When he examined the young lifeguard, he saw that almost every square inch of her body was well tanned. She had been wearing practically nothing when she worked at the beach. Neil Binkley, M.D., told me about his patient because she had the highest physiologic level of vitamin D in her system of anyone he ever saw. Her level was 80 ng/ml. I had... Read more
This week's convention of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists in Houston is winding down this afternoon. The Health Central Network sent me here to report on it. About 1350 endocrinologists and related health professionals are here along with 88 companies exhibiting their products. The doctors presented 170 posters and 200... Read more
The annual convention of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists -- those medical specialists who treat diabetes -- is underway in Houston. I'm covering the event for The Health Central Network.
The convention took over the George R. Brown Convention Center in the downtown of America's fourth largest city. The convention center is... Read more
Based on what I've read recently, some of which I have reported here, I've grown more and more wary of the wisdom of taking supplements. Few of the them seem to help. And now comes a new study indicating that the two most common supplements can actually work against us. Those supplements are vitamins C and E. It seems that we have a choice of... Read more
When you drink white tea, you may lose weight. And if you drink it without any caloric sweetener, it sure won't make you gain weight. Researchers in Germany showed in experiments reported in the June 2009 issue of Nutrition & Metabolism that white tea stops the generation of new fat cells and at the same time stimulates the burning of ... Read more
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