Trump: Get The FDA Out of the Food Business
(Headline Health) Common sense suggests that agriculture experts have more knowledge about food safety than pharmaceutical experts do. Yet for decades, the Food and Drug...
- June 23, 2018Trump: Get The FDA Out of the Food Business
- June 23, 2018Keep the Food Police From Ruining Your Cookout
- June 23, 2018Normalizing “Plus-Size” Has Serious Health Consequences
- June 23, 2018Detention Areas Give Children Best Healthcare Of Their Lives
- June 23, 2018Trump Wants Sole Food Safety Agency At USDA
- June 23, 2018Eat more fruits, veggies to boost emotional health in just 2 weeks
- June 22, 2018“Wait 30 minutes to swim after eating”: Fact or Fiction?
- June 22, 2018Monkees Reunion On Hold; Michael Nesmith, 75, “Mystery Health Issue”
- June 22, 2018Is Alzheimer’s An Infection?
- June 22, 2018Costco Avocados Will Last Twice As Long
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Keep the Food Police From Ruining Your Cookout
WATCH: How to lower your cancer risk at the grill this summer (STAT) There’s almost nothing better than a summer cookout. The tantalizing aroma of...
Normalizing “Plus-Size” Has Serious Health Consequences
Study: Normalization of Plus-Size Culture Carries Health Risk A new study found that people underestimate their body weight. And the rise in the normalization of...
Health News
Detention Areas Give Children Best Healthcare Of Their Lives
Trump's health chief defends care of children in border detention centers (The Hill) HHS Sec. Alex Azar said that migrant children being held in detention centers...
Health Conditions
Fixing Sleep Apnea Also Fixes Your Sex Life
Sleep apnea treatment tied to improved sex life (Lisa Rapaport, Reuters Health) - Adults with sleep apnea may have a better sex life when they wear...
“Wait 30 minutes to swim after eating”: Fact or Fiction?
(Ian Roth, Mayo Clinic Minute) Should you wait 30 minutes to swim after eating? It's advice parents have been giving their children for generations. "When I was...
Is Alzheimer’s An Infection?
Researchers Find Herpes Viruses In Brains Marked By Alzheimer's Disease (Jon Hamilton, NPR) Two common herpes viruses appear to play a role in Alzheimer's disease. The...
SELF CARE
Costco Avocados Will Last Twice As Long
(Krishna Thakker, Food Dive) By the time the avocado is picked, shipped and displayed at grocery stores, it may have only have a few days...
MEDICINE & RX
Big Rx Spent $400 Mil. Creating Thousands Of Opioid Addicts
"Reckless and illegal" marketing strategy (Kaiser Health News) Purdue Pharma left almost nothing to chance in its whirlwind marketing of its new painkiller OxyContin. From...
200 Drugs Named As Causes of Depression
ALERT: Check your prescriptions; Prilosec, Zantac among Rx that increase depression risk | More than 200 common medications sold in the U.S. include depression as a potential...
Protecting Patients From Post-Surgery Opioid Addiction
"Standard Operating Procedure" Turns Surgical Patients into Drug Addicts (Science Daily) Greater coordination is needed between surgeons and physicians about the prescription of pain-relieving opioid...
Mind Health and Wellness
Eat more fruits, veggies to boost emotional health in just 2 weeks
(Medical News Today) Fruits and vegetables are a pivotal part of a healthful diet, but their benefits are not limited to physical health. New research...
OTHER HEALTH NEWS
Doctor’s Top 10 Red Flags of Fake Health News
Separating real from fake health news (Philadelphia Inquirer) What can you do to avoid falling for fake health news? Look out for these potential red...
Top 10 Chain Restaurants in America (Sorry, Olive Garden)
Austin O'Connor, AARP | With the lowest average meal price among all surveyed eateries and stellar customer service, the top spot in a ranking of large...
Two Republicans Who Can’t Wait for McCain to Die
'Piss off' ... 'Hey dumbass.' McCain's health fuels profane Twitter rant between GOP politicians | McCain aide calls congressman ‘dumbass.’ Reply: ‘piss off’ (Rollcall) Mark Salter,...
