Diet Soda not all that healthy, research says

More incentive to drink water over pop:"Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome — the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include...

Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda

This is suprising. We are all aware of the health risks associated with regular soda, but diet soda? There has long been a wonder if some of the chemicals in diet soda might have side effects, but the theories were geard more towards some type of cancer and not metabolic...

Childrens Cough Medicine Lawsuit Filed

Mother Sues Over 4-Month-Old's Cough Medicine Death"CHICAGO — A mother whose 4-month-old son died after taking over-the-counter cough and cold medicines sued two distributors of the drugs, saying they should have known the dangers of a key ingredient and warned...

Chavez Proves He's Cuckoo

This is one crazy Bastard! Maybe it's TIME to do something about this wacko. "Moved by claims that it will help the metabolism and productivity of his fellow citizens, President Hugo Chávez said clocks would be moved forward by half an hour at the start of 2008."

Cheap, safe drug kills most cancers

I saw this article over at the blog of fellow Mississippian, "Hatless in Hattiesburg".  It's a couple of weeks old, and I don't know how I missed it, OR why it hasn't gotten more exposure.  I mean, How Big Is This???"t sounds almost too good to be true: a cheap and...

Medicine at the top of the world

"Medicine at the top of the world Jan 4th 2007 From The Economist print edition An expedition to Everest may improve the chances of people in intensive care LYING in an intensive-care ward is a world away from...

Job Stress Fuels Disease

"The daily rigors of work, such as tight deadlines and long hours, can lead to job burnout, a state scientists are beginning to link with serious ailments. Studies have shown that workplace stress can lead to an increase in rates of heart disease, flu virus, metabolic...

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