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Certain drugs and sunscreens can up your risk of sun damage

July 20, 2017 Certainly no one wants to get a bad sunburn. Your skin, after all, is the largest organ of your body, and protecting it is probably at the top of your to-do list when you spend the day outdoors at the pool, at the beach, or on the golf course. But... Read More >

Categories: drugs that can cause sunburn how to choose a sunscreen photosensitivity skin damage SPF meaning sunscreen

FDA more receptive to ‘cold caps’ – but is your insurer?

July 18, 2017 I guess we could either say, “Good work, FDA” or “What the heck took you so long?” At the beginning of the month, the agency approved another use for what’s called a “cold cap,” a way for chemo patients to keep more — sometimes most — of their hair while... Read More >

Categories: DigniCap FDA insurance coverage of cold caps old caps Paxman Scalp Cooling System

Colorful veggies offer a lot more than meets the eye

July 18, 2017 Turns out that Popeye (and your mom!) were right on the money about the importance of eating your spinach! Bright green spinach and other colorful fruits and veggies don’t just add “eye appeal” to your dinner plate, but they also play a big role in keeping your vision sharp and... Read More >

Categories: colorful vegetables eye health heart disease inflammation lutein lutein and heart disease Novartis spinach

Don’t fall for this new trick to push risky cancer drug

July 17, 2017 If there were ever a sucker punch aimed at women with breast cancer — or those told they have a high risk of developing it — this would surely be it. A group of smug researchers from the Queen Mary University of London believe they have the answer as to... Read More >

Categories: breast cancer cancer drugs dangers of tamoxifen tamoxifen University of Queen Mary

Could your cancer be misdiagnosed?

July 11, 2017 We all know that mistakes happen. After all, we’re only human. But where biopsies are concerned, mistakes look like they’re becoming an epidemic. Your biopsy can easily be confused with someone else’s, or it can be misread entirely, giving you a dreaded diagnosis of cancer when you don’t have it.... Read More >

Categories: Biopsy mistakes errors in lab work how to avoid laboratory mistakes mistaken cancer diagnosis prostate cancer

These popular drugs can up your risk of dying by 50 percent!

July 11, 2017 This is likely the strongest warning ever issued about one of the most popular drugs out there. Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are sounding the alarm louder than ever before about those acid-suppressing meds called proton pump inhibitors. These are the ones with familiar names... Read More >

Categories: FDA Nexium PPI drugs PPI drugs and risk of death Prilosec side effects of proton pump inhibitors

Is this risky drug really necessary to treat heart disease?

July 10, 2017 The investment world is all abuzz with the latest drug in the pipeline for heart disease. The drugmaker wants to repackage a not-so-new injection prescribed for several rare conditions and sell it to treat hardening of the arteries caused by chronic inflammation. And simply by announcing that, its stock prices... Read More >

Categories: canakinumab chronic inflammation hardening of the arteries Ilaris inflammation Novartis

Cosmetics increasingly becoming a hotbed of side effects

July 6, 2017 If I told you that health complaints made to the Food and Drug Administration have reached an all-time high, I bet you’d think I was talking about side effects of drugs. But I’m not — this giant upsurge in adverse reaction reports is caused by cosmetics, a category that isn’t... Read More >

Categories: cosmetic ingredient database cosmetics dangerous ingredient in cosmetics Environmental Working Group EWG shampoos skin creams

Doctor discovers simple ‘cocktail’ that can cure sepsis

July 6, 2017 There are plenty of things you can bone up on when it comes to protecting your health. But if you’re in the dark about sepsis, you could be putting yourself and your loved ones in grave danger. Sepsis can hit people of all ages and turn deadly before you know... Read More >

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This ‘banned’ toxin is still in lots of everyday products

July 4, 2017 Happy Fourth of July — our nationwide birthday party celebrating 241 years of independence! Whether you’re off to the beach or firing up the grill in your own backyard, I hope you have a happy and safe holiday. And here’s one way to stay safe that you probably weren’t expecting... Read More >

Categories: antibacterial soaps Environmental Working Group and triclosan EPA FDA triclocarban triclosan triclosan ban

Protect your brain from Alzheimer’s… with fat?

June 29, 2017 The results of a study just conducted by Temple University scientists may well be the biggest news to date in the field of Alzheimer’s disease research. It looks like one of the most promising preventive measures for keeping your memories intact and your brain functioning isn’t found in a pill... Read More >

Categories: Alzheimer’s disease brain plaques extra virgin olive oil olive oil olive oil and Alzheimer’s

AHA reissues discredited — and dangerous – dietary advice

June 27, 2017 How is it that bad advice never, ever seems to go away? It simply lurks in the shadows, waiting to reappear at just the right moment. Well, that moment is now, and the advice is about dietary fat — coming from the good old American Heart Association. What the AHA... Read More >

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