Newsletter Archive – 2003
If you missed a recent bi-weekly newsletter from Jon Barron, don’t fret! We have archived all the health newsletters below for your convenience. Scroll topics or if you are looking for specific health information, use our search field above. More than likely, Jon covered your topic in one of these health newsletters!
Teens and Sports Drinks
According to a new study, rather than choosing soda, teens are more likely to be having sports drinks–but are they healthy?
Pet Flower Essence Remedies
Difficulty traveling with your pet? Find out how distressed pets can receive daily treatment with flower essences to calm them down.
Modern Medicine Sometimes Gets It Right
For this one issue of the newsletter, let’s give medicine its due. Congratulations to doctors and all they have accomplished!
Will Fast Food Affect Your Fertility?
New research suggests that if you’re thinking about trying to conceive some time soon, you might want to choose your meals carefully.
Super Strawberries
Celebrate National Pick Strawberries Day, which falls on May 20 by picking a quart or two of strawberries at a local organic farm. Then check out six of the ways strawberries can add to your health…
Combatting Loneliness
Concerned that elderly citizens may be socially isolated? In America, the most pervasive loneliness is being experienced by young adults. Find out why…
The Scoop on Sunscreen
For those who use sunblock when outside for a lengthier time, new research suggests that you might benefit from trying a much higher SPF than the one we are currently using.
Chicken Overload
Chicken is on track to become the world’s most popular meat by 2020, but is it the healthier choice? Find out some shocking information…
Blood Pressure Drugs and Pancreatic Cancer
A new study found that post-menopausal women have a considerably increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer if they have taken certain forms of high blood pressure medications.
Eat Dark Chocolate for Mental and Physical Benefits
Chocoholics, rejoice! The food you love, the one you crave on a daily basis, is again being touted as a healthy food.
Where to Go to Reduce Allergies
If you’re prone to seasonal allergies, with spring in the air right now, you might be wishing that you could magically transport yourself to a pollen-free place. The question is, where?
Shingles Vaccine: Yay or Nay?
Remember the indignity of Chicken Pox? Your skin covered in ugly eruptions, your fever pushing the thermometer, feeling lousy all over? As if it wasn’t enough to go through that misery as a kid, it turns out that the virus that causes the disease never really leaves your body, even after you heal, and in fact, may provoke an even worse disease when you’re too old to reap the perk of missing school.
5 Ideas for a Better BBQ—Even for you Vegetarians
May is National BBQ Month! But instead of glorifying the kinds of barbecue fare you may have grown up eating, enjoy a few ideas for healthier barbecuing.
Doing Dishes May Be Good For Your Love Life
A study from University of Utah found that women involved with men who take on certain household chores have happier relationships and better sex lives.
Muscling Out Breast Cancer
Good news! Current research suggests that exercising and being fit can help improve your prognosis if you do get breast cancer.
The Meal of Death?
A single high-fat meal, can quickly transform healthy red blood cells into small, spiky cells that set the stage for cardiovascular disease–maybe.
Medications for Babies Linked to Allergies
Watch out! New research suggests that taking certain common drugs could raise your child’s chances of developing allergies later on.
Coffee and Cancer Warnings: Should You Worry?
In late March, a California judge ruled in favor of CERT, which charged that coffee sellers like Starbucks did not disclose that acrylamide, a possible carcinogen, can be found in coffee. Should you worry?
Drug-Free Menstrual Pain Relief
Good news for women looking for a natural, medication-free way to feel better during monthly menstruation. New research suggests that acupressure might provide the help you need.
What You Should Know About Sunglasses
Given how much risk the sun poses to the eyes, it makes sense to wear protective sunglasses, but the question is whether sunglasses actually provide that needed protection. If so, what type of sunglasses work best?
Dining Out on Phthalates
Eating in restaurants is usually a nice change of pace. However, according to new research, when you dine out, you are much more likely to be ingesting harmful chemicals along with your food.
Take a Bite Out of National Pecan Day
On April 14, you can go nuts celebrating National Pecan Day. Okay, maybe don’t gorge on pecan pies, but there are lots of healthy ways to get your fill of pecans this day.