2011 January

While the debate over extended tax breaks and unemployment benefits looms, and both sides of the aisle struggle to find ways to stop the bleeding that the other won’t block, I discovered the one thing we can all agree is a HUGE waste of our tax dollars: Getting bilked and cheated by drug companies.

So it shouldn’t surprise you that FDA hacks–I’m sorry– “officials”– took the first step toward completely banishing one of the most promising (I would say THE most promising) non-drug cancer treatments.

In a large two-year study, more than 900 seniors diagnosed with various levels of mental distress were given placebo or 400 micrograms of folic acid along with 100 micrograms of vitamin B-12 daily.

For years I’ve been warning about the dangers of trans fatty acids. But new research shows that I might have been wrong. Don’t worry, not a lot wrong, just a little.

There appears to be no scientific evidence that drinking water and other fluids helps you beat a cold