The Food and Drug Administration is urging stronger warnings on products containing acetaminophen, the main ingredient in nearly 200 over-the-counter cold, headache and pain remedies, including Tylenol. Acetaminophen is considered to be the most widely used pain reliever in the…
Persimmon, the Fat-Fighting Fruit
Persimmon may sound like a lovelorn heroine from a Jane Austen novel, but it’s actually far more auspicious than that. According to Israeli researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, this tasty fruit packs twice the antioxidants and double the…
Stressed Fat
IF YOUR BOSS is like ours – random mood swings, unprovoked acts of cubicle violence-then there’s a good chance he’s making you fin. A study at the University of California, San Francisco showed that subjects who were chronically subjected to…
The Golden Lung
FIRST in tattoo parlors, bad-sitcom production and turning right on red lights, California has now taken the load in reduced tobacco use and lung cancer rates. Studying data from 1988 through 1997, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and…
Surfing through Life
IF YOU ever wonder whether you’ll be able and willing to pursue an active lifestyle into your later years-enlarged prostate, osteoporosis and muscle atrophy aside-take a look at the documentary Surfing for Life, airing on PBS stations beginning in April…
Fight the Blues
IF YOU’RE MIRED in a sense of hopelessness and with the rate at which serotonin reuptake inhibitors fly off the apothecary’s shelf, there’s a good chance you’ve been through that town-you may want to consider exercise as an alternative to…
The Exhilaration of the Long-Distance Runner
It doesn’t matter what triggers it. Maybe you’ve finally gotten tired of bleary-eyed nights doing nothing more physically challenging than watching Sports Center, followed by days spent in torpor. Maybe your girl friend lost 10 pounds doing it. Hell, maybe…
Asthma and Excess Weight
IF THE 13 billion other health deficiencies related to obesity weren’t enough to dissuade you from the Po’Boy life, then take a bite at this: In a University of Washington study of more than 1100 adults, researchers determined that the…
Oats, Vitamin E Reduce Fat Fallout
In theory, those interested in a healthy heart and/or first class abs should restrict their intake of saturated fat. In practice, however, fat happens. When it does, a new study suggests that a chaser of oats or vitamin E can…
St. John’s Wort Fails Depression Test
Has St. John’s wort been decanonized? The herb, which is used on a regular basis by more than 1.5 million Americans, showed “remarkably negative” results in treating major depression, according to a double-blind study published in the Journal of the…