Friends on Facebook are buzzing about the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s partnership with KFC to raise money off the Colonel’s famous recipe. Fifty cents from every bucket goes toward breast cancer research. Only trouble is, fried chicken is linked to obesity and obesity is linked to increased risk of breast cancer and increased breast cancer [...]
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Komen & KFC Team Up Despite Obvious Disconnect
April 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Cancer, Health
Tags: Breast Cancer·Kentucky Fried Chicken·KFC·Komen Buckets·Susan G. Komen Foundation
Medical Marijuana Use Legal, but Jobs at Stake
January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Colorado, Health, Uncategorized
Denver’s medical marijuana conundrum seems a perfect extension of lessons government and the people might take from the current health care reform debacle gripping the nation’s attention. Politicians will cover their backsides, and few patients will really get what they need out of the eventual deal. The half-baked approach taken by lawmakers and city council [...]
Tags: Denver·Medical Marijuana
Dr. Sears Challenges Basic Flu Statistics
August 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Health
Fears were quickly stoked and pandemic warnings promptly issued when H1N1, also known as swine flu, first surfaced this spring. Shortly thereafter, calmer voices pointed out that the regular flu claims 36,000 lives a year. That number, however, seems to be in question:
There is a misconception about how serious the flu [regular flu] is in [...]
