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How many chemicals, drugs or food substances can you think of that have been scientifically tied to at least 45 different medical ailments, symptoms and diseases? This is especially troubling when you consider that we are talking about a beverage found in 99% of public eating establishments; it is even more troubling when you consider how many people on earth consume this stuff, usually without knowledge...
6/1/2015 7:00:00 AM
Is anything really "irrefutable," especially in the ever-changing, controversy-fraught area of "health?" The preponderance of the evidence seems to lean toward "No!" There are several reasons for this.Firstly, we don't all see things the same way, even when confronted by the same so-called "evidence." Take the very hotly-contested subject of vaccines, for example. In her blog entry "10 Irrefutable...
5/25/2015 7:00:00 AM
There is no question that the FDA has been designed as an instrument for good; without it, anyone out there could bottle anything they thought was acceptable as a "medicine." This used to be the case, in fact, in the 1800s. Back then the American population were experimental "mice" for the thousands of charlatans who claimed to have a cure for any disease out there. In most cases, what these self-declared...
5/15/2015 7:00:00 AM
In spite of the fact that we collectively know more about health issues than at any other time in history, it can also be said that most people today are more confused about what constitutes definitive/conclusive health knowledge than at other times in history. To put it more bluntly, the huge number of discoveries, epiphanies and accomplishments of modern times, far from necessarily making people...
5/12/2015 7:00:00 AM
It's a wonder some people don't get whiplash by trying to keep up with the latest findings regarding the many controversial or unsettled health issues in the news. Sometimes the uncertainty arises from changing circumstances, new findings through health studies/surveys, public appeals or demonstrations (most often carried out these days through social media and Internet discussion forums), laws or...
5/5/2015 7:00:00 AM
Although cardiovascular disease is responsible for more deaths than cancer each year, cancer is thought by many people to be "number one," pathologically speaking. This may actually be a good example of statistics not necessarily being entirely accurate. More people may die from cardiovascular disease simply because the circulatory system (with the heart at the center) degrades as we age--in other...
4/27/2015 7:00:00 AM
One revolutionary theory that is of special importance in medicine is the germ theory of disease: the (at the time) shocking realization or assertion that many diseases (most significantly, those that were responsible for the highest mortality globally) had a microbiological origin--to put it more bluntly, those that were caused by tiny organisms, many of which could not be seen with the naked eye....
4/25/2015 7:00:00 AM
Although it is well known that lemons are good for one's health, there are many benefits which are only now being recognized and taken advantage of. Because of its high level of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), for example, lemons have been known to help out against infections and skin diseases like scurvy; they may also be a potent weapon against cancer.Among the less-well-known health benefits, however,...
4/25/2015 7:00:00 AM
By now you have probably heard that Tylenol (or, more specifically, acetaminophen) can damage the liver. In most cases, damage to the liver is thought to occur because of over-dosing, either accidentally or by design (as in sucide attempts). Problems can also arise if people drink alcohol while taking this drug, use more than one medication containing acetaminophen (thus possibly surpassing the recommended...
4/17/2015 7:00:00 AM
One of the advantages of modern times is that we are provided with more useful health information than ever before. While much of that "information" may not be 100% correct or of any immediate practical use, the fact remains that, if there were a health threat most of us needed to know about, chances are we would promptly find out about it through our ubiquitous media channels.It is safe to say, consequently,...
4/15/2015 7:00:00 AM
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