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Vitamin D and Diabetes Jan. 25, 2019
Vitamin D may play a significant role in helping people with prediabetes not develop the disease. In... Read More
Food and Drug Interactions Jan. 18, 2019
You've probably heard the warnings not to drink grapefruit juice with blood thinners. However, that ... Read More
Cholesterol-Lowering Almonds Jan. 11, 2019
A study by researchers at Penn State University finds eating almonds may benefit heart health by boo... Read More
My New Year's Gift to Conservatives AND Liberals Jan. 06, 2019
Happy New Year. In my next column, I'll get back to the business of debating politics. Today's colum... Read More
The Price of Teenage Cool: Nicotine Addiction Jan. 04, 2019
Not surprisingly, most top resolutions for the coming year remain relatively unchanged from previous... Read More
Too Much Attention? Dec. 26, 2018
The rate of diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children has nearly doubled ov... Read More
Weighing a Doctor's Advice on Nutritional Supplements Dec. 21, 2018
Last month, I reported on vitamin and mineral supplements that roughly half of all Americans routine... Read More
Congress Must Fix Dysfunctional Obamacare Dec. 21, 2018
Until a year ago, Obamacare's fans could continue to pretend the emperor wasn't naked. Their scheme ... Read More
Old Habits Die Hard Dec. 20, 2018
Dear Annie: After many years of using smokeless tobacco, I'd like to quit. Are there any effective m... Read More
Punishing Patients Won't Reduce Opioid Deaths: A New Medicare Prescription Rule Will Aggravate Undertreatment of Pain Dec. 19, 2018
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer tried to kill himself after he could not get the medicatio... Read More
Raise Compassionate and Responsible Children Dec. 18, 2018
Dear Annie: I just finished watching a piece on the news about young people assaulting others and ca... Read More
Give Children a Healthy Life Dec. 18, 2018
There was a time when a mother would hear her child cough and wonder if she would soon be praying ov... Read More
With a Grain of Salt Dec. 12, 2018
Patients experiencing heart failure or other serious cardiovascular issues are often advised to cut ... Read More
No Booze, Please Dec. 10, 2018
Dear Annie: The adults in our family, all of whom are blessed with the necessities of life, have enj... Read More
A Wake-Up Call for the Sleep-Deprived Dec. 07, 2018
What is a person to do when two essential habits of busy health-minded Americans come into conflict ... Read More
Fentanyl Is the Latest Deadly Twist in America's Continuing Opioid Epidemic Dec. 05, 2018
The opioid epidemic has a deadly new star: fentanyl, which is easier to overdose with than prescript... Read More
Vaccine Rates Get Shot in the Arm Dec. 05, 2018
Since 2015, when California legislators banned nonmedical vaccine exemptions, more and more kinderga... Read More
Can Vitamin D Help Prevent Diabetes? Nov. 30, 2018
Three in 4 Americans have a vitamin D deficiency, according to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetic... Read More
Fighting the Myths Behind the No-Vaccination Movement Nov. 29, 2018
According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of childr... Read More
Vitamins -- Nothing Like the Real Thing Nov. 23, 2018
What's on the menu for discussion today? The more than 90,000 dietary supplement products for sale. ... Read More
