Archive for September, 2008

45 Lessons Of Life

Sent to me by one of our HealthBeat News readers, these are reminders we should look at every day.
This was written By Regina Brett of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolls [...]

Lettuce And Spinach To Be Secretly Irradiated! Say It Isn’t So!

It Isn’t So!
There has been somewhat of a flurry of outrage recently with the FDA announcement that on August 22, 2008, they published a final rule allowing the use of irradiation on fresh iceberg lettuce and fresh spinach. The FDA claims that this will make them "safer and last longer without spoiling."
Opponents are claiming all [...]

L-5HTP, SSRI Drugs and Do-It-Yourself Medicine - Again…

Time and time again we have folks write (or call) us to describe their do-it-yourself attempts at treating serious medical conditions and to ask for medical advice - I’ve written on the wisdom of this before… there are plenty of articles about this in our archives!
Tracy recently wrote us to describe her years of suffering [...]

Xylitol and Dogs - A Toxic Combination

There has been an e-mail circulating recently regarding xylitol and dogs - we have had a number of these emails forwarded to us by people who either know that we have dogs or who want us to warn others of this danger.
There is no doubt that this is a real danger - we reported on [...]

Onions, Dogs, and Toxicity Questions - Pets Are People Too!

We often get questions about animal health topics - proving that "pets are people too!"
Julio wrote to ask:
I read you article on onions and garlic and how it can affect dogs. What about onion juice, is this also bad for dogs? It is sometimes added to oven roasted turkey breast. I know Foster Farms has [...]