 | | | This Week's News | | | How effective is "cutting the fat"? In most instances, it is a miserable failure. "Cutting the fat" refers to reducing saturated and hydrogenated fats from the diet, a strategy that results in 7-10% reduction in LDL cholesterol... Read more> | | Engage With Grace/The One Slide Project, a California-based initiative, is spearheading a viral marketing campaign aimed at getting Americans to speak about end-of-life issues. Read more> | | A recent article in The Chicago Tribune addressed the issue of how physicians treat their patients. Is TV influencing the real world...or is the real world influencing TV? Read more> | | Believe it or not, there are a few asthmatics that really do have asthma, but they exaggerate their symptoms to take advantage of it to the full extent to get what they want. We call these asthmatics the "Actors." Read more> | | | | | | | | | This Week's Allergy Poll | | Has immunotherapy (allergy shots) helped your allergies? | | | Your options are: | | | | - Yes! It was like a miracle.
- Yes, but the side effects were pretty bad.
- No, my allergies haven't improved.
- No, I couldn't finish the course of treatment.
- I haven't tried immunotherapy.
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