· Is it worth paying more for omega-3-enriched eggs? The answer is a very definite YES. Eating a breakfast of omega-3 enriched eggs could improve your blood triglyceride levels, boost your heart health, and help you reach your omega-3 recommended intake.

· Cancer drug costs rose nearly 16 percent last year, while other prescription drugs averaged a 3 percent price increase. Avastin, which is used to treat colorectal cancer, currently sells for $50,000, and that price could jump to $100,000 if Avastin is also approved to treat breast and lung cancers.  There is no doubt that cancer is big business in the U.S. While in 1990, $3.53 billion was spent on chemotherapy, the number more than doubled to $7.51 billion only four years later. By 2009, so the latest projections, cancer therapy products and services will rake in over $27 billion.

· Late last year, the FDA asked the manufacturers of three common asthma medications -- Advair, Serevent and Foradil -- to include safety warnings about a patient's increased chances of severe and fatal asthma attacks. That toxic trio of beta-agonist drugs has prompted European experts to request the very same warning.

· Older people (or even younger ones) could ward off digestive problems with probiotics. People over the age of 60 have around 1000-fold less of the so-called friendly bacteria in their gut.

· If you have insomnia and are exhausted, try this aromatherapy blend. Valerian 5 drops; Lemon 10 drops; Mandarin 10 drops. Use in any aroma lamp.

· White tea, imported mostly from the Fujian Province of China, is the least processed form of tea - to make it, leaves are simply picked and air-dried. Perhaps for that reason, white tea does have even greater antioxidant activity than green tea, which is produced by picking, heating (steaming or pan firing), and drying the leaves. To make black tea, another step, oxidation, is required. White tea comes from the same plant as black and green tea, Camellia sinensis, and has a delicate taste and pale color. It releases the least amount of caffeine of all three teas, typically from five to 15 milligrams per cup. White tea is also alkaline.

· Vioxx alone killed nearly 28,000 Americans and sickened as many as 140,000 more, some estimates conclude.  Seen any doctor’s offices closed, raided or doctor’s ruined professionally because of this?

· All antibiotics suppress the immune system and make you more susceptible to other infections. Antibiotics are even scientifically linked to causing breast cancer, autism, asthma, autoimmune disease, ear infections, hormonal imbalances, infertility, erectile dysfunction, skin conditions, decreased immunity and even death.  Do your own research and make sure that your illness warrants the use of antibiotics.

· Around one in seven adult Americans cannot read, or have very limited literacy skills, while the number jumps to one in four Americans who are 64 or older. Unfortunately, doctors rarely realize their patients are unable to read their instructions, while the patients never own up to their shortcomings because "nobody wants to look dumb, especially not in front of their  doctor", says one physician. (Source: New England Journal of Medicine, 2006; 355: 339-11.)

· If you're a cancer specialist, you know you'll never go hungry – thanks to the drug companies that supply the expensive cancer drugs. The latest example of lavish wining and dining comes  from Australia where the pharmaceutical giant, Roche, recently entertained a group of oncologists to a series of lavish dinners that followed a 'rigorous' day of 'education'.  One of the meals averaged nearly £1,000 ($1,920) per head, which goes way beyond Australia's code of conduct for 'reasonable' hospitality. Roche's beneficence is hardly unique. One cancer specialist in Australia says that lavish entertaining is still common practice for doctors who prescribe expensive drugs. Roche, which is based in Switzerland, last year reported annual sales of SFr35bn and profits of SFr7bn, while sales of its cancer drugs rose by an extraordinary 42 per cent in just one year. (Source:  British Medical Journal, 2006; 333: 169).

· Few people know that the food coloring listed as cochineal extract comes from female beetles. Food activists want to spread the word. When you dig into a strawberry Yoplait yogurt, take a moment to contemplate where the beautiful pink color comes from. Strawberries? Think again. It comes from crushed bugs. Specifically, from the female cochineal beetles and their eggs. And it's not just yogurt. The bugs are also used to give red coloring to Hershey Good & Plenty candies, Tropicana grapefruit juice, and other common foods.

· Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia and currently affects over 14 million people worldwide.  Studies show that consumption of just 2-3 apples a day show an increased  production of acetylcholine.  Acetylcholine is an essential neurotransmitter in the brain which helps with memory.