Archives for February 2011

British researchers examined data on more than 470,000 people from eight countries, including right here in the United States — the Insomnia Capital of the World.

Choosing between regular soda and diet is like choosing between death by firing squad and death by hanging — does it even matter?

Fresh off their annual flu shot frenzy, the CDC is making a fevered pitch to get more people on statins and BP pills — proving that the federal government is still the hardest-working part of the Big Pharma sales force

Time magazine has resorted to begging its readers to take cholesterol meds — it even called the supposedly low numbers of statin users “depressing.”

A recent study showed what should have been common sense: People who eat big breakfasts ultimately eat more calories throughout the day than people who eat small breakfasts.

A new analysis of some 200 studies involving roughly 350,000 people claims to find no real health problems associated with obesity — and that fat people live just as long as thin ones.

The Cochrane Collaboration found that statins don’t make a drop of difference for 99.9 percent of all low-risk customers conned into taking them.

So skip the brain and go right for the nose: Fry up some bacon, because the very smell of fatty pork has been known to turn card-carrying PETA members back into bloodthirsty carnivores.

Researchers have found that seniors can beat sleep problems — and even completely overcome insomnia — with just a couple of brief sessions on Dr. Freud’s nap-worthy sofa.

An independent NIH panel recently voted to confirm a damning report published by the National Toxicology Program, which found that a key ingredient in many sunscreens can actually supercharge skin tumors.