HEALTH WATCH: Caffeine and artery Function
By Michael Greger MD There are dietary guidelines for food, but what about for beverages? A Beverage Guidance Panel was...
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Elective surgery cut in fight against virus
PANAMA’S Children’s hospital (Hospital Del Nino) has suspended elective surgery and health centers have extended hours to cope with an...
HEALTH ALERT for anti-diarrea drug
EXCESSIVE consumption of antidiarrheal loperamide can cause serious heart problems, including heart attack and death says a Panama Ministry...
HEALTH WATCH: How much sugar is too much?
By Dr Michael Greger AT THE TIME OF the American Revolution in 1776, Americans consumed about four pounds of sugar per person...
Flu death toll climbs to 27, with 1,177 sick
FOUR MORE deaths attributed by health authorities to the H1N1 influenza virus, bringing the number of fatalities in Panama to...
HEALTH WATCH: Why smoothies are better than juicing
By Michael Greger MD STUDIES SUCH AS a recent Harvard School of Public Health investigation found that the consumption of whole fruits...
Fourth Flu virus death, 35 hospitalized
A 'SITUATION ROOM' has been set up at the Social Security Fund (CSS facility in Clayton, following another two deaths...
H1N1 influenza death in Panama outbreak
A 66 year old woman who was in the intensive care ward of the Social Security (CSS) Dr. Arnulfo...
HEALTH WATCH: cutting eggs easier than losing weight
MARIA FERNANDEZ has received nearly a half million dollars from the egg industry and writes papers like “Rethinking dietary cholesterol.”...
HEALTH WATCH: Turmeric and Alzheimers
By Michael Greger M.D. THE SPICE turmeric may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease but what about treating Alzheimer’s disease with turmeric?...
HEALTH WATCH: When Charities collaborate with junk food industry
By Michael Greger MD WHEN the history of the world’s attempts to address obesity is written, one researcher writes, “the...
HEALTH WATCH: Love of life vs fear of death
By Michael Greger MD WHY DON’T more doctors practice preventive cardiology? Time availability is a reason frequently cited by physicians, but if...
