Links Between Childhood Asthma and Obesity
Asthma is a chronic disease that causes airways to become inflamed. Does your child have this disease? If so, you’re no doubt familiar with symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing. Today, a whopping nine million children under age 18 have asthma – or have had it in the past.1 But with…
Learning the Basics About Vitamins
Vitamins are essentials – the substances your body needs to function normally. You can usually get the vitamins you need from a healthy, balanced diet. 1 Add a “rainbow of color” to your diet and you increase your chances of getting what you need. But some people lack certain vitamins, so they need supplements.1 Ask…
Is It A Heart Attack?
More than a million Americans have heart attacks each year. Nearly half of them die.1 Why does this happen? In many cases, it’s because people don’t take action quickly enough – or at all. A heart attack occurs when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked. If blood flow isn’t restored quickly…
Weight Loss and Artificial Sweeteners
Myth: Switching to diet foods containing no-calorie artificial sweeteners instead of sugar will help you lose weight. Fact: Experts agree that eating foods with added sugar is not good for your health or your waistline, but there is little evidence that choosing foods with artificial sweeteners is a long-term solution for losing weight. The reason:…
Ban the Burns
According to a new study, risky sun exposure increases as children age. Not exactly news for those of you with teens, is it? Looking at the sun behaviors of 360 fifth graders in 2004 and again three years later, researchers found this: More than half the kids had had at least one sunburn by age…
Garden Drug Press Release
Garden Drug Pharmacy & Medical Supply Gives Back through its Grand Re-Opening Celebration Garden Drug Pharmacy & Medical Supply is built on a foundation of strong pride for its pharmacy profession, its progressive independent ownership, and most importantly a feverish commitment to the highest quality patient care and service. The pharmacy in Fort Lauderdale is…