Archives for November 2004

Not long ago, I told you about what I thought was the "seedy underbelly" of the Vioxx heart-risk story (Daily Dose, 10/11) -the fact that the medication's deadly downsides were discovered in a clinical trial evaluating the use of this drug for a condition far removed from what it was designed to treat.

Basically, it said that just because it's a little cooler and cloudier

When most people think of a canned food, they probably don't think about its place in American (and world) history. Yet just like people and places, foods have a story behind them. The hamburger has a story. The Sloppy Joe has a story. Oreo…

If you've been a reader of mine for longer than a Twinkie's shelf-life, you've heard me railing about how behind heart disease and cancer, DOCTORS are the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. (Daily Dose, 4/15/03). Well, here's another…

An Austin-Texas based program called Marathon Kids encourages tykes as young as 5 to log in 26.2 miles worth of joint-pulverizing lunacy as part of a campaign to increase awareness about health, obesity and exercise

The study included more than 150,000 women between ages 26 and 70 – and although younger women showed the most dramatic benefits, subject women in the highest age brackets also enjoyed a 13% reduction in hypertension risk

How’s this for creepy: A new, experimental anti-clotting drug for stroke victims is currently being tested at the University of Louisville Hospital

The ultimate real-world proof that obesity is the norm can be found in more and more hospitals across the country, where beds must now be able to accommodate 600 pounds of flesh.

PET scans of subjects brains showed that vengeful behavior – specifically, directly punishing fellow subjects who’d cheated them monetarily -stimulated the same receptors in the brain that are linked to enjoyment and satisfaction.

Poets die younger than writers of novels, plays, or non-fiction books