What labels should say: Warn of the risk of severe liver damage if patients take more than the recommended dose or consume three or more drinks a day while on the drugs. Warn patients not to take multiple medicines that contain acetaminophen. Popularity: 48 million Americans take an acetaminophen product weekly. Danger: Acetaminophen sends 56,000…
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Lipitor and Pravachol – My Thoughts
Lipitor and Pravachol Marcus Ettinger DC, BSc. 22 Dec 2004 First of all, if you are presently taking a “statin” type cholesterol lowering drug you may be doing more harm than good. Lipitor and Pravachol in the most comprehensive study to date (18 months 654 patients) found that: yes, it did bring the numbers down…
Goji: Health Elixir or Pricey Juice?
Small Red Berry from Tibet Is Attracting a Lot of Attention By BRITTANY OAT July 14, 2006 – Although Ponce de Leon never found what he was looking for, the human quest for longevity continued. Now nutritionist Earl Mindell, author of the bestselling book “The New Vitamin Bible,” believes he has discovered an anti-aging secret…
Magnesium and the Supreme Court
IN THE Supreme Court of the United States PAUL MASON, Petitioner v. TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Secretary of Health and Human Services; BERNARD A. SCHWETZ, D.V.M., PhD, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, Appellees On Petition For Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth…
Obesity Warning to Nation
Press Association Friday August 25, 2006 5:58 PM Millions more adults and children will be obese by 2010 unless dramatic action is taken to halt the trend, figures showed. A third of adults and a fifth of all children will be obese, leading to greater suffering from cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. More…
What’s Special about “Special K”
By D. Jason Palmer ScienceNOW Daily News 8 August 2006 A drug you’re as likely to find at a rave as at a veterinarian’s office may be the next big antidepressant. A single dose of Ketamine, a veterinary anesthetic that’s also renowned as the recreational drug “Special K,” improved the mood of patients with major…
Report Finds a Heavy Toll From Medication Errors
By GARDINER HARRIS Published: July 21, 2006 WASHINGTON, July 20 Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand each year in the United States, costing the nation at least $3.5 billion annually, the Institute of Medicine concluded in a report released on Thursday. Drug errors are so widespread that hospital patients should expect…
Nutritional evaluation and physiological effects of edible seaweeds
A review concerning nutritional and physiological properties of edible seaweeds is presented. Seaweeds are traditionally consumed in Asia as sea vegetables, but in Western countries they have been used as sources of gelling or thickening agents. From a nutritional point of view, they are low-calorie foods, with a high concentration of minerals (Mg, Ca, P,…
Role of iodine in evolution and carcinogenesis of thyroid, breast and stomach.
The authors have hypothesized that dietary iodine (deficiency or excess) is associated with the development of some gastric and mammary cancers, as it is well-known for thyroid cancer. They report a short review of their own work and of the general literature on this correlation and on the antioxidant function of iodide in stomach, breast…
FDA: Olive oil may fight heart disease
Announcement opens door to new food labels WASHINGTON – The monounsaturated fat in olive oil may reduce the chances of suffering coronary heart disease, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday, opening the door to revised food labels. As long as people don’t increase the number of calories they consume daily, the FDA found “limited…
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