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Iron is an important element in good health. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, iron deficiency can increase the risk that pregnant women will bear small or early-term babies. It can also cause developmental delays in infants. In adults it can cause fatigue. And in teens it can affect memory and [...]
Obesity is a major risk factor for a great many ailments, some of which are extremely grave. Yet losing weight can, to say the least, be difficult, particularly with all of the charlatan diets out there. Working hard at your program of diet and exercise, only to see little or no progress can be disheartening. [...]
Do you hate the common cold as much as I do? It leaves you feeling headachy, sniffly, stuffy and generally lousy, but it’s not severe enough for anyone other than your loved ones to commiserate seriously with you for your plight—and your loved ones are probably only feigning sincere compassion to humor you. And doctors [...]
It has recently come to my attention that there are some widely believed, ridiculous medical myths out there. They aren’t true. That’s why they are called myths rather than, say, facts. That’s also why I employed the adjective ridiculous. Some of these myths are downright dangerous. I have no medical training and little medical knowledge, [...]
Canada is in the midst of a food scandal. Meat from one Canadian processor was contaminated with E. coli. U.S. officials learned about it fairly quickly and immediately closed the border to meat from that company. Canadians weren’t told about it nearly as quickly and meat from that processor remained on Canadian store shelves for [...]
My previous post presented health and fitness tips. I also suggested that if that post was successful I might turn this into a blog devoted exclusively to health and fitness. At the time of writing, five people other than me had already left positive—or at least not entirely negative—comments on that post. That count is [...]
I’m thinking of changing the direction of this blog. I’ve noticed that many blogs that offer health and fitness advice are very successful. Success appeals to me, particularly in contrast with, say, the status quo. So, I am going to give health and fitness writing a try. This is my first entry in this new [...]
Someone needs to have a word or two with headline writers. I cringed for at least 15 minutes and almost vomited when I read the following headline: “Advanced prostate cancer spiked by high-temperature grilling, frying: study.“ Man, I thought the prostate examination my doctor does when I go in for a physical was painful, but [...]