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• EWG Tests Find High BPA Loads on Receipts

  Posted: July 28th, 2010, 7:25pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Of all the places to find BPA, your store receipts were probably one of the last sources to come to mind. But that is where a study by Environmental Working Group found the chemical.

• A Study Finds Mental Benefit of Fish Oil, Prevents Schizophrenia

  Posted: February 3rd, 2010, 8:46pm CST by MinnieApolis

  A new study enrolled 81 people (aged 13 to 25) who showed early symptoms of psychosis (sleeping much more or less than usual, suspicion, believing someone is putting thoughts in their head or believing they have magical powers).

• 'Wheelchair Recycler' Gives Back Freedom

  Posted: October 15th, 2009, 9:07pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  The man best known as the "Wheelchair Recycler" has spent the past 11 years building and fixing power chairs for the people with the greatest need, but who often could not otherwise afford one. Permanently paralyzed in a car accident in 1995, David Heim, 47, of Marlborough, Mass …

• Taking Antacids, Ranitidine Leads to Higher Odds of Flu Complications

  Posted: October 2nd, 2009, 3:53pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Studies from decades ago have shown that patients who are taking antacids or Ranitidine have twice the rate of complications of influenza, including pneumonia.

• More Good Years; You're more likely to make it to 100 if you live on obscure Greek island

  Posted: September 28th, 2009, 6:13pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  EXCERPT: For three weeks in April, I led a scientific expedition to Ikaria to investigate the reasons for the islanders' remarkable longevity.

• Insurance Companies Consider C-section Birth "Pre-Existing Condition" [SEIU]

  Posted: September 18th, 2009, 9:50am CDT by MinnieApolis

  The depths to which health insurers will sink knows no bounds. Women need adequate maternity health care, and yet most individual insurers don't cover maternity care, and the number of plans without maternity coverage continues to rise dramatically.

• The Truth About Page 425 of the Healthcare Reform Bill; NO, They are NOT Going to Put Granny to Death

  Posted: September 10th, 2009, 9:25pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  No doubt most of you have heard by now several wild rumors about the various healthcare reform bills now being considered by the Congress.

• Moyers: Money-Driven Medicine - The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much

  Posted: September 3rd, 2009, 1:10pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Bill Moyers and Maggie Mahar interview doctors about why all the money we spend on health care is not reaching those who need it.

• Merck Wants Profit Boosters for Gardasil

  Posted: August 20th, 2009, 10:52am CDT by MinnieApolis

  Merck, maker of the controversial vaccine Gardasil for the human papilloma virus, plans a marketing push to boost sales for the back-to-school season.

• Marijuana: Hawaii Insurer Denies Woman Transplant Because of Pot Use

  Posted: August 13th, 2009, 4:21pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  FInding out that your healthcare provider is doing drug screening as part of the process of determinging whether or not you will be considered for an organ transplant is traumatic enough.

• Obama Plan a Band-Aid on Our Healthcare System, Not Real Reform

  Posted: July 6th, 2009, 2:06pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  A widespread misconception about how our insurance dollar is divvied up has led to the misguided Obama attempt at yet another healthcare "reform".

• Medical Marijuana: Users, Growers Can Sue Over Police Raids, California Appeals Court Rules

  Posted: July 3rd, 2009, 5:09pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  EXCERPT: In the first ruling of its kind, the California 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento held Wednesday that medical marijuana patients and growers can sue police for illegally raiding their properties and destroying their plants. The ruling came in County of Butte v.

• Getting It Straight: Heat Stroke, Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion

  Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 6:19pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  The onset of warmer weather is a sure thing, now that it is officially summer. There is always confusion among many of us over the differences between heat stroke, heat cramps, and heat exhaustion. So let us take the opportunity to review those conditions and get them straight.

• Pediatrician declares eBay medicines 'a risk to child health'

  Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 11:56am CDT by MinnieApolis

  A paediatrician is warning that net literate parents are putting their children at risk by buying drugs on the web. Dr Nadeem Afzal, a consultant paediatric gastroenterologist, carried out an investigation of medicines for sale on eBay for common gut complaints, 53 percent of wh …

• Bayer Ads Misleading Men About Prostate Cancer, Says CSPI

  Posted: June 23rd, 2009, 10:48am CDT by MinnieApolis

  EXCERPT: The Center for Science in the Public Interest has notified Bayer Healthcare that it will sue the company if it continues to claim that the selenium in its One A Day vitamins may reduce men's risk of prostate cancer, the health group announced today.

• The American Dietetic Association Buries Organic Nutrition Facts

  Posted: June 10th, 2009, 5:50pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Most consumers look uncritically to the Dietetic Assn. for unbiased and scientific advice on a healthy diet -- so it is disturbing to learn that the Association has swallowed and regurgitated wholesale the party line as stated by American agribusiness.

• Compulsory vaccination urged after U.K. measles outbreak

  Posted: June 4th, 2009, 9:01pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  EXCERPT: A prominent doctor said yesterday he would lobby the British Medical Association (BMA) to change its stance in favour of compulsory immunisation, and the Welsh assembly is actively considering the move following a series of outbreaks of measles across the country.

• Medical Marijuana: Bill Passes Illinois Senate, Heads to House

  Posted: May 31st, 2009, 1:47pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  A medical marijuana bill passed in the Illinois Senate this week, and will now head to the state House en route to becoming state law. Will Illinois make Midwestern history?

• Powerful castration drug pushed for autistic children, but medical experts denounce unproven claims

  Posted: May 27th, 2009, 1:54am CDT by MinnieApolis

  Prescribing powerful drugs for autistic children seems too big a risk to take.

• Chicago swine flu death confirmed

  Posted: May 27th, 2009, 1:24am CDT by MinnieApolis

  A Chicago resident became the first confirmed death from swine flu in Illinois. The person had underlying health problems, but no details were given.

• MN Legislature Passes Watered-Down Medical Marijuana Bill

  Posted: May 22nd, 2009, 11:39pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  A watered-down bill legalizing medical marijuana passed last Monday, but Gov. Pawlenty vowed to veto it. if he does, proponents are contemplating a constitutional amendment to bypass the gov by taking the question directly to the voters.

• First Aid Files: Pepper Does What???

  Posted: May 17th, 2009, 7:27pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  We are not strangers to the idea that herbs and spices can have medicinal properties. Still, the idea that we might be able to use some common spices as first aid for ordinary injuries is a new one to most of us.

• Swine flu: U.K. government seeks early supplies of vaccine

  Posted: May 15th, 2009, 6:48pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  The UK government is negotiating with manufacturers for supplies of a swine flu vaccine even though no one has called the recent ourbreak a pandemic. A few cases of the swine flu have been scattered around the country -- Northern Ireland, London, eastern England, and Hampton.

• Provider backlash: Docs sue insurance companies for payment, win multi-billion $ettlements

  Posted: May 6th, 2009, 5:41pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Recent insurance company practices to save money have roused the ire of physicians. So in response, class-action lawsuits against major insurers have won multi-billion-dollar settlements in favor of the doctors. Still more cases are winding their way through our legal system.

• GMO: Study shows unborn babies could be harmed

  Posted: April 12th, 2009, 7:28pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Combing thru the data on GMO foods, I found this one that suggests eating GMO foods thru one's pregnancy can result in underweight babies.

• "Health, Money and Fear" Are Big 3 Reasons to Move to Single-Payer [documentary]

  Posted: April 5th, 2009, 2:10pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  A documentary made by an emergency room physician would seem have an edge at giving viewers an up-close look at the pressures faced by doctors from insurance and drug companies. And this film, titled Health, Money and Fear by Dr.

• My 'Eyewitness' Account Of Lasik Eye Surgery

  Posted: April 4th, 2009, 9:35pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  I had Lasik eye surgery in April of 2005. My vision at the time of surgery was about 20/700. I liked to describe my vision as I-could-walk-right-off-a-cliff-and-never-know-what-hit-me territory. It is probably just as well that I never took up mountain climbing.

• How to Combat Economic Fatigue

  Posted: April 3rd, 2009, 7:16pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  It appears that with the economy ailing as it is, our sleep patterns seem to be suffering as well, and by extension, many other aspects of our lives.

• I've Thrown Out the Soy Supplement

  Posted: April 2nd, 2009, 12:04am CDT by MinnieApolis

  I've thrown out the big can of soy supplement after reading a study of how it upsets the mineral balance in the body. Ouch, it was such a nice chocolate flavor, too; I used to like mixing it with coffee or oatmeal or anything else suitable.

• Little change in U.K. survival rates despite cancer spending plan

  Posted: March 20th, 2009, 11:17pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  The government's national cancer plan, backed by a massive injection of cash for cancer services in England, has failed to boost survival rates substantially, a major study shows today. The findings will dismay government ministers, who have secured a tripling of spending on can …

• Simple elixir called a miracle liquid; even kills salmonella

  Posted: March 19th, 2009, 11:55pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  This gives new meaning to the term 'greenwashing'. Because you can clean with this and it is not toxic or hazardous, it is natural, and boy is it effective. The stuff is a simple mixture of table salt and tap water whose ions have been scrambled with an electric current.

• Our Pigs, Our Food, Our Health; Swine harboring MRSA

  Posted: March 15th, 2009, 12:38am CDT by MinnieApolis

  A doctor in a small Indiana town was puzzled over cases of MRSA in his tiny town. Ten percent of the residents had chronic cases of it. Turns out that the hogs may be harboring a particular strain of the staph infection.

• Avoid these 8 Acupuncture Points to Avoid Miscarriage

  Posted: February 26th, 2009, 6:48pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Pregnancy massage is one of areas of practice in the massage business that is experiencing high growth. In fact, it is often one of the most-requested services a clinic or individual therapist will receive.

• Some Drug Prices Surging 100 Percent Or More -- in 2008

  Posted: February 21st, 2009, 10:38pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Some drug companies have raised prices by 100 percent or more, and as a result are driving up the costs of many health insurance premiums and government programs.

• How emotional distance ruins marriage

  Posted: February 15th, 2009, 10:29am CST by MinnieApolis

  Going into 'flight mode' to avoid fighting with a spouse just increases emotional distance -- plus increasing the odds for disastrous decisions that can kill the marriage.

• Rabid Horse Found in Kentucky

  Posted: February 12th, 2009, 10:12pm CST by MinnieApolis

  A horse in the Hamilton Lane/North Yarnallton Pike area of Lexington, Ky., has tested positive for rabies, according to a statement from the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department.

• Gardasil: Marketing Trumps Science…Billions Spent; Risks Remain Unknown

  Posted: February 8th, 2009, 10:27pm CST by MinnieApolis

  The vaccine is "100 percent effective" against "only two strains of HPV (human papillomavirus) that causes cervical cancer. And those two account for just 70 percent of all cases. The vaccine has no effect on the viral strains which account for the other 30 percent."

• Chronically ill girl eyes vaccine Gardasil as cause; side effects include fatalities

  Posted: February 8th, 2009, 8:33pm CST by MinnieApolis

  "She didn't go to the doctor at all, then after she got the shots, it's boom, boom, boom," Holtman said.

• Lack of sunshine found to trigger MS

  Posted: February 7th, 2009, 5:42pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Women who are not exposed to sufficient sunshine in pregnancy may be at risk of giving birth to a child who will get multiple sclerosis in adulthood, research reveals today. Oxford University researchers have identified a link between a shortage of the sunshine vitamin -- vitami …

• Order or Download Your Free Obsessive-Compulsive Handbook (as often as you like?)

  Posted: January 23rd, 2009, 5:28pm CST by MinnieApolis

  This real offer is from the Anxiety Disorders Assn. of America website. You can download it for free or order the Free Professional Resources Kit by mail.

• 100+ pharma patents set to expire by end-2009

  Posted: January 22nd, 2009, 6:26pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Over 100 pharmaceutical patents are set to expire by end-2009, including those for 13 major products, and the Big Pharma firms which will be most affected are GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, followed by Novartis.

• Drug-free help for postnatal depression: counseling, support groups

  Posted: January 20th, 2009, 8:33pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Postnatal depression, which affects 13% of mothers and can lead to suicide, could be treated without drugs and even prevented, new research suggests today. Two studies published in the British Medical Journal today show that the support of health visitors and of other women who  …

• FTC Threatens Christian Church with Imprisonment for Selling Dietary Supplements

  Posted: January 13th, 2009, 6:28pm CST by MinnieApolis

  The power-mad FTC is threatening a church, Daniel Chapter One, with termination and legal prosecution for selling herbal supplements that are based on herbs mentioned in the Bible.

• Cooking with beer helps prevent cancer

  Posted: January 10th, 2009, 2:55pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Normally I'm deeply sceptical of eating/drinking X gives you/prevents Y stories but this one was so wonderful I had to repeat it. A lady called Isabel Ferreira, an assistant professor at the Department of Bromatology* at the University of Porto in Portugal and her colleagues h …

• U. of KY: Grape Seed Extract Kills Leukemia Cells

  Posted: January 8th, 2009, 9:30pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Now there's another reason to appreciate the healthy phytochemicals contained in grapes. Researchers from the University of Kentucky have found a natural substance in the fruit that's deadly to malignant leukemia cells.

• National Healthcare a Done Deal? Reform Could Crater

  Posted: December 30th, 2008, 3:40pm CST by MinnieApolis

  A Michael Cannon editorial column about his views on why a new attempt to pass a national health care plan might still fail, even with Dems in charge of White House and Congress, and support from business, labor and insurance. Any changeover could disrupt healthcare for millions.

• Health Shorts From the News

  Posted: December 24th, 2008, 2:57pm CST by MinnieApolis

  The Dec. 1 issue of TIME had a long list of health news items culled from events in 2008. Here are just a couple of them.

• What do to when your disability is misrepresented

  Posted: December 23rd, 2008, 5:58pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Propped up on the couch watching the nightly news, catching a movie, or even taking in an episode of ER and along comes a mention of your disability. Your ears perk up and you pay close attention to what is being said.

• Wisconsin Disability Rights Group Seeks Ban on Restraints

  Posted: December 22nd, 2008, 6:17pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Angellika Arndt was seven years old when she died at a Wisconsin day treatment center in 2006.

• Deceptive "Protein" Toxin is Becoming More Widespread in Your Food (Melamine)

  Posted: December 22nd, 2008, 1:31pm CST by MinnieApolis

  First baby formula, then dairy-based products from yogurt to chocolate, and now chicken eggs have been contaminated with melamine.

• Darkness descending: Siblings share retinitis pigmentosa

  Posted: December 21st, 2008, 11:48am CST by MinnieApolis

  We were doing the sibling thing, recounting embarrassing stories from each other's past, and the story about his time in the army came up - again.

• Magnesium, Epsom Salts and Sports Performance (Part 2)

  Posted: December 13th, 2008, 8:48pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Supplementation among athletes at any level has become a booming industry, with most attention and dollars focused on exotic and potentially harmful anabolic steroids.

• Magnesium, Epsom Salts and Sports Performance (Part 1)

  Posted: December 13th, 2008, 8:28pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Supplementation among athletes at any level has become a booming industry, with most attention and dollars focused on exotic and potentially harmful anabolic steroids.

• E-Prescribing May Save Big Bucks: Study

  Posted: December 9th, 2008, 11:06pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Doctors who prescribe medicines electronically may be more likely to choose lower-cost drugs, saving money for patients and insurers, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

• Medical Students Rally for Greater Disclosure of Faculty/Pharma Financial Ties

  Posted: December 1st, 2008, 9:05pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Can it be possible that med students are revolting against the indoctrination by Big Pharma while they are in medical schools? At Harvard, a few dozen students staged a protest to require disclosure of ties to drug companies when discussing drugs.

• Retired Prof Writes About His Cochlear Implant

  Posted: December 1st, 2008, 7:08pm CST by MinnieApolis

  In late-April, 2007, I was scheduled to meet with the surgeon and to set an appointment for the surgery.

• McKesson Settles Wholesale Rx Pricing-Fixing Suit For $350M

  Posted: November 21st, 2008, 11:06pm CST by MinnieApolis

  The big pharmaceutical distributor was charged with engaging in a scheme to fraudulently inflate the price of more than 400 prescription drugs, including the most widely used meds.

• Study Shows Magnesium and Vitamin B6 Help ADHD Symptoms

  Posted: November 19th, 2008, 12:27am CST by MinnieApolis

  In the study, 40 children with clinical symptoms of ADHD were given vitamin B6 in the amount of 6 mg per kg of bodyweight per day and magnesium in amount of 0.6 mg per kg per day or placebo for 8 weeks.

• How WA hospitals unleashed a MRSA epidemic

  Posted: November 16th, 2008, 10:56pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Over the past 10 years, the number of Washington hospital patients infected with the gruesome, antibiotic-resistant germ called MRSA has jumped from 141 per year to 4,723. Yet there is a $20 test that would screen incoming patients to identify those who are carriers of the germ.

• As Arizona Goes? Prop 101 ignored in furor over Prop 8, can affect your healthcare choice

  Posted: November 15th, 2008, 3:04pm CST by MinnieApolis

  Arizona's Prop 101 fight may have far more wide-reaching import than the Prop 8 furor. Prop 101 was titled the Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act; it proposed that patients should retain the right to seek their own choice of healthcare provider and may pay cash if desired.

• Researchers identify toehold for HIV's assault on brain (U-Rochester)

  Posted: November 15th, 2008, 12:15am CST by MinnieApolis

  Scientists have unraveled in unprecedented detail the cascade of events that go wrong in brain cells affected by HIV, a virus whose assault on the nervous system continues unabated despite antiviral medications that can keep the virus at bay for years in the rest of the body. Th …

• In Honor of Veterans Day, A Word About Making Group Life Insurance Claims

  Posted: November 10th, 2008, 12:27pm CST by MinnieApolis

  It was a bit of a shock to me that many widows of servicemen or discharged veterans have not been able to make a claim on their life insurance policies.

• Cancer jab Gardasil linked to pancreas disease in Australia

  Posted: October 4th, 2008, 10:35pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is investigating whether the shot of Gardasil caused the sudden inflammation of the pancreas in the three patients, or whether it was just a coincidence. A 26-year-old woman went to Bankstown Hospital four days after receiving her first …

• Cult of Clean [Psych Today]

  Posted: September 25th, 2008, 6:39pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  "They're lying in wait for you at the ATM machine and on your computer keyboard at work. Secretly, they attach themselves to your hands when you push a shopping cart at the store.

• Alarming Study Report: At-Home Deaths from Prescription Errors Rise 3196%

  Posted: September 25th, 2008, 4:49pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  The trend toward long-term prescriptions for chronic conditions may be to blame for an alarming rise in deaths attributed to fatal medication errors (FMEs).

• Seniors in Medicare drug program's 'doughnut hole' seek relief from high costs

  Posted: September 15th, 2008, 7:46pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  They come home from the pharmacy with a bad case of sticker shock and ask me what they can do about it, Ms. Hearn said.

• Lewis-Gale's CEO said Carilion's actions could potentially limit health care choices in region

  Posted: September 14th, 2008, 12:41pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  In 2007, a year after Carilion announced its conversion to a clinic model, Lewis-Gale had 69 new physicians join its medical staff. That's more than double the number who joined in 2006 and is triple [those] who joined in 2005.

• Innovative programs for people with Alzheimer's

  Posted: September 13th, 2008, 10:19pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Camp, 53, began his research 10 years ago when he looked at the activities developed for young children by the educator Maria Montessori, whose method is followed today in Montessori schools around the world.

• Where Have All the Doctors Gone? (just try to find a primary care doc when on Medicare)

  Posted: September 13th, 2008, 9:59pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  He needed a neurologist. But nobody would see him unless we had a primary care doctor, and we couldn't find one, Donna says. We pounded the phones day after day, going through the whole list [of primary care doctors] in Salem.

• New MN Autism Center Opens Amid Insurance Dilemma

  Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 3:38pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  On Tuesday, Gov. Tim Pawlenty appeared at the Grand Opening of the Minnesota Autism Center's new facility in Minnetonka.

• Tobacco firms kept quiet on polonium 210 in cigarettes

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 6:21pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Some of the world's biggest tobacco firms researched the lethal radioactive substance polonium – present in cigarettes – over a 40-year period but never published the results, according to a new scientific article. Experts have examined more than 1,500 internal documents fro …

• The Holographic Body Revisited: Electric Connective Tissue

  Posted: August 25th, 2008, 2:52am CDT by MinnieApolis

  The bodys connective tissue itself has a holographic pattern in its structure. According to Dr.

• The Holographic Body Revisited: Talk To The Hand - & Fingers & Cells

  Posted: August 25th, 2008, 2:40am CDT by MinnieApolis

  Palmistry, also known as chiromancy, traces back 2,500 years in India. The hand is the most reliable and detailed part of the body for morphological analysis - as well as, dare I say it, handy.

• The Holographic Body Revisited: Iridology and the Windows To Your Health

  Posted: August 25th, 2008, 2:22am CDT by MinnieApolis

  American iridology does not have a body of validating research, but we can borrow information gleaned from extensive German studies. German doctors have tracked individual patients for decades and correlated iris indicators with confirmed ailments.

• The Holographic Body Revisited: Ears & Feet

  Posted: August 25th, 2008, 2:15am CDT by MinnieApolis

  A few years ago a group conversation veered off onto the subject of something about Chinese medicine - then we took a tangent into reflexology and acupuncture. Someone wondered if acupuncture needles had to be applied to the actual site of the pain or illness.

• Today Medicare pays 'usual and customary'; Why Not Also Consider How Much Value the Patient Receives?

  Posted: August 19th, 2008, 2:59pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  For help, Medicare turned to William C. Hsiao, an economist at Harvard's School of Public Health who had devised a system for calculating the "relative value" of various medical services.

• FDA Notes 2 Byetta Deaths

  Posted: August 19th, 2008, 2:47pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  The FDA today said it plans to strengthen warnings about life-threatening pancreas problems linked to the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta after getting two reports of deaths and four other hospitalizations in Byetta users. Those patients had hemorrhagic pancreatitis (inflammation of …

• Five Things To Know About Energy Drinks (including they cause tooth erosion)

  Posted: August 16th, 2008, 7:18pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  4. Some can lead to tooth decay.

• Flip-Flops A Surprise Danger to Your Knees and Back

  Posted: August 16th, 2008, 6:00pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  By guest Craig Ballantyne

• Feds Score Another Conviction Against a California Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator

  Posted: August 8th, 2008, 7:32pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  In spite of California's medical marijuana laws, a dispensary operator has been convicted for breaking federal law.

• Prevention of Hearing Loss from Noise Exposure

  Posted: August 4th, 2008, 12:39am CDT by MinnieApolis

  Maybe this is not hard news, but it is still news to a lot of people that there are more and more options when it comes to protecting your irreparable hearing.

• 55 Million U.S. Adults Have Hearing Loss

  Posted: August 3rd, 2008, 4:22pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  A finding that 55 million Americans have hearing loss in in high-frequencies should set off alarms. Many sounds in human speech fall in the high frequencies so this kind of hearing loss will affect how well one carries on conversation or copes with other situations.

• Sticky Labels on Fruit Provide Useful Health Info (ie Organic or GMO?)

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 6:30pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  You can break the code on those sticky labels on fruit -- If it is a plain four digit number, it was conventionally raised with pesticides and chemical fertilizers. If it is a five digit number beginning with a 9 -- that means it was raised organically. And a five digit number …

• Insurance or scam? W.I.N. told to cease operations, but still trying to sell Utah on its plan

  Posted: July 29th, 2008, 5:04pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Michael Bianchi thinks he has the solution to the nation's health care crisis: Keep people out of the doctor's office by paying out benefits that encourage healthy lifestyles. Want nutritional supplements? No problem. Bianchi's company, the W.I.N.

• Calcium May Be Your Secret Weapon in Successful Weight-Loss Diet

  Posted: July 19th, 2008, 11:49pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  Studies* have shown that including dairy calcium in your diet increases weight loss, sometimes dramatically. It also reduces body fat percentage.

• A genetic heart disorder is killing young people

  Posted: July 14th, 2008, 6:51pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  They carried Taylor inside, onto a couch and called 911. They couldn't feel a pulse. Frantic, her friends and then paramedics tried to resuscitate her. She was sped to emergency, where doctors and nurses pumped her chest but only got a few flutters.

• The Medicated Americans: 10% of Us on Antidepressant Prescriptions

  Posted: July 7th, 2008, 7:20pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  (The full article in Scientific American is now available online.) Even more shocking than the massive rise in Americans being prescribed anti-depressants for 'label' and 'off-label' uses, is the fact that 43% of these patients have never been given a psychiatric diagnosis, and D …

• A Word About Migraines: Natural Ways to Make the Headache Go Away

  Posted: July 6th, 2008, 2:21am CDT by MinnieApolis

  An acquaintance of mine mentioned she started getting a neck and shoulder massages from a massage therapist, when I stopped by. "Do you have a pinched nerve?" I asked. "No, I just get bad headaches about once a week, and we were hoping this would help," she replied.

• Anti-Angiogenic Cancer Drugs Include Cannabis, Ginger, Curcumin, Omega-3, Many Familiar Natural Substances

  Posted: June 27th, 2008, 6:23pm CDT by MinnieApolis

  One of the more exciting avenues of research in cancer treatment is the use of antiangiogenic drugs. Antiangiogenesis attacks tumors by in effect, cutting off their blood supply.