Given the brainpower and the billions of dollars the pharmaceutical industry devotes to developing new medicines, you’d think the latest brand-name drug is always the best for whatever ails you, despite the higher price tag. Studies say it isn’t necessarily so.
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Mar 31, 2009
In recent years, dire reports about the human and financial costs of chronic illness have spilled over from medical journals to the pages of newspapers and consumer magazines. The headlines are grim, the stories full of astonishing numbers about the prevalence and expense of these diseases.
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Mar 31, 2009
As far back as the mid-1700s a Scottish surgeon proposed that lemons and limes could prevent and cure scurvy, a potentially fatal disease common to sailors and others without access to fresh foods.
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Mar 31, 2009
Raise your hand if you ate the government-recommended four and a half cups of fruits and vegetables yesterday. You’re not alone if you didn’t pass that test: Only one in 10 Americans does, according to a 2007 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
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Mar 31, 2009
Given the brainpower and the billions of dollars the pharmaceutical industry devotes to developing new medicines, you’d think the latest brand-name drug is always the best for whatever ails you, despite the higher price tag.
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Mar 31, 2009
If you don’t wind a guitar string tight enough, it can’t make a sound. But apply too much tension, and it snaps. People and stress are a lot like that.
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Mar 31, 2009
It is a new year and a few bars of the traditional melody of "out with the old and in with the new" is humming in your head. Diet. Exercise. Lose weight. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Stop drinking. Quit smoking. Don't snack. Stop! Quit! Don't! Sound familiar?
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Mar 31, 2009
The holidays are over and the gifts have been unwrapped and put away. The children have returned to school and new business and career opportunities are on the horizon.
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Mar 30, 2009
Allergies and asthma strike 60 million Americans – that is one in four people – according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
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Mar 30, 2009
You picked up the laundry, scheduled those appointments and made your phone calls. You still need to go to the grocery store, pick up a birthday gift and swing by the library before going home to start dinner and to balance the budget.
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Mar 30, 2009