Medical news

According to a series of three recent studies by the Harvard School of Public Health, potato chips are at the top of the list of foods associated with weight gain.

New guidelines were issued yesterday by the Food & Drug Administration regarding sunscreen and their labels.

This will be my second "Health" related post. Just some tips that I find out there that maybe you haven't seen yet or heard of. Yes when I wrote my first one about ways to lose weight, I did get the inevitable, "Sean McMaster giving health tips...

I can remember my allergies not nearly bothering me as much as they do now that I am older.  Every Spring, I get terrible hayfever and it seems to last a little bit longer year after year.

The Food & Drug Administration announced yesterday a new limit on the cholestrol-lowering drug, Zocor; a drug taken by almost 2.1 Americans, according to the Times Union.

The Centers for Disease and Control Prevention released data yesterday regarding food poisoning in just 10 states.

I know it seems like a dreary depressing topic but in reality, I think it's the opposite. It's funny, if you were going into a restaurant and someone coming out said, "Food is great there but don't get the special tonight, it just wasn't very good." You would thank them and you would definitely NOT order the special. SO we can learn from the experiences of others, yet sadly in many cases

The Spanish are mad as hell about that accusation. They are not just mad about it, they have demanded a retraction of the statement blaming Spanish cucumbers for the E.coli outbreak.

New information put out by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (part of the World Health Organization) says cell phones might be a carcinogen that MIGHT be linked to brain cancer.

The Swedes, have just results the findings of a massive study they did about long commutes to and from work and the findings aren't good my friends.

A second case of the measles has been discovered here in the Albany area.

If you have ever watched, "The Doctors" on TV,  then you are probably familiar with Dr. Travis Stork. Recently, Prevention.com extrapolated some of the tips for weight loss that he gives in his book, "The Lean Belly Prescription".  Clearly your not actually going to get thinner in ten seconds, but he does give some tips that only take ten seconds that can help you lose weight i