Monthly Archives: February 2011

Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee are two people who struggle with weight. They supported Michelle Obama for her efforts to control childhood obesity.

More information about red meats and the association with colon cancer.

Regular and diet sodas are not good for health. Now, diet sodas are associated with an increased risk for stroke. As for overweight and obesity, it is not clear if diet sodas cause increase in weight or overweight people drink … Continue reading →

More and more evidence indicates that red meat is detrimental to health. This includes increased risk for heart disease and cancer. It is best to eat beans, nuts and grains and better to eat fish, turkey and chicken for protein.

Medical care often has problems offering hope to patients with diseases that are considered hopeless by what science can prove. This leaves the door open for all sorts of people to give advise about a variety of treatments that may … Continue reading →

Jane Brody has good advice for the care of people with multiple chronic diseases. That is giving them more efficient care and helping them not to get sick in the first place. This requires the cooperation and coordination of the … Continue reading →

A study followed 20,000 people for more than twenty years and found that those who smoked more than two packs a day when they were in their fifties had twice the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia compared … Continue reading →

A recent Danish study of 55,000 people over ten years showed that almost one quarter of all cases of colorectal cancer could be avoided if people ate a healthy diet emphasizing vegetables, fruit and whole grains, exercised regularly, avoided obesity, … Continue reading →

Autopsies reveal that roughly half of the patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s were misdiagnosed. Other forms of dementia may appear to have the characteristics of Alzheimer’s.

Another recipe with some health benefits.