| 12/31/2007 - Don't quit your day job: Nightshift linked to cancer |
| It may be time to take the term "graveyard shift" literally. A new study has re-affirmed the old medical suspicion that night work can shorten your life. |
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| 12/28/2007 - Bayer drug pulled off the market |
| In November, the FDA pressured the Bayer Pharmaceutical Company to halt the sale of the anti-bleeding drug Traysol after a Canadian clinical study determined that it could be linked to a higher risk of death than other drugs. |
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| 12/25/2007 - Merry Christmas, dammit! |
| Merry Christmas! That's right: I said "Merry Christmas." I'll forgive you if you're not sure what I mean. After all, the words "Merry" and "Christmas" aren't often found next to one another anymore, especially around December. |
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| 12/24/2007 - Pass the salt! |
| This time, it's an organization known as the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) who went before the FDA to try and get the U.S. government to put strict limits on an essential nutrient that's critical to your good heath: salt. |
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| 12/21/2007 - State of health |
| According to a news report, democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton has taken thousands of dollars in cash donations from Islamist individuals and organizations that are currently under federal investigation… |
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| 12/18/2007 - Heart protection |
| I told you years ago that the poor hot dog has received a bad rap from the medical community due to its high nitrate content. But the truth is, nitrite- and nitrate-rich foods can actually have a beneficial effect on your heart. |
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| 12/17/2007 - Soy ya later! |
| I'm happy to report a major victory in the war against the insidious soy industry. |
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| 12/14/2007 - Chinese fire drill |
| A mere quarter century after the mania of an AIDS epidemic sent everyone scrambling for their condoms and vowing ever-lasting monogamy, and yet it seems that no one in this country has learned their lesson: Sleeping around just isn't a healthy habit. |
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| 12/11/2007 - Fat chance |
| It's a sad and undeniable fact: we are a nation of fat people. And the most disturbing trend in our rapidly waist-expanding nation is the growing problem of childhood obesity. |
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| 12/10/2007 - Hands off! |
| Would you give up your fingerprints so you could get in and out of a gas station more quickly? Shell Oil thinks that you will. |
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| 12/07/2007 - Fenced in |
| By now, you know how I feel about illegal immigration. The Readers Digest version of my view: It's dangerous, it's ruining our country, and I don't like it. |
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| 12/04/2007 - Big Brother may ban smoking in your house - what's next? |
| By now, smoking has been banned nearly everywhere: in bars, in restaurants, in offices, in movies, on planes, and - this one always gets me - at outdoor stadiums. The only place it's still OK to smoke is in the privacy of your own home, right? |
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| 12/03/2007 - Affection beats infection |
| I've written in the past about the healing power of love and close relationships, but some new studies point to an even more dramatic effect these kinds of intimacies can have on your health. |
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