Virus Outbreak Continues in New York City

Health officials investigating the virus outbreak in the New York City area have confirmed that the infection, first identified as St. Louis encephalitis, is in fact West Nile-like virus, a pathogen previously unreported in the United States. Experts remain uncertain about how this rare virus arrived in New York, but suspect that it was introduced by migrating birds.

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How to Regrow Hair

No man likes to see a receding hairline, which can knock a man’s feeling of self worth way down. Men take pride in having a full head of hair. Comb it right, get it styled, and take steps to keep it well maintained. Then you see something odd: your forehead has gotten bigger. Read the rest of this entry »

Winter Park Health Foundation Center for Health and Wellness

Like a swat team exercise, Winter Park Health Foundation coordinated a team, established a plan and zeroed in on its target — market, that is. Before opening its doors, the new Center for Health and Wellness sold more than 800 memberships via promotion and sales: mission accomplished. Read the rest of this entry »

House Votes on Drug Imports

The House pulled back somewhat from its position last year that US-made prescription drugs exported to other countries should be allowed back in at their lower, overseas prices.

By a vote of 267-159, members rejected an amendment to the annual spending bill for the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration offered by Rep. Read the rest of this entry »

Doctors Urged to Help Smokers Quit

Millions of smokers in the United States who want to quit might now receive more help from their doctors. On June 27, the Department of Human and Health Services’ (DHHS) Public Health Service issued the report “Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence.” Its effect is to spur primary care physicians to provide more assistance to the people who want to quit smoking.

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Colon Cancer Awareness Raised

All last week, Katie Couric, host of NBC’s “Today” program, focused her attention on this country’s second leading cause of cancer: colon cancer. Couric has tremendous personal insight into this subject, as her husband, NBC attorney Jay Monahan, died of this disease two years ago at age 42.
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Peanut Butter and Honey

Peanut butter was one of the things I lived on when I was pregnant. I couldn’t stand the smell of ham, let alone eat it; tuna was too much work. Aside from the occasional turkey sandwich (with spinach leaves instead of lettuce, for extra folic acid and iron), I had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch almost every day. Read the rest of this entry »

Very High PSA Readings

Q.During a recent PSA test my reading was 126 — way out of the ranges for this test. Read the rest of this entry »

Weight Loss & Cancer Risk

Q.I have read that once you become overweight or obese, your risk of contracting cancer is increased even if you lose the weight. Is this true? Read the rest of this entry »

Allergies: An Advanced Nutritional Approach. Part 2

Natural Decongestion
Some allergy sufferers also experience additional congestion, such as nasal, sinus or bronchial asthma. In these cases you may also want to consider a  natural decongestant. The best herbal decongestants is Ma Huang (also known as ephedra herb). Ma Huang is a stimulant herb and is not appropriate  for everyone. Be sure to read the label for contra-indications.

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