Archive of Related Articles

Here you will find the background articles we posted in recent months.

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January 2003

Tea ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "Green, Black, and Red: The Tea-Total Evidence" (March 2000).

Tropical oils ("How Bad Are Tropical Oils"): for more on this, see "Stealth Fats: How Food Makers Hide Them From You" (April 2002) about trans fats.

Hormone replacement therapy ("HRT—What Are Your Alternatives?"): for more on this, see "Hormone Therapy: The Answers Are In" (October 2002), and "Black Cohosh: Was Lydia E. Pinkham on to Something?" (February 2001), "The Quest for Healthy Bones" (April 2001), and "Are Progesterone Creams the Natural Alternative?" (April 2002).

Garlic ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "Sniffing Out the Truth About Garlic" (September 2002).

February 2003

Cervical cancer & HPV ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "A Cancer-Causing Virus—Should You Be Tested?" (April 2000).

Vitamin E ("Should You Still Take Vitamin E?"): for more on this, see "Should You Take Vitamin C and E Supplements?" (June 2001) and "Cholesterol Drugs and Vitamins Add Up to a Surprise" (March 2002).

Coral Calcium ("How to Sell a 5¢ Supplement for $1"): for more on this, see "Calcium: How to Make It Add Up" (May 2001) and "Eat Like an Okinawan" (September 2001).

Core conditioning ("Core Conditioning—Build a Better Platform"): for more on this, see "Yoga: From Ashram to Health Club" (July 2002), "Pilates: How to Say It, How to Do It" (December 1999), and "Balancing Acts" (August 2002).

March 2003

Coffee ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "Filtering the News About Coffee" (February 2001).

Air bags ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "Air Bags: Pull the Switch?" (February 1998).

Cholesterol-lowering margarine ("Margarine: No Pat Answers"): for more on this, see "Margarine as Medicine" (August 1999) about Benecol and Take Control.

Cholesterol screening ("Predicting Heart Disease: Beyond Cholesterol"): for more on this, see "Answering Nine of Your Cholesterol Questions" (February 1998).

April 2003

Folate ("The Vitamin That Does Almost Everything"): for more on this, see "Busy B's: Good for your Heart?" (March 2001), about homocysteine.

Metabolic Syndrome ("A Cluster of Problems—and Solutions"): for more on this, see "Diabetes Prevention" (October 1997), about blood sugar and insulin resistance, and "New Advice for a Healthy Heart" (August 2001), about cholesterol guidelines.

Life expectancy ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "You May Be Younger Than You Think" (January 2000).

May 2003

Caregivers ("Wellness Fact"): for more on this, see "Caring for the Caregiver" (December 2000).

Eye health ("Caring for Your Eyes"): for more on this, see "The Sight-Saving Diet" (January 1999), and "Can This Supplement Preserve Your Eyesight?" (August 2002) about Ocuvite.

Water ("Pop Quiz on Water"): for more on this, see "When Do You Need a Sports Drink?" (March 2000).

Colon cancer screening ("Ask the Experts"): for more on this, see "Detecting—and Even Preventing—Colon Cancer" (December 2000).

Vitamin A & bones ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "New Advice About vitamin A" (July 2002).

June 2003

Tests for heart disease ("Looking After your Heart"): for more on this, see "Busy B's: Good for your Heart?" (March 2001), about homocysteine, and "Predicting Heart Disease: Beyond Cholesterol" (March 2003), about C-reactive protein.

Atkins-style diets ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "Weighing in on the Diet Debate" (November 2002).

Calcium supplements ("Wellness Made Easy "): for more on this, see "Calcium: How to Make It Add Up" (May 2001).

July 2003

Fish safety ("Fish: What’s the Catch?"): for more on this, see "Fish Facts, Fresh or Frozen" (September 1999).

Jet lag ("Jet Lag"): for more on this, see "Melatonin: Questions, Facts, Mysteries" (May 2000).

Vitamin E ("Ask the Experts"): for more on this, see "Should You Still Take Vitamin E?" (February 2003), and "Should You Take Vitamin C and E Supplements?" ( July 2001)

Walking ("Well & Informed"): for more on this, see "Taking Exercise in Stride" (March 2003).

Colon cancer prevention ("Wellness Made Easy "): for more on this, see "Eight Good Bets for Preventing Colon Cancer" (December 1998).

Insect repellent ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "Block That Bite" (June 2001).

August 2003

Calcium and hypertension ("A Nice Surprise from Calcium"): for more on this, see "Making the DASH" (June 2002).

Penis enlargement ("Big on the Internet"): for more on this, see "Better Sex in a Bottle?" (September 2002).

Memory Supplements ("Unforgettable—The Price, That Is"): for more on this, see "Does This Fat Help Your Brain?" (July 2002) about choline, "Is Fish Really Brain Food?" (October 2001) about omega-3s, and "Memory Pills: Should You Forget About Them?" (October 2000).

Sweating ("When Sweating Doesn’t Stop"): for more on this, see "How to Keep Your Cool" (August 2001)

Glucosamine ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "Good News on Glucosamine" (May 2001).

September 2003

Mediterranean diet ("Greek Lessons"): for more on this, see "Remarkable Health Benefits From Canola Oil" (May 1999).

Sleep problems ("When Sleep Won’t Come, the Whole Night Through"): for more on this, see "Legs With a Mind of Their Own" (September 2000) about nocturnal leg cramps, "A Lot of Night Music" about sleep apnea (May 2000), and "Melatonin: Questions, Facts, Mysteries" (May 2000).

Vegetable oil ("How to Choose a Vegetable Oil"): for more on this, see "How Bad Are Tropical Oils?" (January 2003), "Canola Oil" (November 1999), and "Stealth Fats: How Food Makers Hide Them From You" (April 2002) about trans fats.

Fish & mercury ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "Fish: What’s the Catch?" (July 2003).

Folate ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "The Vitamin That Does Almost Everything" (April 2003).

Testosterone therapy ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "Will Testosterone Therapy Keep Men Young?" (October 2000).

October 2003

DHEA ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "DHEA: Unraveling the Mystery" (February 1999).

Ephedra ("Beyond Ephedra"): for more on this, see "The Ephedra Effect" (May 2003).

Mouthwash ("Getting the Most from Mouthwash"): for more on this, see "The Quest for Sweet Breath" (November 2002) about bad breath, plus our article about "Sanguinaria" (April 2003).

Flaxseeds ("Ask the Experts"): for more on this, see "Flax Fact" (May 2002).

Hearing loss ("Wellness Made Easy"): for more on this, see "Hearing Aids" (April 2002).

November 2003

Zinc ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "Think Zinc" (October 1998).

Olestra ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "Olestra: Just Say No" (February 1996).

High blood pressure ("Strokes and Ways to Avoid Them"): for more on this, see "Making the DASH" (June 2002) about the DASH diet, plus "How to Sidestep High Blood Pressure" (June 2002).

Fish ("Should You Take Fish Oil Pills?"): for more on this, see "Fish: What’s the Catch" (July 2003).

Vitamin D ("Ask the Experts"): for more on this, see "The Sunshine Vitamin" (January 2003).

December 2003

Magnets ("Wellness Facts"): for more on this, see "Bedtime Story" (March 2002).

Arthritis treatments ("Arthritis Remedies, Old and New"): for more on this, see "Good News on Glucosamine" (May 2001), "What About Chondroitin Sulfate?" (July 2001), "New ‘Miracle’ for Arthritis" about MSM, and "The Best Medicine for Arthritis" (August 1997) about exercise.

Health claims for supplements ("Double Standards"): for more on this, see "The Claims Game: The Consumer Loses" (April 2001).