Today’s Health Issues: Common sense health maintenance …
Number one rule is to avoid extremes: there is no need to climb to a tree dressed in a diaper and eat only nuts...
Today’s Health Issues: Dietary supplements …
It is estimated that about half of all Americans take nutritional supplements. The question is why?
The Food and Drug Administration states that “unlike...
Today’s Health Issues: How to choose a hospital …
Sooner or later we are all going to need to be admitted to a hospital. Most of the time the decision is made for...
Tody’s Heatlth Issues: Overweight — an increasing health risk …
As we approach the end of the year and we start to contemplate New Year’s resolutions we must remember that nothing is as important as preserving our health.
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Today’s Health Issues: Meningitis outbreak — Are we under regulated? …
As of Nov. 9, 419 cases of fungal meningitis and 32 deaths can be traced to a compound pharmacy in New England.
Today, most medications...
Today’s Health Issues: Changes in medicine …
I thought it would be best to alternate my health columns between policy issues affecting health care and pressing health care problems affecting all...
Today’s Health Issues: What the Affordable Care Act means for seniors …
Editor’s note: Beginning this week, we will have a monthly health and healthcare column. Dr. Alberto Manetta is Professor Emeritus at the University of...