Health and fitness experts want everyone to know and understand that there are different reasons for counting certain things while dieting. Some people count calories, some count fat, some count carbohydrates, and some just count things like sodium, depending on what health benefits they want to achieve. If you are dieting just to lose…
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Tamiflu Almost Useless
The Center for Disease Control has said that they recieved reports that eight more children have died of the flu, making the total now seventeen across the country. Some of the children, most over the age of twelve also had secondary infections which could have contributed to their deaths. A surprise to me is…
Hope for Some MS Patients
Some people with MS have improved walking using the drug fampridine. Phase III research had studied 301 patients, half were given a placebo and half were given fampridine. The doctors evaluated walking ability after 2, 6, 10, and 14 weeks. 35% of those given fampridine and only 8% of those given the placebo showed…
Flu Shots
Just a reminder that it might not be a bad idea to get flu shots now that they say we’re in peak season for the flu. We’ve lost a few kids to it already not to mention the usual elderly, all who may have weakened immune systems for some reason. I’ve heard that one…
How Many Times are They Going to Research This?
You’ll all be surprised to know that the uninsured are in poorer health than the insured. apparently this was studied again. Did they think there was a mistake made in the first bunch of studies? Maybe they thought that things would change on their own, like maybe people who don’t have insurance would stop…
Kicking a Dead Horse, Again
Sorry for bringing up this subject again, but I can’t get it out of my mind that there are people dying of cancer in hospice wards right now, and they are suffering in terrible pain, and no one is addressing that pain. Since my dad died in early December I can still hear the…
Peanut Related Recalls
The number of food product recalls is up to 2300 now because of the salmonella outbreak, and don’t be fooled, as I predicted, the products that might also be contaminated are not just limited to peanuts. Things such as seasonings, pet food, and other things are on the list. If you remember from one…
New Rules for Doctors on Certain Narcotics
I was always under the impression that all doctors could prescribe all drugs, and up to now this has been pretty much the case. There are some drugs that doctors have prescribed in the past without fully understanding side effects or interactions. When enough people complained and got sicker or died, the FDA would…