July 8, 2008 – 4:24 pm | One Comment

In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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Medical Industry Promises to Cut Costs for Healthcare Reform
May 11, 2009 – 8:04 pm | 7 Comments

In an about-face to their stance during the Clinton Administration, leaders of the nation’s healthcare industry have promised to cut prices in response to the Obama Administration’s vow to resolve the healthcare crisis and make …

CDC: Americans Consume Too Much Salt
April 11, 2009 – 3:56 pm | 5 Comments

According to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most Americans consume too much salt for optimum health.  Almost 145 million adults (69%) are considered medically sensitive to salt, …

COOL New Food Labels List Point of Origin
March 19, 2009 – 5:31 am | One Comment

The last few years have produced a rough ride for food safety in the United States and around the world.  Problems with imported foods and foods produced in and shipped across the United States have …

Top Six Baby Bottle Makers Stop Using BPA
March 10, 2009 – 5:27 am | 3 Comments

The top six makers of baby bottles have agreed to stop using bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles after attorneys general in Connecticut, Delaware, and New Jersey asked them to.  The industrial plastic has been …

US Study: Rage Kills
March 1, 2009 – 11:14 pm | 3 Comments

According to a recently released US study, rage kills, and so do other strong emotions associated with stressful events.  These emotions become deadly when they trigger irregular heart beats (arrhythmia) and cardiac arrest. More than …

Red Cross $truggling to Save Lives
February 23, 2009 – 11:40 pm | 2 Comments

The American Red Cross is finding it’s harder to save lives as the national economic recession deepens.  Local chapters depend largely on donations and fund raisers to finance their daily operations but donations are fewer …

Two Tampa Women Hospitalized After Homemade Silicone Injections
February 12, 2009 – 10:26 pm | 2 Comments

Two women from Tampa, Florida, are suffering serious health consequences after they allowed a woman to inject their buttocks with a homemade silicon solution to enhance their appearances.  Both women, in their 30s, were hospitalized …

Food Isn’t Always Source for Salmonella Outbreaks
January 27, 2009 – 5:26 am | 2 Comments

Think of Salmonella infection and most people think about food.  The current outbreak of infection traced to peanut butter and last year’s tomato scare put food-borne outbreaks in the headlines but food isn’t always the …

Coffee Today Keeps Dementia Away
January 23, 2009 – 6:44 pm | 10 Comments

The January issue of ‘The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease’ features a study of long-term coffee drinking and its effect on age-related dementia.  The findings suggest drinking coffee today keeps dementia away.

Peanut Butter Products Recall List Grows; Jars Still Thought Safe
January 19, 2009 – 9:04 pm | 4 Comments

The list grows as more and more peanut-based products are being voluntarily recalled after a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning was issued on Saturday, January 17.  At this time, the source of Salmonella …