In the cruel way that war sometimes works, Vietnam killed Pete Harrison nearly 36 years after he came home.

Nobody ever warned him about parasites in the water he drank, but they were there. Nobody ever mentioned the parasites could cause cancer, but they could.

Nobody ever told him that CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA might kill him some day, but it did.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

- Mark Twain

Gout is caused by an excess of uric acid in the body. Uric acid results from the breakdown of purines. Purines are part of all human tissue and found in many foods.

The excess can be caused by either an over-production of uric acid by the body or the under-elimination of uric acid by the kidneys. Also, the ingestion of foods high in purines can raise uric acid levels in the blood and precipitate gout attacks in some people.

SEX TWICE A WEEK!

Men who have sex at least twice a week can almost halve their risk of heart disease, according to new research.

It shows men who indulge in regular lovemaking are up to 45 per cent less likely to develop life-threatening heart conditions than men who have sex once a month or less.

The only thing that kept Dr. Mary Newport positive in the face of her husband's early onset Alzheimer's disease was that he didn't seem aware of how much ground he was losing.

Doctor says an oil lessened Alzheimer's effects on her husband