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Advair Diskus, Foradil Aerolizer, and Serevent Diskus: BEWARE
Via the FDA:
Today, FDA requested manufacturers of Advair Diskus, Foradil Aerolizer, and Serevent Diskus to update their existing product labels with new warnings and a Medication Guide for patients to alert health care professionals and patients that these medicines may increase the chance of severe asthma episodes, and death when those episodes occur. All [...]
Antiperspirant and Breast Cancer: Linked?
The information below is taken from the FDA newsletter that I receive:
“FDA is aware of concerns that antiperspirant use — in conjunction with underarm shaving — may be associated with increased risk of developing breast cancer. FDA continues to search scientific literature for studies examining this possible adverse drug effect.
Unfortunately, there are many publications that [...]
Caffeine and Exercise: They don’t mix
According to Swiss researchers, caffeine taken in prior to exercise lessens the blood flow through the heart.
This is not handy as during exercise, muscles need increased blood flow to provide oxygenation, nutrients and removal of metabolites.
There was not a noticeable difference in coronary blood flow in caffeine drinkers who just sat around - only during [...]
Toxic Reaction or Actual Food Allergy?
A professor of mine has an interesting theory:
Many people are allergic to gluten products -especially wheat.
Why?
Wheat has the most gluten and is the stickiest of all grains. Stickiness causes other things to bind to it.
What could bind to it and cause problems?
Heavy metals, solvents, pesticides.
So it isn’t wheat that is really the allergen. It could [...]