Category: health-letter

Is it safe for children to drink soy milk?

I take ibuprofen p.m. on occasion – maybe once a month or so – to help me get to sleep. It seems to work. Is that okay?

Do you know anything about the various fancy salts? I’ve heard that they deliver salty flavor but have a smaller dose of harmful sodium.

I know high heels are bad for the feet, but when I switched to flats, my feet started to hurt. Why?

My brother has been told he has too much iron in his body. I’ve heard the treatment is removing blood every so often, but his doctor says that will just produce more iron in his blood. Can that be true?

The amino acid choline may be important to maintaining cognitive ability.

A recent Health Letter urged us seniors to stay mentally active because that causes the growth of new neurons (brain cells). When my husband had a stroke 40 years ago, the doctors told me the brain cannot make new cells in later life. What’s the truth?

I take a fiber supplement, but have heard that I shouldn’t be taking it at the same time as medication. How far apart should I take fiber and medicines such as Plavix and Crestor?

I am confused about omega-3 fats. Are the different types equally good for you?

At age 60 I was treated for colon cancer. Since then I’ve had regular colonoscopies with no further sign of colon cancer. I’m now 84 and healthy. Does it make sense to get another colonoscopy?