Do You Wait for a Doctor’s Appointment?
- Yo-Yo Dieting Is Not as Bad as We Thought
- Should Everyone Take Blood Pressure Medication?
- Will Colonoscopy Soon Be Out of Date?
- Is Lifestyle Going from Bad to Worse? Yes!
- Finding Appropriate Care for Your Parents
- Preparing for the End of Life – Making “Advance Directives”
- Could a “Tomato Pill” Lower Cholesterol Better Than a Statin?
- Score Another One for Statins
- Do You Know About Acceptance Therapy?
- Why Not Volunteer to Live Longer?
- An e-Mail Program that Helps You Meet Your Health Goals
- Are You Older? So, Are You Immune to Swine Flu?
- Diabetics Can Act to Avoid the Risk of an Amputation
- Do You Have “Difficult Veins”?
- The Brain Food – Fish – May Work through its Vitamin D Content
- 15% of Americans are Insomniacs
- Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Is Linked to Increased Alzheimer’s Risk
- You May Need More Sun to Stay Healthy
- Ginger for Nausea from Chemo
- How to Get a Buff Brain
- Some Vitamins May Undo the Benefits of Exercise in Diabetics
- Eat Fish, Nuts, and Olive Oil, for Your Eyes’ Sake
- Vitamin E May Slow Down Alzheimer’s
- Vibration Plate Machines Really Do Help One Lose Weight
- How About Putting Lithium in the Drinking Water, to Reduce Suicide?
- When There’s Salad on the Menu . . .
- A Quiz to Test Your Knowledge of Health and Aging
- Pulse Rate Changes Can Predict Trouble Ahead
- Diabetics – Laugh Your Way to Better Health
- Women - Learn to Do Breast Self-Exams Correctly
- New Advance May Allow Mesothelioma to Be Detected Earlier
- So Your Grandchild Wants a Year Abroad? Go for It!
- Nicotine Has One Benefit, at Least
- Are Fewer MIs in Women in Recent Years Due to Less HRT?
- Faltering Memory May be Your Fault
- Breast Feeding Helps Protect Mom from Cardiac Disease
- Fructose is the Villain, But Not So Easy to Avoid
- AH1N1 - Will Swine Flu Mimic the Spanish Flu of 1918?
- Statins Prevent Many Diseases, But Not Alzheimer’s
- IBS Subjects Have an Increased Risk of Celiac Disease
- Plain Speaking on Knee Osteoarthritis
- What you Drink Is Most Important, if You’re Overweight
- It’s Not Just Too Much Sodium, it’s Also Too Little Potassium
- Move Over, Fish! Chocolate Is the New Brain Food
- Acupressure Wristbands Work Against Radiation Nausea
- Truly Lonely Seniors Have More Ill-Health
- Truth in Advertising? Coca-Cola and Its Image
- Dirty Jokes at Work Are Non-Productive
- Women’s Brains Can’t Resist A Snack Attack as Well as Men’s
- Fat: Brown Good, White Bad
- Your Waist Size Can Predict Your Chances of Heart Failure
- A Rapid Test for Avian Flu Available
- How to Resist Temptation: Practice!
- HbA1c – When as Low as Possible Is Too Low
- Four Changes to Make to Avoid a Stroke
- End of Life with Cancer: A Better Outcome at Lower Cost
- Broccoli Battles Stomach Cancer-Causing Bug
- Can’t Quit Smoking Cold Turkey? Try This
- Fitness – Are You a Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Circle, or Squiggie?
- What Are Your Fears, and Do You Respond Sensibly to Them?
- One Question Can Tell if You Drink Too Much . . .
- Is It Possible for the Over-80s to Bulk-Up?
- “Night-Night, Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite”
- Polypill a Step Nearer Towards Realization
- Unraveling the Mediterranean Diet
- Beware of Too Much Hot Tea
- Falling Over Cats and Dogs
- Maggots Don’t Cut It in Treating Leg Ulcers
- Is It IBS or Celiac Disease?
- PSA Testing – What’s One to Do?
- Another Problem with Pot – Cancer of the Testis
- Which Non-Medicinal Treatment for Severe Coronary Artery Disease?
- Should You Be Taking Aspirin Daily?
- Antioxidants in Olive Oil and Green Tea Have a Short Life
- Zen Meditation Can Relieve Pain
- Two Diabetes Complications to Watch for
- Overweight? Getting Enough Calcium?
- How to Get to Sleep without Meds
- Another Use for the Nicotine Patch
- Those Pesky Fitness Advertisements!
- Waiting For Breast Biopsy Results?
- Thyroid Test Results May Vary if You’re on a Statin
- Want to Enlarge Your Brain? Get Fit!
- Does the Duration of Menopause Influence the Risk of Parkinson’s?
- Exercising After 50 is As Good As Quitting Smoking
- Green Tea Helps Prevent Periodontal Disease
- Wine Reduces the Risk of Esophagitis, Barrett’s, and Esophageal Cancer
- A Broken Arm May Portend a Fractured Hip
- Too Many Supplements, Taken Too Long, May Raise Cancer Risk
- Blowing Your Top Is Dangerous to Your Heart
- Should Men Take a Pill to Prevent Prostate Cancer?
- Explaining the “Obesity Paradox”
- Do You Doodle? Maybe You Should!
- Younger Men with ED Have a Higher Risk of Coronary Disease
- Gardening Can Mean Better Living in Retirement Homes
- Yet One More Reason to Quit Smoking – for Your Pet's Sake
- Is the New Sweetener, Stevia, for You?
- How to Prep Your Barbecued Beef to Prevent Carcinogens
- Lack of Sleep May Lead to More Colds
- Resting Heart Rates Can Predict Heart Attack Risks
- Almost Any Diet Will Work – If You Stick to It
- Cancer Risk for Women Drinking Too Much Alcohol
- Tai Chi May Not Be an Answer to the Risk of Falling
- Vibrating Insoles for Diabetic Neuropathy
- Four of Every Five Older People Could Benefit from Statin Therapy
- One Risk of Having a Stroke – Where You Live!
- “30 Minutes a Day Is Not Enough to Lose Weight”
- Eggs May Lower Blood Pressure???
- Coffee and Tea Are Both Good for You
- Steroid Shoulder Injections Don't Help
- Help Your Eyes Through Vigorous Exercise!
- Abdominal Obesity a Risk Factor for Migraines
- Badly Sprained Ankles Deserve a Cast
- More on the Protective Effect of Aspirin Against Colon Cancer
- Older Persons – Do You Care What You’re Called?
- Another Blow to Marijuana Smoking
- ‘Brain Exercise’ Programs May Not Slow Mental Decline
- Deaths from Smoking Higher in Women
- Menu’s Containing Calorie Numbers Really Seem to Work
- Everyone in the Pool!
- Coffee and the Risk of Dementia
- Prostate Cancer May Be Linked to Artificial Light at Night
- Back Pain? Radiography, a CT, or MRI May Not Be Needed
- Saturday Quack – the Infra-Red Helmet for Alzheimer’s
- Can You Identify Your Hospital Doctors and Nurses?
- Green Tea Can Help a Weight Loss Program
- Plums May Match Blueberries for Good Health Qualities
- Once More – Herbal Meds Don’t Work for Menopausal Symptoms
- Fiber Is IN as a Dietary Supplement – Get the Facts
- Is It Time to Dump the Psychiatrist’s Couch?
- Acupuncture Is Not Much Use for Treating Pain
- Omega-3 vs. Omega-6 Fatty Acids
- Parathyroid Glands May Influence Falls in Older Diabetics
- Boomers Aren’t as Healthy as They Think They Are
- Abnormal Blood Sugar Levels and Mental Decline in Seniors
- Time to Take Out the Scales!
- Happiness Is Contagious, Too!
- Reliable Info on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Why Women Gain Weight at Menopause without Eating More
- A Way to Diagnose Alzheimer’s More Easily
- Take Flowers or a Plant when Visiting a Hospital Patient
- Some Meds Can Impair Seniors’ Memory
- Vigorous Exercise Can Throw Off Lab Test Results
- Casting Around for an Enjoyable Form of Exercise?
- Apple, Pear, or Liver?
- Frailty in Old-age Can Be Countered with a New Drug
- One Tasty Bite May be More Than Enough
- Losing Your Job Is Terrible, But . . .
- Health Benefits of Alcohol Aren’t for Everyone, or Are They?
- Male Drinkers under 50 Can Get Osteoporosis
- A Longer Menu May Be Healthier
- Walkers – Try the Park Instead of the Mall
- Cooling Cardiac Arrest Patients Is Slow to Catch On
- How Your Doctor Should Treat IBS
- Thinking of Drinking Unpasteurized Milk?
- This is Glaucoma Awareness Month – How Aware Are You?
- One Egg a Day Isn’t Really So Harmful
- Older Folk Scared to Walk?
- Sleep Longer, Live Longer
- Propinquity and Obesity
- Is Tight Control of Diabetes Essential?
- Fast Food Meals Are Not as Bad as Sit-Down Restaurant Meals
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Is Linked to Cardiovascular Disease
- Myths around Christmas and New Year
- Smoking is Linked to Colon Cancer, But . . .
- Stressed Out? Address Your Lifestyle First
- Sarcasm Can Be Used to Help Diagnose Dementia
- Merry Christmas!
- How to Lose Weight – Find Someone to Pay You for Results
- Watch That Champagne Cork – or Rather, Don’t!
- Dark Chocolate as a Diet Aid!
- Video Games Can Improve Seniors’ Mental Skills
- Calcium Supplements Aren’t Just For Women
- Some Diabetic Drugs Double the Fracture Risk
- More Costly Things That Don’t Work
- Two-Thirds of You are Apparently Exercising ‘Enough’
- A Less-Obvious Cause for Erectile Dysfunction
- Moderate Wine Intake – How It Works
- Nuts Trump Olive Oil in Battling the Metabolic Syndrome
- Cell Phones Impair Rats’ Memory
- Lying on the Floor after a Fall . . .
- It’s Not What You Drink, it’s How You Drink . . .
- Work at Being as Young as You Feel
- Demon Drink Still Threatens, in Spite of Health Benefits
- Do You Suffer from Cyberchondria?
- Don't Smoke and Live 14½ Years Longer
- Eating Peanuts Early May Stave Off Peanut Allergy
- Why Heart Disease Patients Get Depressed, and vice versa
- Good But Old News – Statins Decease Pneumonia Deaths
- An Unexpected Effect of Being a Caregiver
- Ten Tips for Lowering Your Risk of Heart Disease or Cancer
- A Daily Egg or Two Raises the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
- Is Asthma Being Over-Diagnosed?
- Thick Calves Can Be a Good Sign of Health!
- Thanksgiving Day
- Are Facial Scars Sexy? Apparently . . .
- Save Cash by Not Buying Things That Don’t Work!
- Women Have Still One More Reason to Quit Smoking
- Which are More Important In Alzheimer’s, Plaques or Tangles?
- You Don’t Need Prescription Meds to Treat IBS
- Careful Where You Rest Your iPod Headphones
- A Hidden Benefit from a Flu Shot
- Don’t Neglect Your Triglyceride Level
- Music - “The Food of Love” for the Heart
- Testosterone Helps Improve Sex for Some Women
- Carefully Applied Electric Shocks to the Brain for Stroke?
- Getting Up at Night Is a Nuisance, But . . .
- Statins Really Do Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s
- A High Blood Pressure May be a Good Thing in the Very Old
- CRP Is Not a Villain, Merely a ‘Biomarker’ or Signal
- Your End-of-Life Choices
- Vitamin K Slows Insulin Resistance, But Only in Men
- The Prune Board Climbs on the Bandwagon
- Yet Another Benefit from Statin Therapy
- Treating Painful Knee Osteoarthritis
- Smoking Boomers Show More Cognitive Decline
- Two More Reasons to Avoid Binge Drinking
- Trying to Make Clubfoot a Thing of the Past
- Who Should Get a Pneumonia Shot?
- The typical USA Diet Increases the Risk of a Heart Attack
- Eating Too Quickly – and Getting Fat
- Daylight-Saving Is Not Heart-Saving Time
- Acupuncture Helps Breast Cancer Treatment Side Effects
- Why Fat People Tend to Eat More
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Surgery or Not?
- Glaucoma in People with Thyroid Problems?
- Can Alcohol Shrink Your Brain? It Seems So
- What Do Dark Chocolate and Red Wine Have In Common?
- A Good But Delayed Effect with Tight Control of Diabetics
- St John’s Wort Works – in German-Speaking Countries
- Red Wine, Cigarettes, and Lung Cancer
- Olive Oil Can Curb Hunger
- Correction: Hole-in-the-Heart & Migraine
- Get Googling, to Help Your Brain Function Better
- Not All Magnets Are Quacks
- New Stool Tests for Colon Cancer
- Eliminating Elephantiasis
- Could Appendicitis be Caused by Air Pollution?
- Latest Colon Cancer Screening Recommendations
- Unnecessary Prescriptions for Antibiotics
- Chronic Cough? Try an Internet Clinical Trial . . .
- HRT – It’s Not What You Take, but How You Take It
- When Two Alzheimer Drugs are Better than One
- Buffet Behavior by the Overweight
- Rhinitis (Allergic or Non-Allergic) May Lead to Asthma
- What’s Your Risk of Getting a Disease?
- Soy Improves Blood Vessel Function in Stroke Patients
- Long-Range Treatment for Depression
- Carotid Stenosis – Medicine or Surgery?
- Chocolate – Not Too Little, Not Too Much
- Eat Slower and You’ll Eat Less
- Dosed Correctly, Exercise Improves Heart Flutter
- Get the Wax Out, and Hear!
- There’s Good Stress and Bad Stress
- A Gun in the Home Increases the Risk of Suicide
- The Mother of All Meta-Analyses
- The Stroke ‘Window’ for Treatment Opens a Crack . . .
- Annoyed by All Those Drug Ads on TV?
- Pistachios, Too, Carry Heart Benefits
- Careful with Red-Yeast Rice Pills
- Do You Drink Too Much?
- Alzheimer’s – the Monster under the Bed
- Stopping Statins for Heart Failure Is Risky
- Dental Cream Contains Zinc . . .
- Snorers at Greater Risk of Stroke
- Stop Your Brain from Shrinking!
- Soy It Ain’t So!
- Blood-Stimulating Kidney Drug May Help Memory
- Postmenopausal HRT May Increase Risk of GERD
- A Good Excuse for Overeating
- Omega-3s Help Some Heart Failure Patients
- Flu Shots Not As Effective As Touted
- Stroke Victims Should Use the Treadmill
- You Need Both Aerobic AND Resistance Training
- The Risk of Incense Burning
- Brains Age Earlier Than We Thought
- Watch Those Ayurvedic Meds Sold on the Internet
- Medical News is Often Not-So-New
- Do You Believe What the Doctor Tells You?
- Diverticulosis Patients Can Eat Nuts and Corn
- Cholesterol, Statins, and Cancer – Just to Confuse You
- Cialis and Levitra Can Have a Useful Side Effect
- Forget LDL and HDL Cholesterol – Welcome the Apolipoproteins
- Saturday Quack - Drinking Red Bull May Carry Risks
- The Alexander Technique for Chronic Recurrent Back Pain
- The Nose Can Diagnose the Skin Cancer
- How Likely Are You to Die, or Win the Lottery?
- Relax, and Lower Your Blood Pressure
- Start Lifestyle Changes Immediately on Diabetes Diagnosis
- MSG (Monosodium Glutamate) Linked to Obesity
- Saturday Quack – What Doesn’t Help When Quitting Smoking
- Buying Viagra Online Is Not Always Risky
- Is Arsenic in the Drinking Water Linked to Diabetes?
- Overweight but Healthy – It’s Quite Possible
- Over 70? A Stay in Hospital Doubles Your Risk of Falling
- A Setback for the Role of Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s
- Avoiding a Late Start in Treating a Stroke
- Saturday Quack – Exercise May Not Improve Depression
- "No Need for PSA Testing after Age 75"
- Fish May Protect Against Memory Loss
- Is Periodontitis the Chicken or the Egg?
- Hurrah! Back to Bacon and Eggs for Weight Loss!
- Useful Dietary Extras for Diabetics . . .
- Ten Symptoms of Kidney Disease
- Geraniums for Coughs and Colds?
- More Older Drugs Show Promise in Alzheimer’s Trials
- How to Postpone Type 2 Diabetes, Maybe Indefinitely
- More Exercise Needed to Keep the Weight Off
- Ladies – Check Your Thyroid Function!
- Did You Understand What the ED Doctor Told You?
- Red Meat and High Blood Pressure
- Maybe Tight Glucose Control Isn’t Needed in Older Diabetics
- Good Thoughts – Bad Thoughts . . .
- Treating BPH Can Also Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
- A Russian Antihistamine for Alzheimer’s?
- Thunderstorms May Precipitate Asthma Attacks?
- How Exercise Can Help Slow Alzheimer’s
- Our New Look
- Cane Fighting Trumps Bingo for Seniors
- Saturday Quack - Fruit Juice Has Hidden Drawbacks
- HRT as a Skin Patch Can Lower the Risk of Cholecystitis
- Caregivers “Caring and Coping”
- Alpha-Linolenic Acid is Better Than We Thought
- When is Enough Fosamax Enough?
- What’s Your Resting Heart Rate?
- Low Testosterone Not Being Adequately Addressed
- Chinese Herbs as Good as NSAIDs for Menstrual Pain
- Saturday Quack - Farm-raised Tilapia Is Not Good for You
- The Best Exercise for Battling the Metabolic Syndrome
- Keeping A Food Diary Can Cut the Pounds Quicker!
- Restless Legs Syndrome and Cardiac Risks
- Dogs Can Detect Ovarian Cancer
- Memory and Diet – What You Eat Can Affect Your Memory
- Men with Muscles Live Longer – It’s True!
- When It’s Time to Give Up the Car Keys
- Instead of Viagra . . .
- Memory Defects and Lipids
- A Hairdryer-Like Cure for a Migraine
- Does Shingles Run in the Family?
- Summer and Psoriasis – the Good and the Bad
- Choices in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
- Should You Get a Second Opinion?
- PTSD in the Elderly? Yes!
- Which Stents are Best – Drug-Eluting or Bare-Metal?
- My Brain Station
- Tai Chi Can Help Insomnia
- Get Nearer the Starter’s Gun?
- A Weight-Loss Trick That May Work for Some
- And Test Your Toenails for Nicotine
- Count the Hairs on Your Head . . .
- Is It Alright to Pay Donors for Their Organs?
- Drink More Coffee and Live Longer?
- Waiting in the ED
- Brain Memory Structures Shrink in Sleep Apnea
- Shake It Up!
- Helping Alzheimer Patients Resynchronize Their Day
- Simplifying HbA1c for Diabetics
- Low Vitamin D Levels and Higher MI Risk
- Do Clinical Trials in Diabetes Measure the Wrong Things?
- Critical Care Specialists in the ICU May Not Be the Answer
- Golf Prolongs Life?!
- Cocoa for Diabetics
- Saturday Quirk - Taser Reverses Atrial Fibrillation
- Gum Disease (Periodontitis) and Cancer
- How Tomatoes May Fight Cancer
- Update on the Polypill
- ED as a ‘Marker’ for Coronary Disease in Diabetics
- Steroids for What???
- Dancing the Tango is Good for Parkinson’s Patients
- Snoring Can Be Due to Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Get a Simple Test
- Measure Your Own Blood Pressure at Home – It’s Worthwhile
- Cholesterol Can Indicate Possible Risk with Hormone Use
- Maybe Type 2 Diabetics Should Start Insulin before Oral Meds . . .
- COPD Patients Deserve Early Pulmonary Rehab
- A Component of LDL We Should Know About
- Use Your Smoking Cluster to Quit
- Saturday Quack – Wearing Glasses Doesn’t Make You a Geek
- The Risk of Being Hooked on the Hookah
- Heavy Drinking Has Gender-Specific Effects
- Maybe a Low-Salt Diet Isn’t So Healthy?
- Laughter – Even Yoga-Induced - Can Lower Blood Pressure
- AF Affects Spouses As Badly As the Patient
- Get Help with Your Home Exercise Program
- Soup First Can Mean Fewer Calories As a Whole
- Retina Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s?
- Knee Problems? Get a Cane!
- Long-Term Use of Advil® Lowers Alzheimer’s Risk
- Eating Well as You Get Older
- Progesterone Improves the Outlook after Brain Injury
- More Scarless Surgery Options
- “Good Sex in a Matter of Minutes”
- Osteoporosis Drugs and Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
- An Alzhemer’s Disease Breakthrough?
- Women and Depression – A Helpful Brochure
- Peripheral Arterial Disease – Risk and Outlook
- Think Yourself Thin?
- Universal Healthcare Falls Short
- Ritalin® May Help You Keep Your Balance
- A Single PSA Test before 50 Has Important Implications
- Can Tapping Fingers (or Toes) Predict Intelligence?
- Not Surprisingly, Smokers Are Often Depressed
- Red Wine Derivative Helps Lower Blood Sugar
- When a TIA Isn’t a TIA
- Monitoring Your Glucose Level May Be a Waste of Time & $$$
- Anticholinergics (Such as Detrol®) and Cognitive Decline
- Can Acupuncture Help Relieve Hot Flashes?
- Hypnosis Instead of Anesthesia
- Maybe Vitamin E Can Help Alzheimer’s, After All?
- Lyengar Yoga May Help Prevent Falls
- Macadamia Nuts Proposed as OK for Heart Health
- Breast Cancer and Alcohol: an Association
- Saturday Quack – Black Cohosh Can Cause Liver Problems
- Live an Extra 10 Years!
- Hepatitis C – New Hope
- More Than One Egg a Day . . .
- Does Country Music Drive You to Suicide?
- A Chocolate Bar Nutraceutical That Works
- Does Depression Mean a Greater Chance of Alzheimer’s?
- Saturday Quack – Water!
- Saline Sniffs Are Back!
- Seniors May Build More Muscle Using Painkillers
- Men Can Get Angry, but Women Can’t Afford To
- You’re Never Too Old for High Blood Pressure Treatment
- The First Oral Appendectomy
- Anniversary Deaths More Than Coincidental?
- Heartburn Isn’t Lethal!
- In Hospital, But Out of the Picture
- Bigger Bellies Buy the Farm
- Tanning vs. Suntan Lotion
- Eating Plenty of Legumes May Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
- The New Antihypertensive – Beetroot Juice!
- Saturday Quack - Watch Out For the Homeopathic Zicam!
- Does Cranberry Juice Work?
- Does Your Doctor Take Your Ankle Blood Pressure?
- Update - What Are Your Chances of Getting Alzheimer’s?
- What Reveals A Good Marriage? A Low Blood Pressure!
- Men with Diabetes Have More Frequent Urinary Symptoms
- Saturday Quack - Growth Hormone Is Not an Aid for Athletes
- Lower BP Without Medications . . .
- Gun Violence Deaths
- Which Omega-3s Are the Right Omega-3s?
- Does Eating Too Much Sugar Give You Diabetes?
- A Vaccine for High Blood Pressure?
- Gabapentin for Hot Flashes
- Saturday Quack - Aromatherapy Doesn’t Relieve Pain
- How Exercise Helps Diabetics
- Are You Addicted to Your Cell-Phone?
- The Stress of Golf – You Might As Well Jog
- Broccoli, Again
- High Blood Cholesterol? All You Want to Know
- A Test for Peripheral Neuropathy?
- When the Price is Right . . . (That Means High)
- New Uses for Old Drugs
- Pelvic Floor Problems in Women
- Obesity and PSA Levels
- Ginkgo – Good and Bad News
- Hands-Free Cell-Phones Impair Driving, Too
- Memory Problems Less Common Than 10 Years Ago!
- Saturday Quack - Again, Glucosamine Fails the Test
- An Indian Herb for Diabetes
- Eating Right to Avoid Prostate Hypertrophy
- Whiplash Injuries Don’t Respond Well to Treatment
- Coffee plus Alcohol plus tPA (+/- Ice) for Stroke? Wow!
- Preventing or Postponing Alzheimer’s with a New Tool
- Cats Beat Dogs At Protecting Their Owners against an MI
- Could Cell-Phones Affect Male Fertility?
- Night-time Noise and Blood Pressure
- After a Stroke, Music Hath Charms . . .
- Two New Approaches for Fibromyalgia
- Have You Ever Wanted to Kill Your Doctor?
- Live a Little Longer – By Working
- Conflicting Results on Diabetes Control
- Oh My Aching Costly Back!
- The Tale of the Telomeres
- Lifetime Medical Costs – The Uncomfortable Question
- Hawthorn Extract for Heart Failure?
- Coronary Clot Plumbing – A New Approach
- Didn’t Mom Tell You “Fish is Brain Food”?
- Another Use for GPS – PAD!
- Saturday Quack – Vitamins in Sodas
- Intensive Control of Type 2 Diabetes May Not Be the Ideal
- Breathing Disturbances during Sleep Increase with Age
- Maybe a Mild NSAID Can Fend Off Type 2 Diabetes
- A New, Better, Test for Prostate Cancer
- Happiness? – Another J-Shaped Curve
- Think a Joint Isn’t Harmful? Think Again.
- Scarless Cholecystectomy?
- It’s Harder to Quit Smoking When You’re Depressed
- Pancreas Cancer – Smaller Tumors Mean Better Chances
- Have You Ever Seen A Mirror Walking?
- High BMIs and Cancer – the Risk for Women
- A Patient-Friendly Colon Cancer Test?
- Saturday Quack - Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy
- Statins Aren’t Perfect – They Don’t Work in Alzheimer’s
- The On-and-Off-Again for Vitamin E
- Stomach Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes
- Calcium Supplements Can Have a Downside . . .
- Get Moving to Reduce Mortality in PAD
- Those Little Pieces of Chocolate - Watch Out!
- Saturday Quack – Honey for Leg Ulcers?
- People Prefer Healthy Eating over Dieting
- More Vitamin C Means Fewer Strokes
- An Amazing Report on a New Alzheimer’s Treatment
- Statins Do It Again – This Time for Diabetics
- Strength Training for a Pain in the Neck?
- How a Daily Drink Can Help Diabetics
- Saturday Quack - Not Guilty Verdict for Mercury and Autism
- How Could Zetia Happen?
- What Are Your Chances of Breaking a Hip?
- Good News for GERD Sufferers
- Unfortunately, Eating is Automatic
- Check Your Chances of Falling
- Bird Flu Still on the Back Burner?
- Saturday Quack – Fossy-Jaw Scare Overrated
- Similar Risks of High Glycemic Diets in Chinese and Blacks
- Another Use for Baclofen – Binge Eating?
- Beans Really Are Good for You
- Another Boost for Testosterone
- Another Cause of Disability – High Blood Pressure
- Aspirin Can Interfere with Prostate Cancer Treatment
- Saturday Quack – Akavar for Weight Loss
- Less Than a TIA, but Also Dangerous
- Good News on the Obesity Front
- Massage Relieves the Pain of Surgery
- Running a Marathon Is Less Risky Than Driving One
- Genentech Relents
- Modern Medical Myths
- A Paradox, a Paradox . . .
- Is Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation for Cardiac Arrest Out?
- The Breast Cancer Gene in Men Carries Increased Risks
- Boxing Day Eggnog (again)
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- Another Older Drug with a New Use
- Keep Fit and Halve Your Stroke Risk
- “A Little of What You Fancy Does You Good”
- Can’t Find a Wii When You Need One?
- High Blood Pressure Linked to Impaired Mental Function
- Diabetics Taking Vinegar?
- A Monthly Fast May Help Your Heart
- Help For Stroke Victims
- Black Raspberries Are In!
- Not Quite a Quack, But Nearly . . .
- Take PAD Seriously!
- Flu or Bronchitis Doubles the Heart Attack or Stroke Risk . . .
- A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s?
- Fitness, Not Fatness, Predicts Seniors’ Mortality
- Raised Cholesterol Not Linked to Stroke?
- A High Serum Calcium Level May Foretell Mental Decline
- Saturday Quack - Piling On China
- If at First You Don’t Succeed, . . .
- A Role for Magnet Treatment
- Broccoli by Any Other Route Would Taste As Good . . .
- Men – Are You at Risk for Osteoporosis?
- Drug Companies May Manage the Message
- A Great Gift Idea!
- Saturday Quack – Watch Those Energy Drinks!
- Older Men and Their Hormones . . .
- Long-Term “Pill” Use May Damage Blood Vessels
- Shortage of Sleep Promotes Hypertension
- Mini-Strokes and the Real Thing
- Look What Vaccines Have Done for Us
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Increased Risk of Stroke
- Saturday Quack – Red Wine Pills
- Long-term Beta Carotene May Help Aging Brains
- Botox for Osteoarthritis?
- Does Your Statin Keep You Awake?
- A New Treatment for Gout on the Way
- A Skin Test for Carotid Artery Disease
- Anti-Smoking Vaccination Works - Sort-of
- Saturday Quack – ‘Statins No Good for Heart Failure’?
- A Blood Pressure Vaccine?
- Good Vibrations?
- NSAIDs May Protect Against Parkinson’s
- Blood Pressure Goes Wild in Winter
- Brain MRIs Can Produce Some Surprises!
- Statins May Help Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer
- Saturday Quack – TV Ads for Restless Legs Syndrome
- Congratulations, Diabetics!
- Sales Results Show That Weight-loss Drug Alli is Popular
- Broccoli, Cauliflower, and the Prostate
- Can Zinc Help Suppress Pneumonia in the Elderly?
- Delay in Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension
- Education Both Delays AND Accelerates Alzheimer’s
- Saturday Quack: Once a Smoker, Always a Smoker
- Eat Your Wheaties and Live Longer?
- Is Stretching Really Necessary?
- A Low-fat Diet May Ward Off Ovarian Cancer
- It’s Never Too Late –- for a Colonoscopy
- Eating to Lower Your Pancreatic Cancer Risk
- Jobs Associated With Depression
- Saturday Media Quack – The Alzheimer Blood Test
- Sleep – Not Too Little, Not Too Much
- Localized Prostate Cancer Options
- The Metabolic Syndrome and Mental Decline
- Obesity, GERD, and Esophageal Cancer
- Statins Can Help in COPD
- Overeaters Anonymous
- Saturday Quack – Individualized Herbal Recipes
- Anticoagulation Without Monitoring? – Nearly Here!
- Sharpen Your Thinking about Risks
- Does a High White Blood Cell Count Mean Cancer?
- Genentech Hits AMD Patients Hard – in the Wallet
- Strength Training Supplements for Seniors?
- The Effectiveness of Flu Shots
- Saturday Quest – We’re Fatter Than Ever!
- Which Diet is Best for the Heart?
- Panic Attacks and Heart Attacks in Women
- New Guidelines for Low Back Pain
- Both the Glitazones Carry Cardiac Risks
- Another Way to Avoid Alzheimer’s
- An Antibiotic to Treat Stroke?
- Saturday Quack – Ginkgo Still Oversold
- Sleep Apnea? Stick With Your CPAP
- After the Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
- Are You “Aware” When it Comes to HRT?
- More Good News for Diabetics . . .
- Sham Acupuncture Works, Again
- How Well the FDA Works (or Doesn’t)
- Saturday Quack – Magnets Don’t Really Work
- Obesity in the Over 70s
- Relatively Minor Surgery for Emphysema?
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – a Cause?
- Another Blow for Lycopene and Prostate Cancer
- Your ZIP Code Predicts Obesity Risk!
- Improving Niacin for Lipid Lowering
- Saturday Quirk – Non-Participative Management
- Are You Taking All Your Meds?
- Alzheimer’s, Mediterranean Diet, & Mortality
- Take Vitamin D and Live Longer?
- Non-Drug Treatments for Pain
- Depression Worsens Any Chronic Condition
- Get Tai-Chi-ing!
- Elder Abuse: More Common Than You Might Think
- Comparing Risks from Drugs with Other Risks
- Cutting Hospital Doctors Hours Doesn’t Affect Mortality
- The Magic Bullet
- Smoking Ban in Ireland Bears Fruit
- Statins and the Aging Brain
- Omega-3 Intake Can Help Depression, Too
- Coffee – Good or Bad for You?
- Flaxseed Fights Flashes
- Bone Density Testing in Older Men Is Worthwhile
- Heartburn Treatment and Mental Function
- Gout is Not Just Painful, It’s a Warning
- What Have Gambling and Overeating in Common?
- Poor Outlook for Women Diabetics
- Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer – Earlier
- As If a Stoke Isn’t Bad Enough
- Calcium from Food is Better than Supplements
- Too Low LDL-Cholesterol Levels?
- Are You an Avid Reader?
- More Than One Soda a Day – Diet or Not – Is Risky
- Are You Allergic to Cats?
- Saturday Myths about Cancer
- Occupational Asthma – a Surprise
- IBS Patients – Zelnorm® is Back
- Managing Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation
- Got Milk, Indeed!
- Is Vitamin D the New Aspirin (or Statin)?
- The First Real Triumph for Gene Therapy – Parkinson’s
- Hip Protectors Don’t Work As Intended
- Eating More Words About Cold Cures
- Just Because You’ve Survived Breast Cancer . . .
- If You Can Read This . . .
- A Surprising Outcome for Obese Patients
- An MS Mystery – the Role of Childhood Suntan
- Pneumonia Isn’t What it Used to Be
- Saturday Squawk – Speak Up to Save your Life!
- Serum Uric Acid and Parkinson’s Disease
- Think Before You Sue the Doctor
- Is Obesity Contagious?
- Unhealthy Teeth and the Risk of Dementia
- Food Interactions – Not Always Bad
- Rotator Cuff Repair
- Saturday Quack – Childhood Vaccines and Autism?
- End-of-life Preferences Can Change
- Screening for Diabetes Without a Needle-Stick
- Anti-VEGF Agents for Wet AMD – Counting the Cost
- Is Smoking Good for Anything?
- It’s Not Too Late at Middle Age . . .
- What’s Your Coronary Artery Calcium Score?
- Saturday Quack – Scrub the Selenium
- A New Treatment for IBS
- One Drug, Three Diseases
- How to Promote Walking
- Fructose – Is it Atherogenic?
- A Skin Patch for Alzheimer’s
- An Unexpected Source of Relief for Multiple Sclerosis?
- Time for a Fat Tax?
- Will You Walk a Little Faster?
- Meat or Veg?
- When the Nose Doesn’t Know . . .
- How About a Nice Cup of Cocoa?
- Probiotics Again
- Increased Stroke Risk for Middle-Aged Women
- Saturday Quip – A Balanced Diet
- Eat Until You’re Full and Still Lose Weight – it’s True!
- Cut Your Glycemic Load
- “The Numbers Needed to Treat”
- Treat a Twitching Eye
- An Effective Drug for Fibromyalgia, at Last
- Cell Injections for Urinary Incontinence
- You Can Stay in the Clean Plate Club, But . . .
- Treating Peripheral Neuropathy
- Echinacea Is Not Dead!
- Overcooked Food Can Be Harmful
- Tai Chi Boosts Immunity towards Shingles
- Prevention of Arthritis is Better Than Cure
- As We Said, Use It or Lose It
- The Symptom Complex of Ovarian Cancer
- Care is Better If You Have Several Illnesses
- Diabetes Begets Depression
- Is Declining Testosterone Life-Shortening?
- Your Siblings May Make You Depressed
- Know Your Hematocrit before Surgery
- Saturday Quack – Shark Cartilage
- For Depression, Get Intense Psychotherapy, if You Can
- Does Your Doctor Shake Your Hand?
- Diet and Exercise Are Not Just for the Overweight
- Gabapentin for Hot Flashes
- Bone Marrow Cells Help the Heart
- Metronomes and Parkinson’s Disease
- Metabolic Syndrome vs. Cardiometabolic Risk
- Coffee and Gout, Again
- Inflammatory Markers Can Predict Alzheimer’s
- Preventing Colon Cancer – Fiber or Whole-Grain?
- One Door Closes, Another Opens . . .
- Soy and Blood Pressure
- BPH Relief – Two New Approaches
- An Artificial Nose Can Smell Out Asthma
- It’s the Coffee, Not Caffeine, for Gout Prevention
- Viagra, Hamsters, and Jet-Lag
- What a Single PSA Level at Midlife Can Tell You
- Add a Little Fish Oil
- Aspirin’s Action Against Colon Cancer
- Raised Liver Test Results Predict Heart Problems in Women
- IBS and RLS Together? Wow!
- Pot Plus Tobacco Is Worse than Tobacco Alone
- Sleep Apnea and Diabetes
- Good news for Diverticulosis Sufferers
- “It’s Just Not Fair!”
- Take the Ambulance, Not Your Car
- Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Constipation?
- Is This How How Alcohol Helps the Heart?
- Avoiding Prostate Cancer – Two Setbacks
- Milk for Weight Loss?
- One Problem with Moderate Alcohol Intake . . .
- A Little Is Good, but More is Better
- Are You Likely to Fall?
- Something New to Worry About – Phosphorus
- Saturday Quack - Indiscriminate Use of Herbal Supplements
- Another Statin Use – Prevent Lung Cancer?
- Maggots to the Rescue!
- Tight Control of Diabetes Can Ward Off MCI
- The Ultimate in Drug Adherence
- Bird Flu Update
- Drugs Really Do Work!
- Saturday Quack – Growth Hormone, Yet Again!
- Burgeoning Associations
- Cooking With Lower Gas Is Better For You
- Move Over, PSA – Here Comes EPCA-2
- A Link between Diabetes and Mild Cognitive Impairment?
- Coaching Doesn’t Always Prevent Falls in the Elderly
- Migraine’s Hidden Brain Benefit
- Can Exercise Ward Off Parkinson’s?
- A Selenium Surprise
- Weight Maintenance Is Key to Cardio Risk Factors
- Calm Down with Cocoa
- Surgery for Type 2 Diabetes?
- Be Careful at the Deli!
- Saturday Quack – Chondroitin (Again!)
- Diabetes Complications Are Damaging
- Wheat, Barley, or Oats? Which is Best for Health?
- Screening for Aortic Aneurism
- Tai Chi Helps Fight Shingles
- MCI –The Depressing Half-Way House
- Restless Legs Syndrome and Blood Pressure Peaks
- Where You Live Affects How Long You Live
- Men Get Osteoporosis, Too
- Sex Around the World
- Does Depression Predict Cardiovascular Disease?
- Meat-Eating and Breast Cancer
- Biofeedback for Chronic Constipation?
- Add Some Fish Oil to Your Statin
- Poor Sleep Lowers Testosterone in Older Men
- Testing for Increased Risk of A Fib
- Mastectomy without Lymphedema?
- So what is Optimal Medical Therapy for Stable Angina?
- Are Vegetarians Smarter?
- Fix Your Heartburn, But Risk A Fracture?
- Diabetics Resistant to Aspirin?
- Asthmatics Benefit from Warmed Bronchi
- Artificially Raised HDL Ineffective
- How to Cut Your Risk of Ovarian Cancer
- Baldness Drug Interferes with Prostate Cancer Test Levels
- Rub Away Your Knee Pain
- Another Plus for Dark Chocolate
- Stenting – What’s a Patient to Do?
- Alzheimer’s Reaching Epidemic Proportions?
- Firefighters at Increased Risk of Heart Attack
- A Substitute for a Statin or Diet for Raised Cholesterol
- Overweight and Cheerful Means a Lower Suicide Risk
- Sleep Apnea Takes a Toll on the Brain
- Transcendental Meditation for Heart Failure?
- High Blood Pressure MAY Respond to “An Adjustment”
- Got a Piece of Coral in Your Foot?
- PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
- Another Weight-Loss Surgery Problem
- Start Walking to Stop Smoking
- Loneliness – Is it a Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s?
- Increase the Size of Your Brain!
- A Bad Time to Have a Stroke
- Too Many Hospitals and/or Procedures?
- Atkins Comes Out Tops
- Have Another Cup of Coffee!
- Another Way to Fall Asleep?
- St Patrick’s Resolution – ‘The Eating of the Green’
- If You Must Smoke, at Least Exercise
- Saturday Quack – So Long, Antioxidant Supplements
- Watch Those Painkillers!
- Shared Memories of Funny Times
- Downsizing Affects All Parties
- Women’s Cholesterol Carries a Warning
- The Stages of Grief Theory
- Prehypertension in Women a Heart Risk
- Falling and Asleep
- All Women over 65 . . .
- Pill or Patch?
- Vasectomy Causing a Rare Dementia?
- Ageism in Cardiovascular Disease Treatment
- Bloodletting for Peripheral Artery Disease?
- Rehab After a Stroke – Don’t Waste a Minute
- Saturday Quack – Cloned Cattle Won’t Kill You
- Schedule Your Siestas – Now
- One More Time – Folate for Functioning Brains
- Should You Have a Carotid Artery Screen?
- Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Death Rates
- Now it’s Selenium’s Turn
- Don’t Clench That Jaw!
- Why Your Sex Life is Only So-So
- Making Walking Easier Helps Health
- Another Good Reason to Have a Flu Shot
- Cancer of Esophagus Rates Up – a Lot
- High Blood Pressure – USA vs. Rest-of-the-World
- Risk of Stroke Quadrupled by Depression
- Getting Deaf as You Age? Folic Acid Might Help
- Saturday Quack – Garlic is Not a Health Food
- Do You Know About the Metabolome?
- Iran and Harvard’s Metabolic Syndrome Study
- CBT for GAD – or maybe EMDR
- Your Teeth and Cancer
- Bird-Flu Plans for the USA
- The Polypill in Clinical Development – in India
- Saturday Quack – Policosanol
- Herbal Remedies for Low Back Pain
- Mono Linked to Multiple Sclerosis Risk
- Falls Happen, With or Without Valium
- Simple Surgery for GERD
- Rehab after Stroke – Gender Differences
- C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Body Weight
- Saturday Quack – Human Growth Hormone, Again
- A Benefit of Being Overweight
- Curry to Prevent Alzheimer’s, Again
- Aspirin and Asthma
- The New Alzheimer’s Gene
- How’s Your Uric Acid?
- More Guns Mean More Murders
- Youthful Indiscretion and Cancer of the Bladder
- Follow the Money!
- Milk in Your Tea?
- Glaucoma -- Are You at Risk?
- Too Much Sugar Linked to Cancer of the Pancreas
- Folic Acid Resurgent
- Saturday Quack-Quack – I Told You So!
- How Safe Are Statins?
- What a Way to Go!
- Men – Do You Have a Son?
- Newer Fibromyalgia Drugs
- Ice and Cobblestones
- What’s the Difference between LASIK and LASEK?
- Saturday Quack – Black Cohosh Ineffective
- Chronic Constipation Medication
- Raised Blood Alcohol May Protect the Brain!
- Seniors Function Better with Cognitive Training
- Too Little of a Bad Thing!
- How to Treat a Hangover
- A Last Look at Botox for 2006
- Happy New Year, Redux
- Time for New Year’s Resolutions
- Do You Have Nocturnal Hyperphagia?
- Closing in on the Specific Omega-3 Fatty Acid
- Boxing Day - Eggnog Time?
- Maybe Just One More Glass . . .
- Saturday Quack – Alternative Medicine Treatment for Cancer
- Psoriasis and Heart Attack
- Low Testosterone? Maybe It’s Your Lifestyle
- Better Balance Training than Tai-Chi?
- Pass the Nuts, Please
- A Simple Step to Prevent Osteoporosis?
- Melatonin for Nocturnal High Blood Pressure?
- Saturday Quack - DHEA Not Much Use
- Prescribing by Taste
- Glaucoma and Diabetes Link
- Fossy-Jaw and Fosamax
- Osteoarthritis Worsened by Smoking!
- Menthol Cigarettes – Just as Bad, or Worse
- Cell Phones Are Safe – at Least from One Viewpoint
- Holiday Blues
- How Diabetics Can Survive the Holidays
- Folic Acid Does Have Benefits, After All
- High Blood Pressure Often Proceeds to Type 2 Diabetes
- Chewing Gum – A Surprising Post-Op Benefit
- Yo-Yo Dieting May Increase Risk of Gallstones
- Learning by Rote Can Improve Memory in Over-60s
- Statins Save Serious Cardiovascular Events
- Chest Pain? Don’t Call a Friend . . .
- Fight Colds with Fitness
- Garlic, Onions, and the Risk of Cancer
- Serious Gamblers Have Other Problems, Too
- Two Fitting Gifts for the Holidays
- Retirement is Dangerous for Your Health
- Even Super-Healthy Men Can Use a Drink
- Falls Are Frequently Fatal
- Avoid Knee Problems? Strengthen Those Quads!
- When to Open Coronary Arteries
- Avoid Holiday Poundage
- Postponing the Nursing Home for Alzheimer Patients
- An Effective Drug for Fibromyalgia?
- Colas and Cancer of the Pancreas
- How to Avoid Holiday Heartburn
- Acupuncture for High Blood Pressure? No!
- Chronic Constipation Is Unhealthy, After All
- Cell Phone Use is Equally Dangerous as Driving Drunk
- Decaf May Not Be So “Decaffeinated”
- Cola Drinks and Osteoporosis
- Too Much Testosterone, or Estrogen, or Both?
- Shopaholics Get Recognition at Last
- Comorbidities
- An Old Drug for Liver Cancer
- An Antacid for Heart Failure?
- Urinary Stones – Speeding the Passage
- Diarrhea and C. difficile infections
- Just One Salad a Day
- Steroid Injections May Not Help Tennis Elbow
- Older Men Get Depression, but Less Help
- The overlooked triglycerides
- The Best Diet to Fight Atherosclerosis
- Is It Better to Weigh Yourself Every Day?
- Melatonin for IBS Pain?
- Diabetics May Need to Improve Their Sleep Habits
- Alcoholics in Treatment – The First Year Is Critical
- People Do Kick the Dog!
- Vaccinations for Seniors
- Over 70s Live longer If They increase Their Activity
- Air Pollution May Double the Risk of Stroke
- Soy CAN Help Lower Cholesterol Levels
- Drugs Can Delay Nursing Home Admission for Alzheimer’s
- Surgery for Parkinson’s
- Anemia and Mental Impairment
- Simpler Surgery for Sleep Apnea (and Snoring)
- An Antidiabetic Drug to PREVENT Diabetes?
- Low Testosterone, Increased Fracture Rate
- A New Test for Lung Cancer
- Dancing Like the Stars . . .
- The Most Dangerous Disease You’ve Never Heard Of
- Just Switch to Whole Grains for a BP Benefit
- Can’t Take a 40’ Walk? Four 10’ Walks May Be Even Better
- Potassium-Rich Salt Lowers Cardiac Risks
- The Dangerous Bathtub
- People with Dementia Know More Than You Think
- Breast Pain with HRT for Menopause Symptoms
- Metabolic Syndrome and Prostate Cancer
- Benefits of Exercise in COPD
- An Unwelcome Birthday Surprise
- Intravenous Antibodies for Alzheimer’s?
- Alternative Medicines for Menopause Symptoms
- IBD Is More Common in Canada – Why?
- Just Dropping Dead
- An Aspirin a Day – Another Benefit?
- Depression + Stress = Inflammation?
- Aortic Aneurism Rupture Risk
- Eat a Lot of Fat, and Then Exercise?
- Bipolar Disorder vs. Depression
- Saturday Quack - “Organic” Foods
- Celebrex for Preventing Colon Cancer? No!
- Eye Exams Can Help Predict Heart Trouble
- Should Fish Supplant Defibrillators?
- Another Statin Benefit – Fewer Fractures
- Anger, Hostility, and Lung Power
- Take Fruit and Veggie Juice to Stave Off Alzheimer’s
- Saturday Quack – Hydrogen Peroxide as Medicine
- How Many Fat Cells Do You Have?
- Working Conditions and High Blood Pressure
- Would You Go Overseas for Surgery?
- How Roughage Works
- Yet Another Use for Botox
- BMI - Not Necessarily the Best Measure
- Some Prostate Cancers Don’t Need Treatment
- Any Form of Tobacco is Lethal
- Bad News - Cellulite is Here to Stay
- Copper Plus Fats Accelerate Mental Decline
- Problems with Coated Stents
- Coffee “Just Occasionally” May be Risky
- What the Doctor Says If Things Go Wrong
- Saturday Quack – Malaria Prevention and Homeopathy
- Older Men with Low Testosterone
- Surgery First Thing in the Morning
- Chromium Supplements and Diabetes
- Overweight Surgery Makes Gains
- If Men Would Only . . .
- Take a Statin to Prevent a Second Stroke
- Saturday Quack – Morgellons Disease Believers
- Lower Your Blood Sugar and Raise Your Intellect
- The Big Advantage of Having a Spouse
- Falling Asleep When Driving
- Chili May Help Diabetics
- Severe Depression – the Holy Grail
- The J-shaped Alcohol Curve – Again
- Saturday Quack – “Natural” Means Safe
- Another Benefit of Vaccines
- A Walk in the Sun
- Setting Off the Airport Alarms
- The Best Healthy Foods
- Do You Like Curry? And Onions?
- About Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Saturday Quack – the Non-Vaccinators
- Guns and Kids Don’t Mix
- Brain Fitness Centers on the Right Tract
- Butterbur for Allergic Rhinitis?
- Unexpected Results with an Anti-Alcohol Drug
- A New Treatment for Wet AMD
- Just Two Short Weeks!
- Saturday Quack – Home Genetic Testing
- Knee Osteoarthritis in Women
- Trying to Prove Acupuncture Works for Stroke
- How to Eat Less Ice Cream . . .
- Who’s Your Medical Proxy?
- Would You Sell One of Your Kidneys?
- Arthritis and Exercise – Some Pain, But Much Gain
- Saturday Quack - Special Diets for Cancer Patients
- There’s More to ED than Just Erectile Difficulties . . .
- Fear Drives “Senior Moments”
- Ladies – Watch for Orange Peel Skin
- Score Another One for Alcohol, in Moderation
- Should I Stop My Aspirin?
- What Your Retina Can Tell . . .
- Saturday Quack – Mercury and Autism
- It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Humidity That Kills
- New Hope for Motivated Quitters
- Further Support for a Healthy Lifestyle
- An Alternative to Estrogen for Hot Flashes
- COPD Treatments Compared
- Women Smokers at Increased Risk, But . . .
- Saturday Quack – Organic Foods
- Exercise to Limit Side Effects of Chemo or Radiation
- Another Proven Coffee Benefit
- Better Male Catheters
- “Non-Invasive” Brain Surgery?
- The Toll Diabetes Exerts on the Middle Aged
- Everybody Takes a Statin, Don’t They?
- Eggs Are Better Than Their Reputation
- Pomegranate Juice May Slow Prostate Cancer Recurrence
- How Effective are Orthotic Inserts?
- Are You Taking More Drugs Than You Need?
- Are You an “Abbie”?
- Broken-Heart Syndrome – Disease of the Month?
- Boomers Who Lose Their Jobs Double Their MI and Stroke Risk
- Saturday Quote – “Pull Yourself Together”
- Restless Legs? – the $64,000 Question
- Cherry Juice for Sore Muscles?
- Caregiver Stress
- How Long Should You Take an Antibiotic?
- A Good Statin Side Effect
- Parkinson’s Disease and Pesticides
- Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia
- TM and the Metabolic Syndrome
- Eat Alone and You Eat Less
- Your Clothing Size Can Tell if You’re at Risk
- “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!”
- Helping Stroke Patients Walk Again
- Smoking and Wrinkles
- It’s True! A Little Drink Improves Women’s Minds!
- Anyone for Cosmetic Surgery?
- The Trouble with Caregivers
- AB Yogurt to the Rescue
- Clot-busting Drug Seems to Work a Small Miracle
- Catching Colon Cancer Quickly
- How Often Do You Drink?
- Saturday Quack - Chiropractic
- Cholesterol Numbers Are Still Baffling
- Another Botox Use – An Overactive Bladder
- Screening for Bladder Cancer?
- You Can Reduce Colonoscopy Screening When You’re Older
- Now Coffee Is Positively Good for You
- Let Your Lifestyle Lower Your GERD
- Saturday Quack – Aspartame Fear
- Never Too Old To Quit
- Think Better with a Carotid Stent
- Women, High Blood Pressure, and Sexual Dysfunction
- How Much Time Have You Got?
- Get Busy and Meditate!
- Treat Your BP and Avoid Alzheimer’s
- Saturday Quack – Cancer “Cures”
- Who Should Get a Flu Shot When There’s Not Enough For Everyone?
- Estrogen and Breast Cancer – Seemingly Different Results
- Lung Patients Still Smoking!
- A Statin for Your Eyes?
- How Likely Are You to End Up in a Nursing Home?
- Sleep Apnea Raises Stroke Risk
- Saturday Quack – Toxin Removers
- Heart Disease Deaths Decline, But . . .
- Mild Cognitive Impairment – A Step on the Way?
- Benefits of Testosterone in Women
- Do You Get ‘Off-Label’ Drugs?
- American Boomers Less Healthy Than The British
- Stress at Work Doesn’t Cause High Blood Pressure
- Saturday Quack - Airborne
- Melanoma Risk Increases as You Get Older
- People with Arthritis Need Exercise!
- When the Risk of an MI Is Increased
- Mediterranean Diet to Prevent Lou Gehrig’s Disease?
- Chronic Constipation – What Works
- Chronic Constipation – What Works
- Men at Risk of Hip Fracture
- Saturday Quack – Christian Yoga
- How to Walk to Good Health
- Omega-3 for a Healthy Heart – On Again
- Growth Hormone – What’s a Doctor to Do?
- Cut Your Risk of Alzheimer’s – Eat Right
- Avoiding the Nursing Home
- You Need to Take Your Meds to Have Them Work
- Saturday Quack – Homeopathy
- Dry Eyes in the Menopause?
- Some Risk Factors for Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH)
- Herbs Help Low Back Pain
- Some Chest Pains Respond to Hypnosis
- TV Health Information
- Lack of Sleep Can Raise Your Blood Pressure
- Saturday Quack – Cancer “Cures”
- A Risk Factor for Multiple Sclerosis
- Improved CPR for Some Situations
- What You Eat Affects What You Do
- Addicted to Tanning
- What are the Dangers and Risks of Liposuction?
- Male and Female Drinking
- Saturday Quack – Noni is Phony!
- Poor Treatment of In-Patient Stroke Victims
- Chewing Gum – Benefits and Drawbacks
- Problems with Parkinson Disease Meds
- Stroke and Calcium – a Relationship?
- Tap Water or Bottled?
- Are You Sleep-Deprived?
- Saturday Quack - Retiva
- Rebirth of the Cox-2 Inhibitors
- What to Drink?
- Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, and Infections
- Lonely Hearts Are Less Healthy
- Many Doctors Cannot “Sound the Chest” Properly
- Chronic Shoulder Pain – a New Approach
- Saturday Quack – Cortislim Ads
- There’s Hope That a Human Bird Flu Pandemic Won’t Occur
- Use Your Phone to Quit the Tobacco Habit
- Incontinence and Depression
- Specific Exercises for Erectile Dysfunction?
- Adding-On or Switching Drugs Effective for Depression
- Flu Shots More Effective in the Happily Married
- Saturday Quack – Magnets
- Preventing Stroke in African Americans
- Homocysteine Lowering Hopeless?
- Recovering Alcoholics Shouldn’t Smoke
- Statin News Not So New
- Migraines and a Hole in the Heart
- Chile Peppers to Fight Prostate Cancer?
- Saturday Quack – HeadOn
- Flying and Thrombosis – It’s Not Just the Inactivity . . .
- Is Coffee a Risk Factor for MI? – It Depends . . .
- Red Wine May Improve Periodontitis
- The Danger Lurking in Potatoes
- How Overweight People Can Help the World
- Chocolate Milk Can Be Good For You, Too
- Women and Cardiac Surgery
- Acupressure, Too, For Low Back Pain
- How to Avoid a Root Canal
- Who Was Montezuma, and What Was His Revenge?
- Glucosamine and Chondroitin Fail the Test
- Statins May Help Viagra
- Vitamin E and Dysmenorrhea
- “Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite!”
- Cough Medicines Fail the Test
- Obesity and Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Another Health Standby Takes a Hit
- When Whole Grain Isn’t Whole Grain
- Waist Size and Gallstones
- A Shift in Thinking on HRT
- The Most Important Meal – Breakfast
- Holiday Heart Syndrome
- Stress and Breast Cancer
- Intimations of Mortality
- Melatonin – Does It Work or Not?
- How a Little Alcohol Is Good For You
- Low Back Pain? Try Yoga
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- It’s Not Low-Fat, It’s Which Fat
- Do You SuDoKu?
- Saw Palmetto Disappoints
- Dinner Plate Size
- Do You Didgeridoo, if Prescribed?
- Beer or Wine, It's How You Dine
- There Are Placebos and Placebos . . .
- Sex Effects of Aspirin
- HRT’s “Window of Opportunity”?
- Urinary Incontinence – a New Weapon
- Measuring Tapes and Couch Potatoes
- Just When You Thought Celebrex Was Finished . . .
- Woof! AIBO No Longer to the Rescue
- Stroke Busters
- Statins vs. Omega-3
- Sayonara, Soy?
- “Another Little Drink . . .”
- Call 911 Sooner Rather Than Later
- Created by a School Teacher!
- Are You SAD, Are You Blue?
- Heart-Stopping Football
- Could You Have Adult ADHD?
- Worrying (or Not) About Sickness
- Don’t Stop Those Meds!
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- The Nose Knows, It Seems
- Gender-Specific Comfort Foods
- New Surgical Approaches?
- Health Education by Drug Companies
- Binge Your Way to Dementia
- Coffee Can Help Those at Risk of Liver Disease
- Primary and Secondary Prevention
- Testosterone for Men with Alzheimer’s?
- Whooping Cough at Your Age? It’s Quite Possible!
- Can a Glass of Wine Prevent Obesity?
- An Easy New Year’s Resolution – Switch to Dark Chocolate
- How Did YOU Quit Smoking?
- How to Avoid a Hangover
- Can Chicken Check Colorectal Cancer?
- ED: It’s Not All About Sex . . .
- Excuses, Excuses . . .
- Yoga for Your Back Pain
- Bulk Up to Fight the Metabolic Syndrome
- Healing Wounds and Marital Conflict
- Diving With Dolphins for Depression
- An Unwelcome Birthday for Baby-Boomers?
- The Nation's Health – it’s Not All Bad News
- Tea or Coffee . . .Both or Neither . . .?
- The Cheapest Diet
- A Healthy Tan, at Last?
- An Unworthy Medical Article
- Can’t Get a Flu Shot?
- “Daddy, Please Don't Get Drunk This Christmas . . .
- Raynaud’s Relief
- Dieting Doesn’t Work
- The Joys of Cabbage?
- Retreat of the Gluteus Maximus
- Super Chocolate
- Look After Your Teeth and They’ll Look After You
- Stress Can Cause High Cholesterol Levels
- Mom – How Long Did You Breastfeed?
- Man’s Best Friend, Indeed
- What You See Trumps How Much You Eat . . .
- Red Meat a No-No?
- Another “Mother Was Right!”
- Ginseng Finally Goes Legit
- Diabetics at Risk for Colorectal Cancer
- Ready to Retire? Don’t Rush It!
- Does High Blood Pressure Cause Headaches?
- Will a ‘Regular’ Flu Shot Protect One Against Bird Flu?
- Surgery to Protect Against Infection?
- Risk of Stroke from Air Pollution?
- Is There Anything Botox Can’t Do?
- Who Uses Alternative Medicine?
- Real Benefits from an Annual PSA
- Yet Another Weight Warning – For Men
- Are We Oversold On Anxiety?
- At Last – An Artery Roto-Rooter
- When NOT to Take Antioxidants
- We Just Don't Know!
- Which Side of the Bed Do You Sleep On?
- One Reason Diets Fail?
- Cell Phones and Brain Cancer? Another “ Don’t Know”!
- Walk, Don't Run!
- An Overweight Environment?
- Good News on Three Fronts
- A Waist Too Big?
- Why you need a flu shot, now.
- Noni baloney!
- In Medicine, East Is Meeting West
- One in ten may benefit!
- Sedan Chairs and Cobblestones
- Does homeopathy really work?
- Are Guidelines for Treating High Blood Pressure Misleading?
- Treatments That Work, or Don’t
- One in Fifty – Can It Be the Cranberries?
- Be Very Afraid!
- You Must Decide!
- Are You a Smoker? If So, Are You One of the 5%?
- Lipomucil or Metastatin, anyone?
- What’s Eating Your Teeth?
- Atkins on the Ropes
- Probiotics, IBS, and IBD
- Rosemary for More than Remembrance
- Living Longer – The Role of Obesity
- OK to Be Overweight?
- Heat Stroke and Drugs
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