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Following USDA dietary guidelines may be hazardous to your health

June 27, 2011 By now, you've probably seen the new MyPlate graphic the USDA recently introduced as the focal point of the agency's dietary recommendations. It's colorful and it lists the five food groups. Perfect for hanging in elementary school cafeterias... Read More >

Categories: acrylamide advanced glycation end products AGEs choosemyplate.com fried fish MyPlate trans fatty acids USDA

Dietary supplement sabotaged by halt of major study

June 6, 2011 If you heard anything about this trial in the news, you probably heard that researchers were very disappointed that niacin proved to be useless in preventing cardiovascular events... Read More >

Categories: cardiovascular events NHLBI niacin Niaspan

The low-salt myth gets busted, one study at a time

May 19, 2011 In fact, if you follow your doctor's advice and cut your sodium intake to deficiency levels, you're more likely to HARM your health. And the older you are, the greater the harm... Read More >

Categories: high blood pressure low salt diet low-salt myth sodium

NSAIDs are turning out to be more dangerous than anyone ever imagined

May 12, 2011 Extended use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increases risk of gastrointestinal bleeding. What's less well known is that long-term use of prescription NSAIDs prompts well over 100,000 hospitalizations every year due to upper gastrointestinal adverse events... Read More >

Categories: ibuprofen side effects non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs NSAIDs cardiovascular disease

Busting the medical mainstream’s biggest myth about sodium restriction

April 12, 2011 Several years ago, German research showed that a surprising number of seniors suffer from hyponatraemia. The study reported that a large majority of the elderly subjects said they avoided salt based on the popular misconception that salt use causes high blood pressure... Read More >

Categories: blood pressure Hyponatraemia salt salt intake

For certain men, vitamin E supplements may help prolong their lives

February 2, 2011 Last year I told you about a large study that found a link between vitamin E supplements and increased stroke risk. But as usual, a look at the fine print revealed that thousands of the subjects were already at high risk of either stroke or heart disease... Read More >

Categories: cigarettes heart disease life expectancy men smoking stroke vitamin C vitamin E

This Southern cooking tradition is tasty but lethal

January 17, 2011 Doctors and researchers have taken to calling the states between Arkansas and the Carolinas the "stroke belt." If you live in those states, your risk of stroke is statistically higher than people who live north or west of those states... Read More >

Categories: "stroke belt" acrylamide Advanced glycation end deep frying fried fish fried food southern states trans fatty acids

Men, are you taking this dangerous drug unnecessarily?

January 12, 2011 When it's time to review a drug for approval, the agency takes on the personality of a speedy hare. Drugs get fast-track approvals while safety concerns are literally put off until tomorrow. But when mounting evidence of risk makes it obvious that something has to be done to protect patients,... Read More >

Categories: FDA GnRH agonists Lupron prostate cancer PSA levels Trelstar Zoladex
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