Driving Death

With all the fear-mongering in our health news, it can be hard to keep your

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perspective. Forbes has a remarkably sane wake-up call of an article that each of us should read. It’s an accurate report on the most life-threatening thing that we do – and the one thing most likely to […]

Where Did I Put My Coffee Cup?

Now we’ve learned that people in middle age who drink 3 or more cups of coffee a day are over 50% less likely to

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develop dementia/Alzheimer’s in later life. A previous study in April revealed dementia-preventing effects from one cup of coffee a day – but that study was done with […]

Week Two – How Are You Doing?

Are you still resolved? There’s no shortage of headlines this month screaming for you to Change

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Your Life! Lose Weight Fast! Join Our Gym!

Resolutions can be fun, and heaven knows the collective energy of New Year’s can give you a rocket-blast of energy to get you started on a new, healthier […]

Brand Drug Smack-Down

Here are two neat follow-ups to the Doc Gurley article about safely Dosing Your Drug Dollars.

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1) Despite good evidence showing their effectiveness, a lot of people (doctors and patients alike) still don’t feel comfortable with generic drugs – especially in some areas like heart medicines. So exactly why is that? This […]

10 Insider Tips for Dosing Your Drug Dollars

The economic downturn has left even more people struggling to pay for

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their prescription medications. If you’re having trouble, you’re not alone. In fact, almost 40 million of us – especially women – are affected. Here is a round-up of valuable, accurate advice for how to make your drug dollars go further, […]

Sugar for the Celiac!

Sweet news indeed. Sugars that are added to foods are often derived from wheat-based starch

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hydrolysates, like dextrose, malto-dextrin and glucose syrups. Studies have shown that these substances are present in over 50% of European processed foods (not sure how prevalent in the U.S., but I’d bet at least as common, if […]