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- This Week's Radio Show: 780 Cancer and the Immune System (Archive)
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Tune in to our radio show on your local public radio station, or sign up for the podcast and listen at your leisure. Here's what it's about: More than 100 years ago, a New York surgeon named William Coley developed...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/25/780-cancer-and-the-immune-system/ - Are Eggs Forbidden Food?
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Q. My husband loves eggs and used to eat them several times a week. When he was told 25 years ago he had a cholesterol problem, he gave up eggs, butter and saturated fat. Even with a good diet, his...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/23/are-eggs-forbidden-food/ - Secrets for Stronger Nails
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If you were rating health problems on a scale of 1 to 10, fingernail problems would rank down near the very bottom. Compared to cancer or Alzheimer's disease, brittle nails are a trivial complaint. But if you ask people about...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/23/secrets-for-stronger-nails/ - Concerns about Blood Pressure Pill and Memory
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Q. I am concerned about my sister, who takes pills for high blood pressure. She seems more forgetful now than before she started taking medicine. I read in a magazine that blood pressure drugs destroy the brain, so I am...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/23/concerns-about-blood-pressure-pill-and-memory/
Health Headlines:
Colonoscopy Prevents Colon Cancer
Colonoscopy can save lives. Most people dread cleansing their colons in preparation for a colonoscopy in which a physician visually examines the colon for polyps or other signs of cancer. A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine...
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Diet Soda and Heart Attacks
Diet soda may be linked with a higher risk of heart attacks or strokes. Researchers studied more than 2,500 senior citizens in New York City and found that those who regularly drank diet soda were 44 percent more likely to...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/23/diet-soda-and-heart-attacks/
Cancer Drug Shortages
Shortages of two essential cancer drugs have the FDA scrambling to find alternate sources. Supplies of methotrexate to treat childhood leukemia were critically low due to manufacturing problems in the U.S. The FDA has quickly given a German company the...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/23/cancer-drug-shortages/
Fructose Not to Blame for Obesity
Fructose has taken a lot of blame for the obesity epidemic. High fructose corn syrup is widespread in soft drinks, baked goods, ketchup and other processed foods. Some experts have postulated that fructose is metabolized differently from other carbohydrates and...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/23/fructose-not-to-blame-for-obesity/
Women's Heart Attacks Underdiagnosed
If you search for the classic symptoms of a heart attack you will find: pressure or pain in the chest shooting down the left arm. References also mention a feeling of discomfort radiating to the back, jaw or throat. About...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2012/02/23/womens-heart-attacks-underdiagnosed/
Are You Inhaling Caffeine?
Caffeine is Americas favorite drug. Millions of us couldn't start the morning without a cup or two of coffee while others depend upon caffeinated soft drinks to stay alert throughout the day. The problem with coffee, however, is that it...
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