General Health
Shingles Occur In 1 of 3 »
Can Occur Decades After Chickenpox Shingles is a skin rash illness that occurs mostly in older adults. It usually is a [...]
Health News
GlowCaps Is Pill Time Reminder »
Vitality, developer of the intelligent pill bottle caps called GlowCaps, today announced the availability [...]
Insurance Premiums Reach »
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) just released new data on insurance premiums for [...]
How Do You Dispose of Unused »
from the desk of Ted Duboise Every year, the amount of medicines that are being produced and [...]
Diet & Nutrition
More Weight – Less Brain
A look into the brains of obese and overweight people finds less than you might have thought. HHS HealthBeat (September 21, 2009) From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I’m Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat. "Persons with obesity had 8 percent less brain tissue than those with a healthy weight. Overweight individuals had a 4 [...]
Understanding Cholesterol: National Education Month
September is National Cholesterol Education Month The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) has been in existence since November, 1985. The NCEP is a program of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NCEP consist of several federal agencies and the Coordinating Committee. [...]
Drink Milk, Live Longer Say Researchers
from the desk of Ted Duboise Research undertaken by the Universities of Reading, Cardiff and Bristol has found that drinking milk ¹ can lessen the chances of dying from illnesses such as coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke by up to 15-20 %. In recent times milk has often been portrayed by the media as an unhealthy food. The study, led by [...]
Food Safety
Wide-Spread Mercury Contamination »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to a U.S. Geological Survey study released August 19, 2009, scientists detected mercury contamination in every fish [Read More]
Clinical Trials
FDA Warnings &»
Four Dairy Products Recalled For »
Four dairy products have been voluntarily recalled by Morningstar Foods: Morningstar Foods is voluntarily recalling the products because they may contain soy protein. The plant code for all the recalled products is: 21-031. People who have a known [Read More]