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April 28, 2007
Category: Health
The latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that 94% of physicians in the U.S. receive gifts and benefits from pharmaceutical companies in the form of free food, drug samples and sports tickets, to name a...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 12:19 PM • 0 Comments •
April 26, 2007
Category: Health
Among some of the latest stories from Science Daily comes two articles highlighting new treatment information for stroke victims. The first article describes a potential new drug for stroke victims. The research published in the American Journal of Hypertension confirms...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
April 19, 2007
Category: Food Science
Researchers from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England are using the nitrogen content of fruits and vegetables to detect falsely labeled organic produce. The demand for organic produce has been increasing. This Discovery News article explains that "the...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
April 14, 2007
Category: Health
In this blog post from Trusted.MD Network Keshav Chander MD asks "Why Do We Hesitate To Use Generic Drugs?" Among the responses he heard are: -Concerns about generic drug quality -Lower familiarity with generic drugs due to less marketing of...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 5:26 PM • 9 Comments •
April 13, 2007
Category: Health
There is no scientific evidence that dietary supplements (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, herbs) can improve your health. This recent CNN Health article, for example, explains that there is no scientific evidence to show that diet supplements can slow the aging process....
Posted by Karen Ventii at 12:40 PM • 3 Comments •
April 9, 2007
Category: Health
I was asked this question a while ago and found it quite interesting. Can eating grilled meat cause cancer? The idea that eating the charred part of grilled meat can increase your risk of certain cancers has been around...
Posted by Karen Ventii at 9:00 AM • 4 Comments •
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