| 08/31/2006 - To Cat and Cat Not |
| I visited the Hemingway Home many years ago, and like most visitors, I was charmed by the dozens of cats that wander throughout the house and the surrounding grounds. |
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| 08/31/2006 - The Coffee Debate |
| Once again, we return to the question: Is coffee good for you, or bad? The latest coffee study adds another check in the "good for you" column. |
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| 08/30/2006 - Curcumin - An Eastern Healer |
| Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) is a hereditary condition that affects only about 10,000 people in the U.S. FAP patients typically begin to develop numerous benign polyps in the colon when they're only in their teens. |
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| 08/30/2006 - Abraham Cherrix Update |
| "Abraham's Law" is long overdue. But could a law actually prevent the government from meddling in the treatment choices of young cancer patients like Abraham Cherrix and Katie Wernecke who have not yet reached the age of consent? |
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| 08/29/2006 - Vision Supplements |
| Recently, in the e-Alert "Magic Time" (7/24/06), I told you about an Australian study that examined vision health and fish consumption in more than 2,300 middle-aged and elderly subjects. |
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| 08/29/2006 - Viral Food Additives |
| What would you like on your hot dog? Mustard? Chili? Bacteriophages? Before you say, "hold the viruses," (because that's what bacteriophages are: viruses), you should know that the FDA has approved their use. |
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| 08/29/2006 - Copper Cognition |
| You need a little copper in your diet. But just a little - never a lot - because too much copper promotes formation of free radicals. About 2 mg of copper daily is all that most of us need. |
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| 08/29/2006 - ADHD Patients - Under or Overmedicated? |
| "ADHD Kids Undermedicated?"
You can bet THAT headline caught my eye! UNDERmedicated? According to the most recent available sales figures supplied by IMS Health, sales of ADHD drugs jumped from about $760 million in 2000, to $3.1 billion in 2004. |
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| 08/25/2006 - Discussions This Week - Improving Vision, Bilberry and other Remedies |
| "Which herb is most popular to support vision health?" That question - posted in the HSI Healthier Talk community forums - comes from a member named Shawnmichael, who receives helpful responses about nutrients that promote vision health. |
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| 08/24/2006 - Face Value - Accutane Side Effects |
| If Accutane were a dietary supplement, you wouldn't even know its name. It would have been banned decades ago. But after 25 years, not only is this acne medication still on the market, it's still doing harm. |
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| 08/24/2006 - Poker Brain |
| If you play poker, you could have a huge advantage over opponents if you monitor changes in their blood flow and the resulting amount of oxygen that reaches their brain. |
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| 08/23/2006 - Two Nutrients for Diabetics |
| New research shows how the combining of two nutrients may help you keep from gaining additional weight, while also curbing fat accumulation in the part of your body where a continuous buildup of fat sets the stage for serious health problems. |
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| 08/22/2006 - Antioxidants - Potentially Harmful? |
| Yes, it's time for antioxidant supplements to take another beating with "proof" that they're ineffective, and "may even be harmful." (Cue the spooky organ music and rumbling thunder.) |
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| 08/22/2006 - Prostate Cancer Tests, PSAs |
| "At present the one certainty about PSA testing is that it causes harm." |
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| 08/21/2006 - Flavanoids May Lower Risk of Colorectal Cancer |
| Examining some of the positive effects of flavonoids, including a possible lowered risk of colorectal cancer. |
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| 08/21/2006 - Justice Served in case of Abraham Cherrix |
| Sanity prevailed in a Virginia courtroom last week when Judge Glen Tyler announced that 16-year-old Abraham Cherrix would not be taken from his parents and forced to receive chemotherapy. |
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| 08/18/2006 - Senility prayer |
| "Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference." |
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| 08/17/2006 - Send in the Pro |
| A new survey shows that millions are unaware that their digestive tracks are teeming with bacteria. Too bad. They have no idea how fortunate they are. |
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| 08/16/2006 - High on Life |
| This one you will NOT believe. The federal government is using your tax dollars for research that could end up providing consumers with a dangerous new way to treat depression and a lucrative new way for drug companies to make money. |
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| 08/15/2006 - Brain Protection |
| "You never hear about the positives of cigarette smoking," a friend of mine used to say. "For instance, when you smoke, non-smokers leave the room. I like that!" |
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| 08/15/2006 - Brain Protection |
| "You never hear about the positives of cigarette smoking," a friend of mine used to say. "For instance, when you smoke, non-smokers leave the room. I like that!" |
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| 08/14/2006 - Backstage Tour |
| I have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or my conclusions in an FDA scientific document." |
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| 08/14/2006 - Backstage Tour |
| I have been asked, for non-scientific reasons, to inappropriately exclude or alter technical information or my conclusions in an FDA scientific document." |
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| 08/11/2006 - How visually attractive are the drugs you take? |
| If that sounds laughable, you might get a laugh (or not) out of an HSI Healthier Talk community forum thread titled "FDA approves using pearly pigments to color pills." |
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| 08/10/2006 - Grassfed beef? |
| The good news: You might start seeing beef labeled "grassfed" in your local grocer's meat section. The bad news: Don't believe it. |
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| 08/10/2006 - Grassfed beef? |
| The good news: You might start seeing beef labeled "grassfed" in your local grocer's meat section. The bad news: Don't believe it. |
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| 08/09/2006 - What Lies Beneath |
| No doubt, many of us identify more closely with our ideal than with reality. And that fact is revealed in a recent survey that shows quite a few overweight and obese people believe they're on the right track with exercise and nutrition. |
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| 08/08/2006 - Good Air |
| There's only one way to freshen the air in a room: Open the windows or the air vents to add fresh, clean air. And yet many people have the impression that spraying chemicals into the air will produce "freshness." |
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| 08/08/2006 - Good Air |
| There's only one way to freshen the air in a room: Open the windows or the air vents to add fresh, clean air. And yet many people have the impression that spraying chemicals into the air will produce "freshness." |
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| 08/07/2006 - Old Flame |
| CRP is an acronym for C-reactive protein, a plasma protein produced in the liver in response to inflammation. And because atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries) goes hand-in-hand with inflammation, elevated CRP is considered an… |
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| 08/07/2006 - Old Flame |
| CRP is an acronym for C-reactive protein, a plasma protein produced in the liver in response to inflammation. And because atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries) goes hand-in-hand with inflammation, elevated CRP is considered an… |
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| 08/04/2006 - Urgent help needed for constipation |
| Sooner or later, everyone has to cope with a bout of constipation. It's not a pretty topic, but when an HSI member posts a thread titled "Urgent help needed for constipation," quite a few members offer suggestions to help her get back… |
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