| 02/29/2008 - Untested OTC cold meds send kids to the ER |
| The Centers for Disease Control just released a study that cough and cold medicines cause nearly 7,000 children a year to hospital emergency rooms. How's that for a stat that makes you choke? |
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| 02/27/2008 - Bio-fortified corn shows the potential of GM foods |
| Scientists have created a way to "breed" a strain of corn that has a significantly higher amount of vitamin A. |
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| 02/25/2008 - Is being a well-informed patient "obnoxious"? |
| According to a story I read on CNN.com, Dr. David Golden, an allergist in Baltimore "fired" one of his patients for "being obnoxious." Sounds fair enough, right? But wait until you hear about the patient's behavior that was giving this allergist a rash. |
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| 02/24/2008 - Catapulted into puberty: What every parent should know |
| There's a cliché about kids: "They grow up too fast." And now studies are revealing that this could be much more than a mere turn of phrase-it could be a physiological truth, especially for girls. |
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| 02/22/2008 - Mystery illness connected to pig brains |
| Workers in pig slaughterhouses in both Indiana and Minnesota are being afflicted with an illness called progressive inflammatory neuropathy - symptoms range minor weakness and numbness to full-on paralysis. |
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| 02/20/2008 - Genetically modified "power veggie" fights osteoporosis |
| You may have been shocked when I came out in favor of some genetically modified foods. And you're not alone-the majority of Americans get the heebie-jeebies at the thought of eating foods that sound like science experiments. |
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| 02/18/2008 - The one piece of my advice pregnant women should ignore |
| According to a new study that's just been released, pregnant women who consume over 200 mg of caffeine per day have TWICE the risk of miscarriage than women who consume no caffeine at all. |
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| 02/17/2008 - U.S. ranks rock bottom at stopping "preventable deaths" |
| According to a new study, more people die from "treatable conditions" in the United States than in any other "leading" industrialized nation. |
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| 02/15/2008 - Don't worry: You're not the next Heath Ledger |
| The New York City medical examiner's office has released toxicology reports revealing that Ledger died of "acute intoxication" from a combination of prescription medicines - two kinds of sleep aids, two anti-anxiety drugs, and two different painkillers. |
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| 02/13/2008 - Bacteria-contaminated milk kills 3 people |
| Apparently, bacteria-contaminated milk caused one miscarriage and the deaths of three elderly men. |
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| 02/11/2008 - Parents jailed for not vaccinating kids |
| Vaccines are the most dangerous "accepted" practice in all of medicine… |
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| 02/10/2008 - FDA tries to limit safe HRT options |
| Better stock up on your bio-identical hormones while you still can. If Wyeth and the FDA have their way, it won't be long before they'll be locked away for good. |
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| 02/08/2008 - FDA OK's cloned food |
| I think the reason that cloning gets such a bad rap is that it's so often thrown in with the genetic engineering argument. But cloning ISN'T genetic engineering. |
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| 02/06/2008 - What your spit can tell you about breast cancer |
| Scientists have discovered a new way of testing for breast cancer that could make the mammogram a thing of the past-and it's about time. |
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| 02/04/2008 - Want stronger muscles? Try a little cholesterol… |
| Can you name a bigger medical boogeyman than cholesterol? But now, there's a new study that's found that low levels of cholesterol can actually reduce the beneficial muscle gain from exercising. |
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| 02/03/2008 - Sun exposure finally declared healthy |
| The fact that the sun is actually good for you isn't exactly news these days. But in most cases, even people who recognize its benefits still say that they don't override its harmful effects. |
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| 02/01/2008 - Man fired for catching shoplifter |
| This story is so bizarre, it could easily have made it into one of my "Weird, Wild, and Wacky" editions. I didn't want to skimp on the details, though… |
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