Archive for July 7th, 2009
Disease at Dunkin’s?
Salmonella Fears at Dunkin’ Donuts Make for a Great Time to Switch Coffees As most of you know, I’m not a coffee drinker. Nonetheless, I know that millions of Americans can’t live without their morning libation, which is why I recommend opting for organic coffee beans to brew at home, or to ask for them [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2009 under Coffee, Salmonella.
Tags: dunkaccinos, dunkin' donuts, salmonella scare
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Overcoming OCD
Parents’ Helping Hand May Make OCD Hand Washing Worse, Says Study There’s a humorous television series on one of the cable channels called “Monk.” The show is built out of the “Columbo” mold, only the show’s protagonist – Adrian Monk – is a bit quirkier and has a pretty severe case of obsessive compulsive disorder. [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2009 under OCD.
Tags: obsessive behavior, obsessive compulsive disorder, obsessive hand washing
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Booming Boomers
Baby Boomers Now the Heaviest Americans This article is brought to you by the word “boom.” The unemployment rate? Booming, reaching a 26 year high in the month of June at 9.5 percent. The amount of rain in New York? Booming, as June was one of the cloudiest, rainiest Junes on record – ever! And [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2009 under Obesity.
Tags: baby boomer statistics, obesity statistics, obesity statistics america
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Tylenol Trouble
Acetaminophen Overuse Leads to Liver Failure For a pounding headache, millions upon millions of Americans turn to pills like Excedrin, the pill that bills itself as “the headache medicine.” And for millions of Americans, pills like these do the trick—24 billion doses of acetaminophen medicines sold last year alone is a testament to that fact. [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2009 under FDA, Liver Damage.
Tags: Acetaminophen, headaches tylenol side effects, tylenol, tylenol and liver damage
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