(Reuters) – A Senate Democrat asked top drugmakers on Wednesday to explain why Americans pay higher prices for prescription drugs than patients do in other developed nations.
BARACK OBAMA | HEALTH
Senator Herb Kohl, who chairs the Special Committee on Aging, sent letters to AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, and Sanofi-Aventis.
Kohl said Americans on average pay twice [...]
Take this study along with another large, long term study that could not associate antioxidants with mortality rates and you begin to understand that we simply don’t understand all of this just yet. Save your money and buy more fruits, vegetables and a gym membership. Those are the only proven methods of enhancing health and [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>With scientific evidence linking high levels of copper and iron to Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and other age-related disorders, a new report in ACS’ Chemical Research in Toxicology suggests specific steps that older consumers can take to avoid build up of unhealthy amounts of these metals in their bodies. “This story of copper and iron toxicity, [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>“If people use published calorie contents for weight control, discrepancies of this magnitude could result in weight gain of many pounds a year,” Roberts says.
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Study Shows Monkeys Under Long-Term Stress Put on Belly Fat, Get Heart Disease
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Aug. 6, 2009 – Monkeys fed an American diet get fat — but those under chronic stress put on much more belly fat.
That extra belly fat is why the stressed monkeys are much more likely to suffer blocked arteries [...]
As a father of 3 young boys this article really gets me thinking. One point the article didn’t mention is that Nickelodeon, one of the children’s networks that is mentioned is owned by Viacom who also owns several unhealthy foods that are advertised to our children. As they grow older and start watching MTV they [...]
Read the rest of this entry >>It seems that Vitamin D is getting a lot of press lately. The study quoted below has some compelling data considering the size and length of the study. Of course like everything we read about heath and nutrition the article ends with ‘more research is needed’.
By Joene Hendry
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low vitamin D [...]
by Krisha McCoy, MS
What is the best diet to help you lose weight and improve heart health in the short-term?
a) a low-carbohydrate (carb), high-protein diet
b) a moderate-carb, high-protein diet
c) a moderate-fat diet
If you chose a, b, or c, you’re right—sort of. The best answer isn’t there. It’s “d”—the reduced-calorie diet that you’ll stick with. Why? [...]
“As a young cardiologist, Steve Devries noticed a disturbing pattern: His patched-up heart patients kept returning for repairs. It happened so often that Devries decided there must be another way to advance patients’ health.
Today, his thriving Chicago practice focuses exclusively on preventing disease, and Devries is far more likely to counsel patients about diet, sleep habits and [...]
New research being presented at an obesity conference this week found that the cereals that are most frequently and aggressively marketed directly to American children as young as 2 were also the least healthy.
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