The decade now drawing to a close has featured more than a few health-related news stories that have seemed just a tad overblown. As a public service, DrRich has carefully selected the Top 10 Most Overblown Health Stories of the Past Decade, and now presents them for your consideration.

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#8: An Epidemic of Epidemics

If you proposed to label the past decade "The Decade of Epidemics," you would get no argument from DrRich. Over the past 10 years we've seen a heart attack epidemic, an obesity epidemic, an autism epidemic, a hypertension epidemic, and a metabolic syndrome epidemic - to name but a few. DrRich explores the mysterious origins of our current epidemic of epidemics, and concludes (as always): Follow the money.

The decade now drawing to a close has featured more than a few health-related news stories that have seemed just a tad overblown. As a public service, DrRich has carefully selected the Top 10 Most Overblown Health Stories of the Past Decade, and now presents them for your consideration.

The countdown continues with:

#9: Health Insurance Companies Are Against Healthcare Reform

Political leaders who are advancing healthcare reform like to admonish us periodically that the health insurance companies (one of the modern embodiments of evil) are doing everything they can to stifle those reforms. Here's why the opposite is true.

The decade now drawing to a close has featured more than a few health-related news stories that have seemed just a tad overblown. As a public service, DrRich has carefully selected the Top 10 Most Overblown Health Stories of the Past Decade, and now presents them for your consideration.

The countdown begins:

#10: Mad Cow Disease

For a while there, mad cow disease was going to kill us all (all of us beef-eaters, anyway), and McDonald's corporate net worth had plummeted by over $1 billion - and then the story just went away. What the heck happened? Read the sad story here.

Ok, your doctor went and measured your CRP level - and it's high. Your doctor says that's not good - but when you ask what he/she is going to do about it, instead of an answer you get that deer-in-the-headlights stare, followed by a few muttered platitudes, and you realize: your doctor doesn't KNOW what to do about it. It turns out there are some good options. Read What To Do When Your CRP Is High.