Newsletter Archive
If you missed a recent bi-weekly newsletter from Jon Barron, don’t fret! We have archived all the health newsletters below for your convenience. Scroll topics or if you are looking for specific health information, use our search field above. More than likely, Jon covered your topic in one of these health newsletters!
Aqua Horribilis
1/30/2012Research published in BMJ Open last November, strongly suggests that there may be a link between synthetic estrogen from oral...
Read MoreFukushima…One More Time
1/16/2012Jon examines the validity of a recently released study that claims that at least 14,000 people (with a special focus on...
Read MoreMy New Year’s Gift to the Media
1/2/2012This newsletter is my gift to all our media subscribers. By the end of this newsletter, I want you to...
Read MoreThe 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...
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