Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Ticking Time Balloons
A million Americans have a silent aneurysm in their abdominal aorta (AAA) that may become...
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How Ultra-Processed Foods Could Cause Disease: Packaging Chemicals
What are the human health effects of the mineral oils, phthalates, and bisphenols leaching from packaging materials into processed foods?
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Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, & Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero
The intake of trans fats, which come mostly from junk food and animal products; saturated...
Fast Food: Do You Want Fries with That Lipitor?
Cardiologists suggest that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs be given out free with fast food meals
Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Purely a Question of Diet
To achieve the cholesterol level necessary to prevent heart attacks, most people must take cholesterol-lowering...
Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Agribusiness Sees It Differently
The average "bad" cholesterol (LDL) level in people having heart attacks is in the "near-optimal"...
Heart Attacks & Cholesterol: Dying Under Normal Circumstances
Most people hospitalized with heart attacks have cholesterol levels considered "desirable" under the current recommendations....
The Risks and Benefits of Neti Pot Nasal Irrigation
Though nasal irrigation with salt water has been found to an effective and inexpensive treatment...
Take Vitamin D Supplements with Meals
Taking vitamin D supplements with food may be a cost-effective strategy to achieve optimum levels.
Resolving the Vitamin D-Bate
Why the current vitamin D recommendations may be too low, other expert recommendations may be...
How the Institute of Medicine Arrived at their Vitamin D Recommendation
The latest revision of the official vitamin D recommendations was based on the body's reaction...
The Difficulty of Arriving at a Vitamin D Recommendation
People respond differently to the same level of vitamin D supplementation, making it difficult to...
Vitamin D Supplements May Be Necessary
To reach the circulating (25-hydroxy) vitamin D levels associated with the lowest overall mortality, one...
