Diet and Health Articels

Some health insurance companies are misleading seniors into buying Medicare Advantage plans that are not accepted by many N.C. doctors and hospitals, state insurance officials warned Thursday.

The makers of Ritalin, Adderall, Strattera and other drugs treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder were advised by the government Wednesday to give patients and their parents an additional warning that those medicines can cause serious psychiatric and heart problems, including sudden death.

Treating genital herpes can also help keep the AIDS virus under control in women with both infections, and might reduce the spread of HIV, too, the first major study to test this strategy suggests. Many people with HIV are also infected with the herpes type 2 virus, and scientists have long known that herpes sores on the genitals can make it easier to become infected with the AIDS virus and could increase the risk of transmitting HIV to others.

Nearly all American women should be more aggressive about lowering their risk of heart disease or stroke -- including asking their doctors about daily aspirin use, the American Heart Association said Monday.

After reading a recent Observer column on what to eat, or not to eat, to avoid kidney stones, Roger Fox called to share a recipe that he says has cured his problem.