Archives for December 2009

At what point will the healthcare community decide that it’s time to cut bait on the dreadfully inaccurate PSA test? Now the news has come out that taking aspirin or other common painkillers can actually cause an inaccurate PSA reading. A new study revealed that men taking aspirin and other commonly used, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs [...]

According to researchers from the University of Washington, air fresheners and fragranced laundry products often emit literally dozens of chemicals – some of which are considered toxic by federal law.

You name it, and Big Pharma has a drug for it. Most recently, they’ve created drugs for the addiction-turned-diseases of alcoholism and smoking. Now they’ve got one for “pathological gamblers,” too.

According to a new study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital, women not only suffer from sexual dysfunction (SD), but there is a far higher percentage of women SD sufferers. Shocked? Well, don’t be.

New research suggests not eating enough salt could be WORSE for your heart than consuming too much of it.

In a development that will surprise absolutely no one, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declined to protect the nation’s drinking water supply from contamination by the chemical ammonium perchlorate.

Two lobbying groups backed by untold piles of dirty dairy dollars are urging lawmakers to put raw milk out to pasture, calling it a “significant food safety hazard.”

You may like you chicken baked, broiled, grilled or fried… but odds are you’re also enjoying it with a heaping helping of contamination.

If you had the good sense to breastfeed your baby years ago, you may be getting a great benefit from it today: a healthier heart.

After just five mammograms, women who are at high risk for breast cancer are 2.5 times more likely to get the disease than those who skipped out on the tests.