Wellness Library

Prozac and Zoloft May be Leading to Suicides

Several articles and stories have recently come to light concerning a connection between certain antidepressant drugs such as Prozac and Zoloft, and suicides. In the May 15th 2000 issue of the Boston Globe appeared a story that revealed the links between these drugs and suicide. This article cited internal documents from Eli Lilly and Co.,

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Protective Effect of Childhood Infections

Several articles in the February 2001 issue of the British Medical Journal discuss the actual benefits that childhood colds and infections play on developing a normal and healthy immune system. According to the articles, having many older siblings; attending day care at an early age; growing up on a farm and in frequent contact with

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Prescription Drug Use On the Rise

Even with the threat of serious adverse drug reactions, drug usage has not decreased. In an article in the January 7, 1999 New England Journal of Medicine, it was reported that, “Prescription drugs are the fastest-growing component of personal health expenditures amounting to $78.9 billion in 1997.” This rate of consumption is growing at an

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Prescribed Drugs Top Abuse List

On September 9, 2004, a startling report titled, “2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health” was issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. The study was a good-news, bad-news scenario in that it showed that fewer American youths are using marijuana, LSD and Ecstasy, but

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Olympic Nutrition Article

Are you eating like an athlete? How can you improve your nutrition with healthy, high energy, high nutrient food? Roxanne Fisher of BBC Good Food interviewed 21 olympic athletes from the last summer games on their daily diets. The following nutritional choices summarizes what is shared among most of the athletes. For breakfast most of the athletes

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