LiveScience Topic:
Bad Medicine
Christopher Wanjek is the author of the health books "Bad Medicine" and "Food At Work" and the novel "Hey, Einstein!" (www.amazon.com/Hey-Einstein-novel-nature-nurture/dp/0615650503) a comical nature-versus-nurture tale about raising clones of Albert Einstein in less-than-ideal settings. His column, Bad Medicine, appears regularly on LiveScience.
Scientists find unexpectedly that Prozac, the anti-depression drug, has antiviral properties.
What you eat may cause epigenetic changes that set up your grandkids for obesity and other diseases.
The risk, however, doesn't outweigh the benefits of vaccination, scientists say.
These edible and nutritious backyard weeds can survive drought conditions.
Doctors may have to eat their mantra that a calorie is a calorie.
Scientists found bacteria from the gums had traveled to patients' knees.
The finding may explain why more African-Americans suffer from certain cancers than do white Americans.
Moral grounds keep some doctors from recommending it despite anti-cancer potential.
Making greasy, processed foods more expensive may lead to healthier choices.
As such, the deadly ingredient should be regulated, they say.
Money, not education, may be key.
The result may have some people questioning the goodness of "all natural."
Hospitals, among the nation's worse polluters, pledge to get green.
Measurement clears up teen body fat levels.
If you're prone to heart disease, you may want to put down that hamburger.
So-called goblet cells could introduce "peanuts" to the immune system on friendly terms.
The findings may put a damper on warm-weather picnics complete with grilled meat.
Turns out, you can enjoy juicy drumsticks without the guilt.
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