There have been conflicting headlines lately about vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, and whether it can ward off cancer. Dr. Joan Lappe, a scientist who did a placebo-controlled trial in postmenopausal women, found it could help. How much vitamin D do you need?
Discarding drugs is difficult. We are warned not to toss them away where children or animals might have access to them. Flushing them down the drain puts a strain on water treatment facilities. So what should you do with leftover pills?
The FDA is considering a new medication (rimonabant) that helps people lose weight, improve their blood fats and lower their blood sugar. But it also may trigger psychiatric side effects.
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Guests: Joan Lappe, PhD, Professor of Nursing and of Medicine, Creighton University: first holder of The Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss and Drs. Gilbert and Clinton Beirne Endowed Chair in Nursing at the Creighton University School of Nursing
Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Chief of Endocrinology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
