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What is up with all the poison juice lately? First it’s arsenic in the apple juice, now it’s fungicide in the orange juice. If you found these stories disturbing, you really don’t want to know what’s in the rest of the food supply. For example, 1 out of every 4 people you know will get ...
Have you resolved to get fit in 2012? Do you tend to work out more faithfully if you are around other people and have access to fancy equipment? You may be in the market for a gym membership. Obviously, pricing, location, cleanliness, and friendliness are all big factors in your decision. Here are a few ...
Take two of America’s greatest health obsessions – child safety and food. Mix them together and you come up with the perfect scare: food that is making kids sick. Long gone are the days when providing a balanced diet of healthy foods was considered the best approach to child nutrition. Now, any food could end ...
This next health scare touches one of America’s deepest fears – fat! According to one Yale survey of about 4000 participants, 5% said they would rather lose a limb than be overweight. That’s one way to shed extra pounds. When there’s that level of dread associated with having a body size our society deems unacceptable, ...
Nothing sells in the news like a hearty dose of fear. We just love being scared out of our wits by stories about how something or other that was previously considered benign can kill us if we don’t watch out. A lot of these news pieces are based on junk science or draw conclusions so ...
In October, the FDA released an update about its newest major appointee – Daniel Fabricant. Dr. Fabricant has a Ph.D. in the little known field of pharmacognosy, the study of medicines derived from natural sources. Prior to accepting a position as the head of the Division of Dietary Supplements at the FDA, he worked for ...
Dermal fillers have long been used for giving women plump, pouty lips. However, until recently these uses have been considered experimental or “off label”. This year, the FDA has approved Restylane for lip augmentation based on results achieved by 130 patients in a recent study. 90% of the patients ended up with pillow lips at ...
Cosmeceuticals are all the rage in the beauty and anti-aging market right now with 2012 sales expected to exceed 9 billion dollars. But what does this term even mean? The word is meant to convey the idea of a “cosmetic pharmaceutical”. In other words, it’s a beauty aid that supposedly has the strength and corrective ...
According to more than one weather prognosticator, this winter is shaping up to be particularly cold and snowy. The folks at UnofficialNetworks.com website that “low solar activity levels, the negative Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and the general trend for a much colder winter after the onset of last year’s La Niña” are to blame. If ...
No one disagrees that nowadays the public is markedly fascinated by cosmetic surgery high technology, and laser therapy has been, and continues to be, at least partially perceived as “state-of-the-art” treatment for a considerable number of conditions, most of them cosmetic in nature. San Diego plastic surgeons have been practicing laser skin cosmetic surgery therapeutic ...