2005-06 – Daily Dose archives

06/28/2005 - The Confusion Behind the New Food Pyramid Guidelines

The new guides are more confusing than the Department of Homeland Security’s terror alerts. There are six different colors at play in the new system each one representing a different food group

06/27/2005 - Is marathon running good for you?

A season of love, baseball games, cookouts, yard sales, trout fishing, and marathon running. Five out of six of those things are good for you. The other is something almost everyone THINKS is good for you, but is actually heart-murdering lunacy.

06/24/2005 - The Investigation of Dr. Jayant Patel

According to a recent series of investigative reports by the Associated Press, an Indian-born and educated M.D. named Jayant Patel has been on a 20-year reign of medical terror that includes such illustrious highlights as

06/21/2005 - The Extreme Widening of America’s Girth

The “super-sized” carb- and vegetable grease-saturated meals sold in these slop-shops are in large part responsible for the extreme widening of America’s girth, and the rise of obesity as this nation’s number one health concern

06/20/2005 - Pfizer’s Viagra May Cause a Sudden, Accute Case of Blindness

The US Food and Drug Administration has recently received more than 40 reports of a sudden, acute cause of permanent blindness called Non-arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) among those taking prescription impotence drugs.

06/17/2005 - Effects of Extreme Exercise

But lest you think, because I normally harp on the marathoners for taking exercise to the extreme, that things like bicycling, mountaineering, swimming, aerobics classes and other rambunctious-ness are perfectly safe for your ticker

06/14/2005 - West Nile Family of Illnesses

As the U.S. gets ready to face its seventh season of living with the West Nile virus, new research shows that the West Nile family of illnesses (yes, there are more than one) are more threatening than once believed.

06/13/2005 - Scientist are now claiming sunshine prevents Cancer

Scientists are now claiming sunshine prevents Cancer! Wow. That’s really big news. I’ve only known it, for, hmmm, let’s see 35 YEARS! But I’m not bitter that nobody in the medical establishment ever listens to me.

06/10/2005 - Doughnut Abuse Among NBA Players

Congressional hearings on “doughnut abuse” among NBA players! According to a recent MSNBC online article, a Congressional committee is currently convening to investigate allegations of rampant doughnut consumption among players in the NBA.

06/07/2005 - Increased Risk of Autism from the Mercury-based Preservatives in many Childhood Vaccines

A lot of educated parents nowadays are having second thoughts about inoculating their children because of concerns about an increased risk of autism from the Mercury-based preservatives in many childhood vaccines.

06/06/2005 - Anti-Vaccine Parents

According to a recent CBSNews.com story, a lot of anti-vaccine parents feel the way they do because they think the major drug companies (and the government) are hiding the risks of childhood vaccines from the public.

06/03/2005 - Vaccines Aren’t Harmless

How can you tabulate the number of people who DON’T die of something? And despite what the medical establishment tells us, vaccines AREN’T harmless.