Science caught “sleeping with the fishes” Many men—including some of my own doctor friends—have been asking me about the latest “fish story” making headlines. In July, researchers from the [...]
Tag: October Newsletter 2013
“Frat-boy diet” discovery leads to ultimate prostate protection
I’ve written before about the government’s failed campaign to promote beta-carotene as an anti- cancer solution. The more my colleagues at USDA’s Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center and I [...]
WARNING: New diabetes drugs have deadly consequences for older patients
A new article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is questioning whether controlling blood sugar in older adults with diabetes might do more harm than good.1 This is not to [...]
Common blood pressure drugs triple breast cancer risk
Blood pressure drugs are one of the most common and widespread medical treatments in the U.S. today. And breast cancer is generally the No. 1 concern of women in the U.S. So, why has it taken [...]
Follow the U.S. Air Force’s lead: Skip the flu shot!
Last month, the US Air Force announced it will not be providing flu shots this year. At least not to its civilian employees. The mission of the US Air Force (as I can still recite from my days as [...]
Perception of stress increases heart attack risk
Some scientists are finally beginning to recognize that it is stress (not salt) that causes high blood pressure and heart disease—and contributes to other chronic diseases such as diabetes, [...]