Science & Health Channel Posts

• What To Do When A Friend Tries To Commit Suicide
  Mom got a frantic phone call this afternoon. Her friend of about twenty years was calling from the hospital, after a failed suicide attempt. Her friend had been increasingly isolating herself from [...]
• Pay Attention to Wyeth V. Levine In Supreme Court
  An anti-nausea drug called Phenergan, made by Big Pharma giant Wyeth, gave singer and guitarist, pianist and reord-label executive Diana Levine gangrene in her right arm, which then had to be [...]
• America Spends $7000 On Health Care For Each Person
  This is one reason anti-universal healthcare advocates in America point to and say there's no need for universal health care, as the government already spends $7000 per person for health care. [...]
• Obesity among poor children tied to diet
  Findings show some don’t get enough nutrition for proper cell function and metabolism. A study finds that obese children from poor families often don’t eat enough. Researchers have long [...]
• Canned Energy
  Caffeine, Taurine, Guarana Seed, Milk thistle, Ginkgo Biloba, and Ginseng are just a few of the ingredients listed on most energy drinks. Sounds like you leaping tall buildings in a single bound [...]
• No Substitute for Diet, Exercise
  Lifestyle changes should come before medicine, says a researcher whose recent study detailed the benefits of statins for people with a low heart disease risk. Last week, news broke that a study [...]
• A Stress-Zapping Mineral
  It may not get the fanfare that other nutrients do, but this mineral is a stress-fighting superstar: magnesium. As your freak-out level rises, your need for magnesium jumps as well, according to [...]
• A Day in the Life
  Yesterday I got in to have my wrist ultrasound done. First off, I would just like to say, people usually appreciate it when you make an effort to talk to them. Ask questions. The one that works like [...]
• Lyme Disease and Depression
  One of the points that the book I shredded yesterday was trying to make is that many people are misdiagnosed with major depression or bipolar disorder. Actually, quite a lot of doctors and [...]
• Turn Your Meaty Cookbooks into Veggie Ones with PaperBack Swap
  While cleaning off and sorting through my bookshelves the other day, in my semi-annual "where am I going to put all these books?!" panic, I realized that I was still holding on to several [...]