'Health' Category
Prostate Cancer Vaccine
Provenge, the first-ever cancer vaccine, has the hefty price tag of $23,000 per month of life gained — $93,000 in total for a treatment that extends life, on average, by four months. Given already skyrocketing health care costs, the nearly-six-figure cost of Provenge has raised concerns among health care experts, but to those men who [...]
New Weight Loss Drugs
Drug companies are once again trying to get New Weight Loss Drugs back on the market after a series of high-profile recalls. The government’s Food and Drug Administration is set to review the efficacy and safety of Qnexa, one of three new weight-loss drugs. Experts hope Qnexa, and the other drugs, Lorcaserin and Contrave, will [...]
Healthy Weight Loss Cruising
Healthy Weight Loss Cruising on Crystal Cruise Lines makes more use of its ships’ wrap-around promenades than most cruise lines with two innovative programs for walkers. The first, called Walking on Water (WOW) is a fitness program designed exclusively for Crystal. The program utilizes cotton vests that have pockets for weights, so walkers can increase [...]
Omega-3 and Breast Cancer
Once again, a major study indicates the health benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids – this time for breast cancer. It found that women who regularly used fish oil supplements had a 32 percent reduced risk of developing the most common form of breast cancer. Harvard University is conducting another, randomized controlled trial of vitamin D [...]
Health Bill Passes House
The US House of Representatives has passed the trillion-dollar Health Reform Bill that will overhaul nearly every facet of the American medical industry and health services. President Obama is expected to quickly sign the bill into law. The bill contains some very unpopular measures that lawmakers have agreed to amend. The Senate will be able [...]
Calcium Weight Loss
Calcium Weight Loss research indicates that consuming 600 milligrams or more of calcium, roughly the amount in a cup of broccoli or 1/2 cup of cottage cheese, suppresses calcitrol – a hormone that signals fat cells to make more fat and burn less fat. Include two servings of either cottage cheese or yogurt in your [...]
Cabbage Soup Diet
The Cabbage Soup Diet allows you to eat as much soup as you desire. The recipe varies slightly, but includes a variety of low-calorie vegetables such as cabbage, onions, and tomatoes, flavored with bouillon, onion soup mix, and tomato juice. Each day of the seven-day Cabbage Soup Diet has specific foods that must be eaten, [...]
Weight Watchers Diet Plan
Weight Watchers has announced that rival Jenny Craig will end a controversial advertisement campaign as part of a legal settlement between the two weight-loss companies. “We are pleased that Jenny Craig will no longer be allowed to continue using this false and misleading advertising, now and in the future, and to put this situation behind [...]
New Cancer Drug
Scientists discover how a wild, parasitic, mushroom Cancer Drug works. Cordycepin, commonly used in Chinese medicine, was originally extracted from a rare kind of parasitic mushroom that grows on caterpillars. This astonishing, vital-health discovery is opening up possibilities of treatment in a wide range of different cancers. At a low dose cordycepin inhibits the uncontrolled [...]
Jenny Craig Diet
Jenny Craig promotes a reduced calorie diet that focuses on a nutritional balance of 60%carbs, 20%fat and 20%protein and follows the Food Guide Pyramid. The diet consists of 1200 calories/day, give or take a few hundred based on weight and age, which is a bit aggressive for the long-term. Exercise is not a primary health [...]