| 11/29/2004 - Vioxx side effects |
| Not long ago, I told you about what I thought was the "seedy
underbelly" of the Vioxx heart-risk story (Daily Dose, 10/11) —
the fact that the medication's deadly downsides were discovered in a clinical trial... |
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| 11/26/2004 - Winter Sun Protection |
| ...just because it's a little cooler and cloudier
outside doesn't mean you should skip the sunscreen. These
paranoiacs then all-too-cheerfully reminded readers that killer
sunlight can reflect off of water, sand, snow, and cement (cement?) |
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| 11/23/2004 - Healthy benefits of SPAM |
| When most people think of a canned food, they probably don't think about its place in American (and world) history. Yet just like people and places, foods have a story behind them. The hamburger has a story. The Sloppy Joe has a story. Oreo... |
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| 11/22/2004 - Doctors making mistakes |
| If you've been a reader of mine for longer than a Twinkie's shelf-life, you've heard me railing about how behind heart disease and cancer, DOCTORS are the third-leading cause of death in the U.S. (Daily Dose, 4/15/03). Well, here's another... |
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| 11/19/2004 - Youth and Teen Obesity |
| Well, the jogging fanatics are at it again — and this time, they're targeting children. |
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| 11/16/2004 - High Blood Pressure |
| It seems at least some in the mainstream now agree with me about this crucial B-vitamin, if the latest research presented to the American Heart Association means anything. |
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| 11/15/2004 - Anti-Clotting Drug for Stroke Victims |
| How’s this for creepy: A new, experimental anti-clotting drug for stroke victims is currently being tested at the University of Louisville Hospital — and it’s based on… |
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| 11/12/2004 - Obesity is the Norm |
| Need proof that we're getting fatter as a nation? I mean, aside from the CDC's warnings and the abundant evidence your own two eyes can gather on any given street corner, or in any given drive-through lane? |
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| 11/09/2004 - Lynch Mobs and Leeches |
| We've all heard the maxim "Revenge is sweet," right? Well, as it turns out, this truism is not merely an expression in our popular idiom — it's a dead-on accurate description of what revenge stimulates in our brains. |
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| 11/08/2004 - Crisis of Creativity |
| Since I'm a writer myself, I'm not sure exactly how to take this next bit of news, but I'm fascinated by it nonetheless, so naturally I'm going to spill it to you... |
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| 11/05/2004 - Engineering sanitation |
| I've written long and loud about how basic sanitation is the single biggest thing anyone can improve upon to reduce their risk of disease — and to reduce the risk that they'll spread a disease to others. |
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| 11/02/2004 - The verdict on killer drugs |
| Much has been made of the risks of antidepressants to our adolescents, both in these pages and (finally) in the mainstream press. |
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| 11/01/2004 - Fat facts and follies |
| One of the staples of my campaign to re-educate (or counter-educate, as it were) Americans as to what's healthy has been to promote a proper understanding of the vital role fats play in your good health. |
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