Archives for January 2009

But now there’s a new study done at the University of Kentucky that seems to have found a valuable use for this generally useless fruit: grape seed extract seems to be adept at killing leukemia cells.

New research claims the enactment of a 2003 smoking ban in Pueblo, Colorado, was directly responsible for a dramatic drop in hospitalizations resulting from heart attack in that city.

I think that most doctors forget (if they ever knew at all) that hypertension isn’t actually a disease in itself-it’s only a symptom of some other malfunction in your body.

Researchers have found that Noscapine, a substance found in cough medicines is effective in reducing advanced prostate tumor growth in mice by as much as 60 percent.

This month a New Jersey state law went into effect that requires mandatory flu vaccinations for children who attend licensed pre-school and child care centers.

Healthy coke. Now there’s an oxymoron for you. The idea that you could get the vitamins and minerals you need by drinking a glass of Coke is ludicrous to me. Looks like the FDA isn’t buying it either.

Now it appears that expecting mothers who don’t have enough vitamin D in their system are more likely to have their baby via a Caesarean delivery procedure.

A new study claims that diets low in carbohydrates could have a negative effect on your thinking.

America is one of the most over-medicated societies on the planet. So is it any wonder that adverse drug interactions in people over 65 result in more than 175,000 emergency room visits every year?

A new study says that the cost of Type II diabetes drugs nearly doubled between 2001 and 2007. But the question remains: are diabetes sufferings getting better, or is Big Pharma’s bottom line the only thing that’s improving?