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Dear Suzy, My teenage daughter downs several diet sodas a day. She insists they’re a healthy, weight-loss alternative to regular sodas. Should I be concerned? --E.L., Phoenix, Arizona In a word, YES. Several studies published this year suggest diet soda is not the healthiest beverage on the shelf. At the end of each of these individual studies researchers say something like, Hey, this...

Dear Pharmacist, I have fibromyalgia, uterine fibroids, fibrocystic breasts and endometriosis. I fired my old doctor, because I wasn’t getting any better. My new doctor prescribed bio-identical hormones, iodine tablets, and a strong multi-vitamin. I’m eating ground flax seeds thanks to your recent column. Am I missing something? I’m still uncomfortable. --E.W. Sacramento,...

My hubby Bill and I have been turned on to Flax seed and flax seed oil. There are all kinds of great cereals, chips and trail mix bars out there. After my husband's bout with cancer last year we changed our eating habits 160 degrees. I know our eating habits probably didn't cause his cancer, but we needed a change. And change we did. I quit drinking sodas, eating chocolate, pizza, sweets and...

Dear Pharmacist, My wife and I have always had a healthy sex life but lately, I’m not to able take care of matters. It is affecting our relationship badly. My physician prescribed Cialis which works, but I don’t want to rely on medicine at my age! According to blood tests, I still have high cholesterol, so I have to keep taking my statin drug which I’ve taken for 7 months. What should I...

OMEGA-3's are called 'essential fatty acids,' essential to men because the body can't manufacture them, so they must be derived from one's diet. Unfortunately, many men aren't getting adequate amounts. What are they? According to the Mayo Clinic, omega-3 fatty acids comprise numerous polyunsaturated fatty acids, but the a-linolenic acid (ALA), eicosapentaenoic acids (EPA), and docosahexaenoic...

American women. It causes more than ten times the number of deaths than breast cancer does.Menopause symptoms are often confused with heart disease and menopause symptoms are generally widely known prom Dresses. Whether there's a link or not between menopause symptoms and heart disease is being researched but without any conclusive evidence to date.Menopause information abounds on the benefits...

Over the past few years, trans fat has been targeted as the source of several life-threatening medical conditions, including cardiovascular disease. According to the American Heart Association, trans fats are a real heartbreaker because they raise the bad (LDL) cholesterol and lower the good (HDL0 cholesterol. Trans fats also increase inflammation of the blood vessels. Since 1957,...