Sugar in Soft Drinks

A picture says it all.  Parents, please stop buying soda and soft drinks for your kids.  Lets break the sugar/obesity epidemic once and for all.

Current Insurance Policies Fall Short of Health Care Reform

While we await the ruling of the  supposedly non-partisan Supreme Court on the legality of  the Affordable Care Act (aka: Obamacare, health care reform) it is useful to know one thing that would change if it goes through.  More than 11 million Americans are currently covered by private individual insurance plans that would not meet the minimum standards of coverage with ACA.  The big insurance

High Health Cost Does Not Guarantee Quality

The new buzzword in Medicine these days is "value based purchasing".  It's not a new concept...everyone wants to get their moneys worth, whether it is a new car, a meal at a fancy restaurant or the best medical care.  Without clear information on quality,  however, many patients assume that more expensive care is better care.

The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHCRQ) has funded

PSA Tests Not Advised

A top panel of health experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued their ruling that prostate specific antigen (PSA) tests should not be done as a screening test on any man.  This is after several years of controversy about the blood test that many men get routinely at their annual physical exam.  The task force said the test leads to treatments that do more harm than

Stop The Choking Game

A few weeks ago I did a post on "The Choking Game" and I have received a number of comments and emails about it.  Some of the stories are so sad...grieving parents who lost vibrant kids to this crazy game.  Children have no idea of the dangers involved and there is a lack of awareness even among educators and parents.

I was contacted by a woman who is raising money to attend and exhibit at

Sharing Blog Posts

EverythingHealth gets many requests from other publications and blogs around the world to write health articles for them.  When it is an established site, I allow them to re-print some of my past posts to better educate the public and spread the word about health.  If you missed the post on Oseoarthritis, one of the most common conditions of mankind, please check out here:

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