| 02/28/2003 - Congress Retirement Benefits |
| Did you know that Congressmen (excuse me-Congresspersons) don't pay into Social Security? Why? Because they've got their own retirement plan-one that even the most pampered fat-cat CEO would envy. |
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| 02/28/2003 - Schools are Banning Traditional Schoolyard Games |
| That's right. All over the country, those whining weenies in charge of our kids' educations are banning-under threat of suspension, I assume-such traditional schoolyard games as dodge ball and tag. |
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| 02/25/2003 - Exercise in a Bottle |
| But would a drug maker really market such a drug as a potential lifesaver? Could they really resist the temptation to hawk it as "exercise-in-a-pill" for busy career-minded people, or package and pitch it as a miracle weight loss plan? |
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| 02/25/2003 - Pharmaceutical Companies Turn to Consumer-Targeted TV Advertising |
| An Associated Press article from this past year revealed that in just four years, between 1996 and 2000, the pharmaceutical industry increased spending on consumer-targeted TV advertising by a whopping 700%-from $220 million to $1.6 billion. |
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| 02/21/2003 - Spousal Presence May Stimulate Physical Pain |
| From this data, the researchers concluded that the typical conduct-and even the mere presence-of a spouse actually stimulates physical pain. |
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| 02/21/2003 - Hospitals are Businesses |
| Well, it's like this: We always tend to forget this fact, but the brutal truth is that almost all hospitals are BUSINESSES. And the vast majority of their income comes from insurance companies, also BUSINESSES… |
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| 02/18/2003 - The Effects of Dietary Fiber Supplements and Fiber Enriched Foods are Unknown |
| For some reason, in this country, we've adapted the misconception that "fiber is good for you and prevents colon cancer." The truth is that the effects of dietary fiber supplements and fiber-enriched foods are unknown, and potentially very dangerous. |
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| 02/18/2003 - Dirty Food Handlers |
| At any rate, the criminal here is not the organism, viral or bacterial, or pork, but a dirty food handler. Restaurants don't like to spend a lot of time examining their food-handling employees. |
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| 02/14/2003 - The Dental Hygiene Business is Booming |
| Periodontitis isn't pretty. It involves infection and subsequent rotting of the gums around the teeth. Obviously, no one wants this sort of thing to occur, which is why the dental hygiene business is booming. |
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| 02/14/2003 - Premature Routine Cancer Screening |
| Dr. Mark Baldree commented that his daughter's college counselors noted how competitive engineering and business schools are. When he asked her about pre-med she told him: None of the really smart or talented kids go into medicine any more. |
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| 02/11/2003 - A New Psoriasis "Wonder Drug" |
| A year later, a new psoriasis "wonder drug," under the brand name Temovate was put on the market, and, presto, it wasn't dangerous at all (so they say). |
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| 02/11/2003 - CCB's May Increase Cardiovascular Events |
| CCBs were no match for the older drugs (diuretics, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers) when it came to reducing cardiovascular events. |
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| 02/07/2003 - Peppers Aren't Toxic at All |
| When I was a kid, I heard all sorts of horror stories about what hot peppers could do to you from burning a hole through your stomach to giving you an ulcer. Contrary to those wild tales, peppers aren't toxic at all. |
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| 02/07/2003 - Safe, Effective Herbal Treatments Available for the Dangers Associated with Varicose Veins |
| But research has started to emerge showing that there may be safe, effective herbal treatments available for the dangers associated with varicose veins. |
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| 02/04/2003 - None of the really smart or talented kids go into medicine any more |
| Dr. Mark Baldree commented that his daughter's college counselors noted how competitive engineering and business schools are. When he asked her about pre-med she told him: None of the really smart or talented kids go into medicine any more. |
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| 02/04/2003 - Cocaine Provides Back Pain Solution |
| The procedure involves placing a Q-tip soaked in a 10 percent cocaine solution up the nose so that it rests against the SP ganglion, located behind the back surface of the inner nasal cavity. |
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