Sunscreen may actually be CAUSING skin cancer, if the latest statistics and case studies are any indication (Daily Dose, 7/15)… The media intentionally misrepresents skin cancer's prevalence by lumping together the relatively rare malignant melanoma (NOT sun-caused)
Archives for November 2003
Who's "standing guard" over your health care rights?
I'm writing this to you today so that you'll realize that the very government you depend on to protect some group of rights you DO believe in (especially when it comes to your healthcare freedoms and medical options) could turn on you in a second.
Technology Makes Way for Genetic Engineering
Technology. It's sold to us as a benefit – the key to enriching our already too-perfect lives. Safer cars, cleaner furnaces, better medicine (and more expensive, too!), ever-larger and cheaper TVs… And genetic engineering.
The Diet and Fitness Industry Don't Want You to Lose Weight and Keep it Off
Believe it or not, the mainstream's multi-billion dollar diet and fitness industries in this country don't want you to know the right way to lose weight and keep it off…
Are Eggs Bad for You?
And don't be fooled by all the pro-egg talk you may have been hearing lately. Up until very recently, the mainstream's been vilifying these golden morsels of good fat, protein and other healthy substances…
Exercise Nuts Turn to Coffee for Less Painful Workout
Why? Because the caffeine in coffee blocks a key biochemical called adenosine that is produced in large quantities during strenuous exercise – which greatly reduces pain and muscle soreness…
Is Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) a Scam Promoted by Drug Makers?
Why just last month, I opined that for the most part, ADD is a scam promoted by drug makers to peddle more of their poisons to both kids and adults. Once again, I'll tell you: In my opinion, true ADD is virtually nonexistent.
Parkinson's Drugs Seem to Spur a Compulsion Toward Gambling
As it turns out, several members of a certain class of Parkinson's drugs seem to spur a compulsion toward gambling in an unusual number of patients-some of which dug themselves into debt by as much as $60,000 or more!
Letters: Three big lies about fiber–and what you should believe instead
“I have heard about fiber all of my life but don’t really understand it. Is it an essential nutrient, waste product, or what?”
Health Notes
Cracking nuts and eating them raw appears to improve health and longevity in women, according to a study reported in the British Medical Journal. Women who ate more than 5 ounces (about 7 tablespoons) of nuts of all kinds per week had a 35 percent lower risk of coronary heart disease than women who ate less than 1 ounce per month. It sounds like good news, and it is, but there are a few aspects that need clarification…
But the oh-so-innocent J&J is also the parent company for Janssen Pharmaceuticals–makers of the drug Risperdal, which could, thanks to some prescription-happy pediatricians, quite literally be dooming thousands of children to a future of dangerous, inescapable psychotropic drug use…
It means that all the drinking, smoking, and other “bad habits” attributed mostly to the poor aren’t what’s causing higher mortality rates in that group. So those of us fortunate enough not to be in the lowest income bracket have been giving these things up for no reason.
