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Caffeine-Free…But is it Good for You?
Q: Recently, I saw something called "red tea" in the stores and the label said it was caffeine-free. Could this version give me the same health benefits of tea without the caffeine?
A Vaccine for Urinary Tract Infections? Too Far!
It seems that the medical community has gone vaccine crazy! First Gardasil. Then the Shingles vaccine. Then the H1N1 vaccine. What‘s next? A vaccine for pimples?
I sound paranoid, I know. But I‘ve got my guard up, especially after reading that researchers at the University of Michigan have been busy developing a vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections!
You Are What You Eat
Yes, you are what you eat. Your food choices have a profound impact on your mental and physical health. Eating healthy is one of the most important factors one can address for improved health and optimal functioning. What we eat is broken down and assimilated into our bodies. If we are eating poisons and garbage, then that is what the body becomes. Not only is eating healthy essential for our physical health, but for our mental health as well.
Dodging Late-Night Noshing
Q: For six months I've been stuck in an eating pattern that has helped me pile on 40 pounds: I'm never hungry during the day, but at night I'm ravenous. Sometimes I even wake up and find myself in the kitchen, noshing away! What's going on?
Bizarre Tamiflu Instructions Confound Parents
Let's say you do everything you can to keep your family healthy, but a child in your home still comes down with the flu.
Your family doc will probably scrawl out a prescription for Tamiflu. Kindly thank him, and then use it to wipe your runny nose before you toss it in the trash.
Winter Sun Makes it Difficult to Get Essential Vitamin D Naturally
As the days grow short in winter, your body may be missing invaluable Vitamin D needed for optimum health and disease prevention, according to Creighton University
Is Your Inner Tube Making You Sick?
There might be something wrong with your inner tube, and it could be making you sick and fat.
You may not even realize you have a problem …but if you have health concerns of any kind or you are overweight, your inner tube could be the root cause.
Of course, I’m not talking about a beach toy. I mean the inner tube of life -- your digestive system!
10 Ways to Forget Dieting—and Start Losing
Type the word “diet” into Google, and 281 million results pop up. At least, that’s what the number was when I sat down to write this article. It’s probably more than that already.
There’s an entire industry built around weight loss. We’re bombarded with hundreds of diet books every year, each one promising an end to your weight woes.
Please, save your money.
Sex Pills Can Cause Blue Vision and Vision Loss
Dear Pharmacist,
Sometimes after I take Viagra, my vision turns blueish-grey and it gets blurry. Is this this an expected side effect? I can’t ask my doctor because he may stop prescribing it for me.
--C.G., Long Island, New York
After Breast Cancer, How Can You Reduce Risk of a Second Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer patients in the U.S. have a five-year survival rate of 90 percent.
That’s great news that should give hope to thousands of women who are diagnosed every year. But those women need to be aware that they can significantly improve their chances of survival with some key health choices.
