Smoking as Bad as Eggs?
Recent headlines stating “eggs are as bad as smoking” from a single article. Turns out the article was a poorly done article whose conclusions are highly suspect. Here are the reasons why.
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Alternative Medicine: Its Backwards
Beware of Big Nutra – a 34 billion dollar industry that is unregulated and yet has the blessing of Congress. It is time to put an end to how these devices, pills, and treatments go unregulated allowing consumers to not only waste money, but possibly time they could use for treatments that work.
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Foie Gras – Foodies Unite
As with “Prohibition” the ban of foie gras in California is starting some new industries — “duckeasies” and other ways of getting around the ban on this unctuous food. Instead of learning to produce the foie gras as has been done in Spain, they seek either overcome or get around the ban.
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Canadian Health Care Myths
Myths about the Canadian System of Health Care v. The United States continue to abound. Here are the facts about waiting times, coverage, and the drain of physicians to the US (hint- Canada has a better system than many would lead you to believe).
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Formula for Cutting Health Care
When in comes to health care delivery, we know that how we are doing it in the United States is not cost effective, or patient centered. We begin a series today looking at pilot programs in and out of the United States to see models of health care delivery that might work for us.
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Two New Drugs for Obesity
Two new drugs have been approved by the FDA for weight loss, but with very limited indications, and without knowing the long-term effect of these drugs on the heart. The drugs, Belviq and Qsymia have warnings and side effects.
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Prostate Cancer in the News
Prostate cancer now has a new weapon- waiting. Prostate cancer that is confined to the prostate, and is small may be best observed as opposed to removed with radical surgery.
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Preventing HIV Infection
The first drug to prevent HIV has been approved by the FDA. Truvada, a drug that has been found to be effective, when used with condoms, to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV in couples where one is infected with HIV.
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Obesity and Coronary Artery Disease
Obesity is a risk factor for several serious health conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, and heart disease. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease and is the leading cause of death in the United States in both men and women.
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