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Medical Myths

From Harvard Health Publications
Perhaps you’ve heard this advice before: Don’t eat before going to bed.
People who are trying to lose weight hear this warning all the time. And it’s often recommended even for people who aren’t trying to lose weight.
The logic behind this advice sounds reasonable: If you eat and then go to […]

Listen to Your Doc

Dear eDiets:
I have had two different lipid panels at the same clinic within a month of each other. My LDL the first time was 143 and a month later it was up to 205. Paradoxically, my triglycerides the first month were 145, and the second time they were down to 106. I try to eat […]

DNA traces 5 matriarchs of 600 million domestic cats

Some 10,000 years ago, an audacious wildcat crept into one of the crude villages of early human settlers, the first to domesticate wheat and barley. There she felt safe from her many predators in the region, like hyenas and larger cats, and the rodents that infested the settlers homes and granaries were sufficient prey for […]

Bald eagle coming off the endangered list

WASHINGTON: The American bald eagle, a national symbol once almost wiped out by hunters and DDT poisoning, has not only survived but is thriving.
The Interior Department was to announce Thursday that it was removing the majestic white-headed bird from the protection of the Endangered Species Act, capping a four-decade struggle for recovery.
Government biologists […]

New Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

By Alice Park
Researchers have known that secondhand smoke can be just as dangerous for nonsmokers as smoking is for smokers, but now there’s fresh evidence quantifying just how hazardous the after burn from cigarettes can be, and how quickly it affects your body. Scientists at the Oregon Department of Health documented for the first […]