New lung cancer screening “guidelines” from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers. The advice only applies to ages 55 to 74. The risks of screening younger or older smokers or nonsmokers outweigh any benefits according to the guidelines. […]
In a study released on May 21, 2012, the Journal Pediatrics reported that half of the nation’s overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at high risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems. Unfortunately, we’re losing the battle early with many […]
Searcy Denney Attorney, Brenda Fulmer and her family helped the Palm Beach County Food Bank feed more than 800 families this past weekend at Village Baptist Church in West Palm Beach. Several times each month, volunteers spend their Saturday processing hundreds of pounds of produce that have been donated […]
If you are a dog lover and owner, as I am, you know many times dogs and breeds get a bad rap when a dog bite story hits the news wire. We tend to generalize about breeds and sizes of dogs that are particularly, we think, dangerous. While this may […]
It has now been reported that for the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children. The new standard means hundreds and thousands of young children could be diagnosed with high levels of lead. Too much lead is harmful to […]
Kids continue to be targets of tobacco manufacturers. They have been from the very beginning and as tobacco company sales fall, the tobacco industry has demonstrated a willingness to pull out all the stops to maintain their beginner smoking programs. In 2009, as part of President Obama’s comprehensive Family Smoking […]
Foie Gras is said to be a delicacy. I have never had it, but I am sure there are real foie gras lovers out there. I am, however, hoping to dissuade you of this particular craving. What is foie gras? Liver. Not just any liver, but the liver of a […]
Every so often a law comes along that so blatantly discriminates against one group of people that we all must stop and wonder how legislators can justify their actions even to themselves. It may be that the target of such obviously unfair laws is no longer limited to race or […]
