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More Evidence That Aspirin is Useless for Heart Attack Prevention

By On June 11, 2009 · 8 Comments

I have never been excited about things like taking aspirin to prevent heart attacks as I have written about before, and this week there is an article in Lancet that pretty much sums things up for me. The authors combined data from six large trials including 95,000 people who did not have heart disease who were taking aspirin for the prevention of heart attacks.

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Childhood Abuse a Major Factor in Adult Illnesses

By On June 10, 2009 · 5 Comments

There is an article in this week’s JAMA on the evidence that much of adult physical illness could be prevented through the elimination of childhood abuse.

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Obama Names Heads of CDC and FDA: Julie Rides Into the Sunset

By On May 21, 2009 · 1 Comment

This week President Barack Obama named Thomas Frieden MD as Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, GA, and Dr. Margaret Hamburg as Director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with Joshua Sharfstein MD as Deputy Director.

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Vitamins Decrease Benefit of Exercise

By On May 18, 2009 · 11 Comments

In research news this week there is a study on how vitamins decrease the benefits of exercise. Sorry about that health wise exercisers.

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Swine Flu Deaths Soar Past Bear Attacks

By On May 6, 2009 · 3 Comments

The second swine flu death in the US was confirmed today, in Texas, and the true numbers of deaths are unclear, with the original reports of 150 deaths in Mexico being ratcheted down as now only about 20 deaths or so are actually confirmed as swine flu. The 36,000 deaths per year trotted out every year by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) here in my hometown of Atlanta, GA, are of course a lie,

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Swine Flu: Panic? Don’t Panic?

By On April 30, 2009 · 6 Comments

Here is a nice quote from a secretary of health, education, and welfare:

There is evidence there will be a major flu epidemic this coming fall. The indication is that we will see a return of the 1918 flu virus that is the most virulent form of the flu. In 1918 a half million Americans died. The projections are that this virus will kill one million Americans [this year].

Kathleen Sebelius? Nope! It is F. David Matthews, and the

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Look Out For School Closings and Vaccine Rationing with Swine Flu

By On April 29, 2009 · 3 Comments

Today there was the first death in the US from swine flu, a 23 month old in Houston, Texas, and the earliest case found so far was identified in La Gloria, Mexico, a five year old named Edgar Hernandez. Schools are closed throughout Mexico, and the virus continues to spread, with over 150 dead in Mexico, and confirmed cases in California, New York, Texas, Ohio, Kansas, Indiana. Based on this news we have to consider the possibility of school closings here.

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Swine Flu Cases Double Overnight

By On April 28, 2009 · 3 Comments

The number of swine flu cases keep increasing all the time, with twice as many cases in the US today as there were yesterday. And the countries affected increase as well, with confirmed cases in Mexico, the US, Canada, Scotland, Spain, and possibly France and Israel. The World Health Organization (WHO) has now upgraded the disease to Phase #4, which means that human to human transmission is occuring,

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Swine Flu Spreads in Mexico. Over 43,000 Die in US.

By On April 27, 2009 · 10 Comments

I woke up this morning to breaking news that reveals that over 100 people have died in Mexico from a recent outbreak of swine flu, with a 1,000 known cases total, turning Mexico City into a ghost town as people stay at home to avoid contagion.

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Salt and Health: Mrs. Bremner Strikes Back

By On March 27, 2009 · 4 Comments

Last week Mrs. Bremner was communicating to us from the American Heart Association Meeting about the importance of salt on blood pressure and health which led to a post

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