| 02/28/2008 - Hawthorn extract proved beneficial for congestive heart failure patients |
| If you had a heart ailment during Shakespeare's era your doctor might have given you an extract of hawthorn, a flowering shrub that grows wild throughout Europe. |
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| 02/28/2008 - HSI Health Symposium - Las Vegas, August 2008 |
| What happens in Vegas at the HSI Health Symposium won't stay in Vegas - in fact it will probably stay with you the rest of your life. |
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| 02/27/2008 - Compact fluorescent lights may create more problems than they solve |
| Light bulb manufacturers have convinced environmentalists and lawmakers that the compact fluorescent light (CFL) is more energy efficient than the incandescent. |
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| 02/27/2008 - Multivitamins for expectant mothers create health benefits for children |
| Folic acid supplements for mothers-to-be? That's a given. But while they're taking their daily folic acid pill, why not include a multivitamin? |
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| 02/26/2008 - Don't believe scare headlines about antioxidants and cancer risk |
| Someone at Reuters Health apparently wants you to stop taking antioxidant supplements. Why? The reason seems clear. Just look at this recent Reuters headline: "Antioxidants more likely to raise cancer risk." |
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| 02/26/2008 - Relief for ringing in the ears |
| An HSI member named Richard - who has the ear-ringing condition known as tinnitus - writes with a question about something he saw on television. |
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| 02/25/2008 - Protect the prostate with zinc |
| Expose a prostate gland to enough cadmium and you've got trouble. |
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| 02/25/2008 - Peer review ethics out the window for drug company pal |
| As part of the standard peer review process, Dr. Steven M. Haffner was examining an article due for publication in the New England Journal of Medicine… |
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| 02/21/2008 - Avandia is not to blame for deaths in trial - or so we're told |
| Say it with me: "Avandia not to blame for deaths in trial." There. Now don't you feel reassured? |
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| 02/21/2008 - Folate keeps cognitive function sharp |
| Once again, a new study reveals the importance of B vitamins in suppressing homocysteine (the amino acid that promotes plaque buildup in arteries) and maintaining healthy cognitive function. |
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| 02/20/2008 - Vitamin E helps maintain physical function in the elderly |
| "According to this, if I'm highly fit, I'm 70 percent less likely to die. Let's hear it for immortality!" |
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| 02/20/2008 - Insider's look at the FDA |
| Disarray at the FDA? Who could have seen THAT coming? Answer: An HSI member who actually worked at the agency. |
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| 02/19/2008 - It's not the cholesterol - it's the inflammation |
| So how in the world could Vytorin (the brand name of this double-whammy of cholesterol medications) make the plaque problem even worse? The short answer: They messed with Mother Nature. And they lost. |
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| 02/19/2008 - Smoking cessation drug warning |
| I'm beginning to think that FDA officials are frustrated drug executives. They're saddled with dreary civil servant positions, but they dream of being high rolling drug company tycoons… |
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| 02/14/2008 - The Autism/Vaccine Connection - The Jury is Still Out |
| The vaccine crazies are out in force again. Hide your children! |
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| 02/14/2008 - Internet Cough Cure Debunked |
| If you apply Vicks VapoRub to the bottom of your feet at bedtime, coughs will stop in about five minutes and relief will last for hours, according to an e-mail that's been forwarded many times around the Internet. |
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| 02/13/2008 - New Fluoride Report Exposes Dangers |
| What drug is taken by more Americans than any other drug? |
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| 02/13/2008 - Can Jelly Beans Enhance Physical Endurance? |
| If you're about to set off on a 10K bicycle race, you can leave your water bottle behind as long as you have the right jelly beans. |
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| 02/12/2008 - Painkilling Drugs and Constipation: How to Solve the Dilemma |
| Opiate painkillers often prompt the side effect of constipation, which would require another treatment, which would prompt another side effect, and another treatment, and another side effect…and so on, down the rabbit hole. |
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| 02/12/2008 - Thousands of Kids Harmed by Cough and Cold Medications |
| About 7,000 kids end up in hospital emergency rooms each year due to complications linked to cough and cold medications, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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| 02/11/2008 - Why Aren't Americans Getting Vaccinated? |
| I hate to be the one to tell you this, but apparently federal health officials are very disappointed with us. It seems that we're just not lining up in appropriately vast numbers to receive the 11 vaccines the CDC recommends for all adults. |
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| 02/11/2008 - Wearable Vitamins (no kidding) |
| If you don't like to take your vitamin supplements in pill, capsule, gel cap, liquid, or powered form, you could always put on a shirt. |
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| 02/07/2008 - Debunking the Chain |
| The Internet version of the old fashioned chain letter - the forwarded e-mail - can go around the world five times before breakfast. And just TRY to break the chain! Actually, that's what a UCLA professor of obstetrics and gynecology is trying to do… |
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| 02/07/2008 - Warning! You May Lose Your Access to Compounded Hormones! |
| Once again, the FDA is partnering with a drug company to restrict women from making their own health care decisions. |
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| 02/06/2008 - Can surgery cure diabetes? |
| It can, according to a new study that appeared late last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). |
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| 02/06/2008 - What should you do when a compact fluorescent light breaks? |
| A recent issue of Consumer Reports notes that mercury is a neurotoxin, so the EPA suggests you take the following steps when a CFL breaks: |
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| 02/05/2008 - Prevention Made Easy |
| "Why is vitamin B6 so wonderful as a preventive-healthcare therapy?" That question is posed by John M. Ellis, M.D., in his 1998 groundbreaking book titled "Vitamin B6 Therapy: Nature's Versatile Healer." |
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| 02/05/2008 - How can you tell if there's carbon monoxide in your meat? |
| Before I answer that, I'll address another question: How did carbon monoxide GET in your meat? Funny story… |
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| 02/04/2008 - Mad Men |
| The Mad Men of Madison Avenue have been wildly effective in convincing the public that cholesterol is deadly. And the "B Side" of that message has been just as effective… |
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| 02/04/2008 - Why omega-3 for Alzheimer's? |
| We've seen the studies that suggest omega-3 fatty acids help prevent cognitive decline and dementia. But what is it exactly that makes fish oil so effective in preventing Alzheimer's disease (AD)? |
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