There is a fundamental problem with dieting, and it is this: everyone wants to
look like the girl who has been on a diet, but nobody actually wants to be
her. Because dieting isn’t fun, it isn’t hot and it isn’t sexy. It is, in
fact, embarrassing and boring — and, what’s more, it makes you seem boring.
Dieting says certain things about you. It says that you care enough about what
you look like to go hungry. It says Read the rest of this entry »
Fast Food Causes Alzheimer’s Disease, Makes Population Stupid
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, November 29, 2008
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What happens when you feed a mouse a nine-month diet of high-fat, high-sugar junk foods? They develop signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
That’s what Swedish researchers discovered in recent findings published by the Karolinska Institutet’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. They were attempting to test the effects of fast food and Read the rest of this entry »
UK (ChattahBox) – A British woman who was determined to lose weight died after drinking 4 liters of water within a 2 hour period as part of a controversial diet called the ‘LighterLife Plan’.
The program, which has been widely criticized by doctors and health professionals, requires you to cut down your caloric intake to 500 calories a day, and consume 4 liters of water to compensate. All of this is done within a 12-week period, causing Read the rest of this entry »
NASHVILLE, TN, Oct. 24, 2008
Voters on NFL.com, Titans Online and via Sprint wireless service have made their
choice. Running back Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans is the Diet Pepsi
NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on October 19 – 20, the NFL announced
today.
Johnson rushed for 168 yards on 18 attempts and a touchdown in the Titans 34-10
victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Johnson was selected from among five Read the rest of this entry »
Q.
I read in your column a while back that a person heard music after taking the antidepressant amitriptyline. My urologist prescribed a similar drug (imipramine) for a mild urinary problem. After a few days, I, too, started hearing music. My music was a wonderful male chorus each evening. After I pinned the music down to that drug, I quit taking it.
A.
Drug-induced auditory hallucinations are rare but documented in the medical literature. The Read the rest of this entry »
by Christopher Lepkowski, Birmingham Mail
THE fitness of Filipe Teixeira was in doubt today after he failed to play in yesterday’s reserve team game.
Albion arranged a behind-closed-doors friendly against Leicester reserves to give the Portuguese midfielder another run-out following his return from a major knee problem.
But Teixeira’s name was mysteriously absent from the team-sheet, with Albion staff refusing to comment on his failure Read the rest of this entry »
) includes an updated FDA calendar of 69 expected decision dates included in the ETF Innovators (ETFI) New Drug Regulatory Catalyst Index, with seven companies listed in red with overdue decisions.
, the following FDA action has occurred:
1.) Amgen (
) filed a BLA for bone drug denosumab in the following two indications: the treatment + prevention of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and the treatment + prevention of bone loss in patients Read the rest of this entry »
Now and Then, The Jankay Medical Building
By Nancy Alexander ,President Highland Area Historical society
Last week we looked at the Highland Medical Building, now the home of Highland Dental Arts, Parent Care Management Services, and Kluge Dental Lab.
There was an earlier medical building farther north on Palm Avenue, just south of the original Congregational Church. This was the Jankay Building.
Dr. Lester Jankay was born in Hungary in1897. Read the rest of this entry »
1st U.S. Case of Marburg Fever Confirmed: CDC
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of
1st U.S. Case of Marburg Fever Confirmed: CDC
The first confirmed case of deadly Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the United States occurred last year and the patient has since recovered, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
The Colorado patient contracted the dangerous, rare illness while Read the rest of this entry »
TORONTO, Jan. 30 /CNW/ – Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration
Network will be hosting a technical briefing on the Ontario government’s plan
to improve access to family health care and emergency room performance and new
initiatives.
Participating in the technical briefing will be Sandra Hamner, CEO of the
Waterloo Wellington LHIN, Dr. Aaron Smith, Emergency Department (ED) WWLHIN
Lead and Dave Murray, Executive Director, WWCCAC, Waterloo Read the rest of this entry »