A study on 161,808 postmenopausal women and multivitamins was carried out in Chicago. The study found that multivitamin did nothing to prevent cancer or heart disease.
The findings were that vitamin users and nonusers still had cancer and heart disease problems.
The researchers are not saying that the vitamins are not useful, but they should be used along with fresh fruits and vegetables. We all know that by eating fresh fruits and vegetables we are more likely to have the proper amount of vitamins in our daily diet.
In today’s world where so many people are losing their health care it is …read more

As we get older we are less likely to throw things away. This was a great problem with my mother, if she couldn’t use something well maybe someone else could.
I remember going into her medicine chest to get an aspirin and all of these bottles fell out, scary isn’t it?
Upon looking at her medications, I found that some were outdated others written by different doctors, they were also purchased at different pharmacies.
I had to convince her to let me toss the outdated medications, we also called the doctors and pharmacies to see if she was putting herself in …read more

 
Women with osteoporosis, that are taking or have taken Fosamax, should ask their health care provider about an alternative treatment.
Patient’s that are taking or have taken Fosamax are twice as likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. The risk is higher for those that have a family history of heart failure.
There is an 86% higher risk for atrial fibrillation, for patient’s that have taken Fosamax. A study at University of Washington found that 3% of the women in their study of new cases of atrial fibrillation may be due to their use of the drug Fosamax.
When you have …read more

I am running this contest over at Diabetes Notes… go over and enter for a chance to win a prize of your choice!
We are going to play that game- what is in your medicine cabinet? The winner takes home a copy of a great cookbook of their choice- I have about 10 diabetic cookbooks just waiting to be given out as a prize. The latest is my fave- it even gives grocery lists for up to 20 weeks!! What a great and simple tool to help keep you on track.
How do you play you ask? Leave me a comment below- …read more

As I was watching the ol’ boob tube, that means television to any not familiar with American slang, and I saw a commercial for a new combination medicine. Caduet. It is a mix of Norvasc and Lipitor. So it lowers your blood pressure while lowering your cholesterol. I wrote about this last year but have seen so much prescribed and advertised as of lately that I thought it needed to be re-visited!

CADUET can be taken anytime, day or night, with or without food.

CADUET offers every dose combination of Norvasc and Lipitor for flexible dosing options (excluding 1 …read more

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As I was watching the ol’ boob tube, that means television to any not familiar with American slang, and I saw a commercial for a new combination medicine. Caduet. It is a mix of Norvasc and Lipitor. So it lowers your blood pressure while lowering your cholesterol.
The funny thing is, working on a cardiac critical floor I have yet to see the medication prescribed. I expect to see it soon though. It seems like a handy medication…

CADUET can be taken anytime, day or night, with or without food.

CADUET offers every dose combination of Norvasc …read more

Thanks to more effective medicines and treatments, death among heart failure patients has halved over the last 6 years. Also, incidence of stroke and heart attack after discharge fell over the first half of this decade.
— The death rate for patients admitted with a severe heart attack, where the arteries are completely blocked, went down from 8.4 to 4.5 per cent.
– The risk of heart failure for severe heart attack patients also went down from 20 to 11 per cent.
– The death rate for patients admitted with a milder heart attack, where the arteries are only partially blocked, …read more

When you meet someone new, do you ever wonder what’s in their medicine chest? Oh, ok. Maybe it’s just me. Fortunately, my new b5media colleague, Rebecca Lehman of Mother Earth’s Garden, is happy to indulge me.

Ha! What isn’t in my medicine cabinet should be more the question! I have all the basics of course. Bandaids of various sizes, hydrogen peroxide, cold medicine. I also have three types of asprin, Ibuprofen, vitamins, prescription drugs, mouth wash, two themometors, neosporin, astringent, extra combs, q-tips, hair gel, and an air freshener! Plus lots of other stuff that would take all …read more

Young Matt Scott (and I say young because he is about a decade younger than me *sob*) is here with us today trying to figure out what the heck is in his medicine chest.
Matt: I actually don’t have medicine in my medicine chest. The only medicine I have in my apartment is a bottle of aspirin or whatever in the kitchen.
Me: You’re not even sure if your painkiller is aspirin or something else?!
Matt: ..no..I mean..I can check when I get off work today. Might be like Advil. Which is ibuprofen or however you spell it. right?
Me: Yes. Advil is ibuprofen. …read more