General Health
There have been a few articles coming out connecting the medications used to prevent osteoporosis, so-called bisphosphonates, with fractures in the thigh. Examples of these medicines include Fosomax, Boniva, Atelvia and Actonel. The risk so far is about 300 cases in...
General Health
In a new article on teen sex, teen girls are 30% more likely than boys to have unprotected sex, especially initially. http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20101107/unprotected-sex-teens. African-American teens 41% more likely than whites to have unprotected sex first...
Weight Control
This is a fun music video called Junk Food Song that explains why it is bad for you. The sugar and trans fats are bad for our hearts and arteries, but people eat them because they are less expensive, easy to get and full of salt and/or sugar that we’ve gotten...
Weight Control
A new study confirms once again that our weight has a lot to do with our health. Not only can obesity shorten your life, but being too thin can, too. Optimum health comes when we keep our weight in a safe middle range. Doctors determine too fat and too thin by a math...
Cancer
Roughly 1 in 6 men will eventually get prostate cancer and 32,000 men die from it each year. That makes it the second leading cause of death in men due to cancer after lung cancer. But who should be treated? Many men will die of other causes unless the tumor is...
