Archives for February 2010

Tubby teens pushed towards diabetes drugs for weight loss

Your kid may not have diabetes, but that won’t stop the pediatric pushers from trying to get him hooked on diabetes drugs in order to shed a few pounds.

Why you should skip this free diabetes test

In her biggest act of self-importance yet, the queen of TV blather is trying to solve America’s diabetes problem by sending her viewers out to Walgreens for free blood tests.

Inside socialized medicine’s bizarre rationing scheme

In Britain, weight-loss surgery has become a game of “survival of the fattest.”

Fats blamed in bogus prostate risk

The “fat police” are at it again. This time, researchers are accusing dietary fat of increasing your risk of prostate cancer.

Low-carb living tops nasty weight-loss pill

Fads, gimmicks, drugs…I’ve seen all the screwy diet trends come and go. But there’s one lifestyle that beats all of them every single time. Of course I’m talking about low-carb living. And I’ve got the research to prove it.

Mouthing off for fatty acids

It’s like I’ve always said: Good oral health doesn’t begin in some dental torture chair. It begins with your diet — and a new study shows how loading up on essential fatty acids can help.

Pandemic panic hits World Health Organization

I’m sure by now you’ve noticed that swine flu is nothing more than a sniffle…and if you fell for the phony panic and got yourself vaccinated, well — maybe next time you’ll listen to me.

Bill Gates’ biggest glitch

Bill Gates — world’s richest man, even if he’s shed a few billion over the past year — has hatched a bizarre plot to vaccinate millions of Third World children.

Pork your way to better sex

Vegans don’t just eat boring foods… they also have boring sex.

The silent plague of sports injuries

The grim reality is that this nonsensical “exercise-is-good-for- you” craze is landing more than 50,000 people in the emergency room every year because of mishaps on gym equipment, according to numbers from the Consumer Products Safety Commission.