Archives for July 2011

If you want to protect your eyes, forget carrots — there’s another “C” that plays a much more important role in how you see: Vitamin C.

I always get a kick out of Big Media’s tobacco coverage — they just hate reporting on good news for smokers. Take the latest story on how tobacco can actually protect your joints and lower your risk of a total joint replacement surgery in your senior years.

You know the drill: If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself. That’s especially true when it comes to checking your blood pressure levels — because just your doctor’s presence can send your BP levels shooting up to the moon.

If the fastest way to rot a kid’s mind is with TV and junk food, the slow method involves plain old water. Thank your government for that.

I want my prostate back! That’s the cry from men around the world who’ve found out the hard way that recovery from prostate cancer surgery isn’t as quick or easy as their docs led them to believe.

Don’t eat that! You’ll get CANCER! How many times have you heard that irritating bit of naggery over hot dogs, bacon, ham, and other cured (and delicious) meats?

Sometimes, I don’t know who’s in worse shape: hospital patients — or the residents who treat them!

No one likes wasting time in a waiting room — but would you have the nerve to bill your doc for making you wait too long?

I’ve been warning you about muscle loss for years and now, the mainstream is finally taking up the call.

And now, researchers claim plain old coffee contains something even healthier than caffeine and antioxidants… even if they can’t figure out what it is.