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Why Might It Be Safer to Take NSAIDs Like Ibuprofen on an Empty Stomach?

NSAID painkillers like Advil and Aleve cause more than 100,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths each year in the United States alone. Up to 30% of regular users develop stomach ulcers, yet most patients and doctors remain unaware of the true risks.

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December 9, 2011

Vitamin D Supplements May Be Necessary

To reach the circulating (25-hydroxy) vitamin D levels associated with the lowest overall mortality, one...

December 8, 2011

Vitamin D and Mortality May Be a U-Shaped Curve

Vitamin D deficiency may shorten one's lifespan, but getting too much vitamin D may also...

December 7, 2011

Is Vitamin D the New Vitamin E?

The Institute of Medicine's conservative position on vitamin D is understandable, given the history of...

December 6, 2011

Evolutionary Argument for Optimal Vitamin D Level

Should the vitamin D levels found in lifeguards be considered the norm for our species,...

December 5, 2011

Vitamin D Recommendations Changed

The Institute of Medicine tripled their official vitamin D recommendation, based on target blood levels...

December 1, 2011

Is Pomegranate Juice That Wonderful?

Food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated...

November 30, 2011

Alzheimer’s & Apple Juice

Pilot study published on whether apple juice could affect the cognitive performance, day-to-day functioning, mood,...

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November 29, 2011

Constructing a Cognitive Portfolio

Different fruits and vegetables appear to support different cognitive domains of the brain, so both...

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November 28, 2011

Best Fruit Juice

Which common fruit juices have the most (and least) phenolic phytonutrients, which may protect against...

November 25, 2011

Phytochemicals: The Nutrition Facts Missing from the Label

There are thousands of flavonoid phytonutrients in fruits, vegetables, and other whole plant foods missing...

November 24, 2011

Amyloid & Apple Juice

Ginger and apple juice appear to protect human nerve cells from the neurotoxic Alzheimer's plaque...

November 23, 2011

MRSA in U.S. Retail Meat

More than a thousand retail meat samples have been tested for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...

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