| It's making me sick
I'm suffering from PCO (Pharmaceutical Commercial Overload) and there is only one known cure, TVTO (television turnoff). Side effects may include excessive reading, stimulating conversation, listening to music and long walks or other forms of physical exercise that will cure most other ailments that are being discussed in drug company commercials on television. Whatever happened to the quaintness of the old "plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is" of the Alka-Seltzer commercials? Now when we turn on the television we are inundated with countless ads for ailments that few people knew existed. It seems that most of these ailments cause, or may cause, or are related to a certain condition specifically affecting men. Given the current state of health care, it receives entirely too much attention.
Killer habits eat black lives
Recent research by the cardiovascular research unit at the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital shows that ever more black males are in danger of suffering from heart failure. Karen Sliwa-Hahnle, a professor at the research unit, said the report showed that about 30 percent of patients screened at the hospital during the study were at risk of some form of heart disease. The report also indicated that heart disease no longer affected only older men, but younger ones as well. Sliwa-Hahnle said unhealthy lifestyles made heart failure one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among black South Africans. “The study has proved that. The reason for this seems to be the adoption of a Western diet by South Africans.
Is coated aspirin any better?
Aspirin can be hard on the stomach. If you believe the ads, enteric-coated aspirin is "safer on the stomach" because it dissolves in the small intestine. In its December 2006 issue, the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter calls this advertising "misleading" because enteric coatings "do not reduce the risk of significant stomach bleeding.""I can't think of a good indication for spending the extra money to take enteric-coated aspirin and I can think of a couple of reasons why you probably shouldn't," says Dr. John Swartzberg, who heads the Wellness Letter's editorial board."The enteric coating delays the absorption of aspirin," Dr. Swartzberg explains, "so you get a much slower absorption of aspirin through your intestines, which means you don't get the pain relief that you would get with non-enteric coated aspirin tablets."Bayer actually states this on the label of its enteric-coated aspirin.
Survey Finds Number One Food Super Bowl Fans Are Burning to Eat on ...
CINCINNATI, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A new survey of Super Bowl fans finds that the most-wanted foods for game-day may also be the ones most likely avoided -- all due to heartburn. Eighty-percent of frequent heartburn sufferers surveyed said that food is a must have at a Super Bowl party, and that the top three favorites on game day were pizza, nachos and potato chips. Many also said that they already avoid spicy (66%), greasy (57%) and tomato- based foods (39%) -- meaning that the best-loved snacks could also be left on the buffet. Furthermore, heartburn sufferers said the one food they would love to be able to eat on Super Bowl Sunday, without worrying about heartburn, would be pizza, followed closely by hot wings and chili. Now, Jeanne Benedict, entertaining expert from the DIY network has joined forces with Prilosec OTC, the number one selling OTC heartburn medicine to help frequent heartburn-suffering fans have a chance at being heartburn-free up to and through Super Bowl.
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