Brian

Liz's comments ring a bell with today's Washington Post report on the New England Journal of Medicine study questioning the worth of 2 drugs recommended by lots of doctors for preventing heart problems (Vytorin & Zetia)by exactly Heart drugs questioned
You have to wonder whether or not Woody Allen was prescient in his movie Sleeper dialogue:
[quote]Dr. Melik: This morning for breakfast he requested something called "wheat germ, organic honey and tiger's milk."
Dr. Aragon: [chuckling] Oh, yes. Those are the charmed substances that some years ago were thought to contain life-preserving properties.
Dr. Melik: You mean there was no deep fat? No steak or cream pies or... hot fudge?
Dr. Aragon: Those were thought to be unhealthy... precisely the opposite of what we now know to be true.
Dr. Melik: Incredible. [/quote]