The Odds on Good Health
12/12/2011When it comes to health, it’s all based on odds, not guarantees. Anyone who tells you that if you take...
Read MoreNiacin and Cholesterol
11/28/2011A recent study proving that niacin doesn't help prevent heart attacks and strokes actually rips the facade off one of the...
Read MoreTrimming the Fat from Weight Loss Studies
11/14/2011A recent obesity study out of Australia has concluded that when people lose weight, their metabolism automatically slows down and...
Read MoreVitamin E Does Not Cause Prostate Cancer
10/31/2011On October 12th, the researchers conducting the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial published the results of their eight...
Read MoreGetting Hysterical with Apples and Arsenic
10/17/2011In mid-September, Dr. Oz, announced on his nationally syndicated show that apple juice imported from China may be slowly poisoning children...
Read MoreAnatomy and Physiology of the Immune System, Part 4
10/3/2011In our concluding segment on the immune system, we progressively step outside the box and draw a clear line between...
Read MoreAnatomy and Physiology of the Immune System, Part 3
9/19/2011In this part of our series on the immune system, we talk about the complementary immune system, how your immune...
Read MoreAnatomy and Physiology of the Immune System, Part 2
9/5/2011In our last newsletter, we explored the elite half of the immune system: cell-mediated immunity. These are the T-cells and...
Read MoreAnatomy and Physiology of the Immune System, Part 1
8/22/2011Understanding how your immune system works and how to optimize it, while at the same time keeping it in balance...
Read MoreDietary Supplements under Attack by the AMA, Again
8/8/2011A recent "commentary" article concerning dietary supplements, written by Bryan E. Denham, PhD was published in JAMA, thus carrying the imprimatur...
Read MoreHow Health & Environment Change Your Brain
7/25/2011Seemingly unrelated external events or circumstances can literally alter our brains for good or ill -- sometimes permanently, unless somehow...
Read More“Smart Drugs” Only Fool You
7/19/2011In an attempt to be the best and excel, many college students and twenty-somethings take so-called "smart drugs" such as...
Read MoreConsistently Unhealthy
7/11/2011Why is it that in the world of "scientific" medicine, deeply ingrained beliefs (e.g. flu shots, statin drugs, antidepressants, hormone...
Read MoreMRSA Is Building Momentum
6/27/2011MRSA accounts for some 19,000 deaths annually in the United States, and an equivalent number in Europe, more than all...
Read MoreE. Coli Outbreak
6/13/2011E. coli is back in the news and once again causing hysteria beyond its actual threat. Yes, this latest outbreak...
Read MoreAlternative Medicine is Valid
5/30/2011The May 19th issue of The Economist ran TWO stories debunking alternative medicine. The first story carried a subheading that read,...
Read MoreThe Paleo Diet
5/16/2011Diets come, and diets go. And like fashion, if you wait long enough, what is now out will eventually return...
Read MorePredicting Diabetes
5/2/2011Earlier this month, Nature Magazine published the results of a study that found that a simple blood test can spot...
Read MoreAspirin for Cancer? Maybe Not.
4/18/2011Think Aspirin is good for your heart? Maybe not so much. Think the only danger from Aspirin is stomach upset?...
Read MorePharmaceutical Hormones for Women
3/21/2011In the early 2000s, the YAZ® birth control pill hit the American market in a huge advertising blitz claiming that...
Read MoreRadioactive Fallout Update: Fear is the Mind Killer
3/18/2011Since I first wrote about the nuclear disaster in Japan, many things have changed -- and yet little has changed....
Read MorePreparing for Nuclear Fallout
3/15/2011There is some degree of risk, no matter how small, that substantial amounts of radiation may leak from one or...
Read MoreFats and Oils Made Simple
3/7/2011The world's establishment health experts still don't get it when it comes to fats and oils. They oversimplify and misrepresent...
Read MoreGrowth of Cancer
2/21/2011Cancer has always been with us, but the important debate concerns whether or not its incidence has been constant throughout...
Read MoreThe Growth of Cardiovascular Disease
2/7/2011A recent report from the American Heart Association on the future of heart disease in the United States contains more...
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