Swanson Vitamins Blog

The Dreaded C-word...When a Spot is No Longer 'Just a Spot'

ben.hanson@swansonhealth.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:32:25 PST

Posted by Ben: Whenever cancer comes up in conversation, the mood instantly shifts towards the anxious end of the emotional spectrum. Thoughts turn to family and friends who have been through it, for better or worse. And you begin to speculate about the mole on your left leg and whether or not its sudden change in color is cause for...

Do You Suffer From The Wintertime Blues?

ben.hanson@swansonhealth.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:56:03 PST

H5X8GMHWDXB2 Posted by Ben: There are classic signs like weight gain, sleepiness and social withdrawal. Then there are the more subtle symptoms, such as anxiety, diminished sex drive and difficulty concentrating. Seasonal Affective Disorder, like other forms of depression, is a mixed bag of mental and emotional challenges. I once worked with a guy who was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective...

Dig a Little Deeper to Get the WHOLE Story

ben.hanson@swansonhealth.com — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:32:10 PST

Posted by Kayla: I am a self-described news hound. I probably watch, listen to and read more news than most people my age. I always start my day by turning on a morning news show while I’m getting ready. Last week, while watching Good Morning America, something caught my ear. A story about how vitamins and supplements could be bad...

How Do You Read Food Labels? Watch & Learn

ben.hanson@swansonhealth.com — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:00:00 PST

Posted by Ben: So you think you can read, huh? Well, consider food labels. The first question is do you read them. The second question is do you understand them. Just because you can read the words doesn’t mean you really understand what you’re reading. Don’t be offended, most people don’t have a clue when it comes to extricating the...

Can Video Games Improve Your Mental Health?

ben.hanson@swansonhealth.com — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:37:28 PST

Posted by Ben: Video games and too much TV rot your brain, right? Well, too much TV maybe, but new evidence is coming out pointing to some positive mental health benefits of playing video games. Traditional games of strategy are believed by many researchers to protect against age-related cognitive decline and even boost brain power. Now, the research has gone...

Government Releases New Guidelines on Cancer Screening

ben.hanson@swansonhealth.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:03:17 PST

Posted by Ben: We’ve got more news out of the world of modern medicine today. This time, instead of a reversal on prescription drug efficacy (as with the Zetia and Vytorin study released earlier this week), we seem to have a reversal on one of the most common cancer screening methods: mammograms. Nearly everyone has or will be touched by...

Zetia & Vytorin Outperformed by Niaspan (Rx form of Niacin) in New Cholesterol Study

ben.hanson@swansonhealth.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:56:33 PST

Posted by Ben: In case you missed the headlines this morning on all the national news shows, a new study was released today that basically called out Merck’s Zetia and Vytorin cholesterol-lowering drugs. According to the researchers who conducted the study, these two prescription drugs don’t work...at least not as well as Niacin, a good ol’ natural B vitamin. This...