Corey Haim, prescription drug abuse and you

Prescription drug abuse has exploded in the last few years. Rush Limbaugh is perhaps the most famous person to become addicted to them, and commit crimes to obtain them. Corey Haim may (or may not) be the latest in a too-frequent series of celebrities-who-died-too-young from drugs that were obtained from a dealer with an M.D. […]

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-13

Arch of Intern Med says Obama gets too many med tests. But did he get the best, cheapest one: What's the Presidential vitamin D level? # Good news RT @PattiDudek: Seclusion & Restraints Bill Passes House of Representatives http://bit.ly/cPL7s9 # New article! Tips to Avoid a Daylight Saving Death. Studies show def. mort. increase: […]

Tips to (again!) Avoid A Daylight Saving Death!

We’ve had the deflating news that Daylight Saving Time (where we lose an oh-so-painful hour of sleep) doesn’t even save energy – in fact it may even increase energy usage. Looks like the savings in energy due to decreased light usage is more than offset by the increase in energy used for air conditioning. Sigh. […]

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-12

RT @Mtnmd: J Natl Canc Inst 1999 women consuming high levels of antioxidants were 3 times less likely 2 develop breast cancer #

Twitter Updates for 2010-03-12

RT @Mtnmd: J Natl Canc Inst 1999 women consuming high levels of antioxidants were 3 times less likely 2 develop breast cancer #

Even more Salmonella issues

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Once again (this now happens every couple of months) the FDA is forcing a recall of food products (notice that they are called food products, not food) tainted with salmonella. This time it is hydrolyzed vegetable protein manufactured by Basic Food Flavors (that’s some flavoring they are adding…)

The ‘food product’ […]