Thermograms Instead of Mammograms
Thermograms are a safe, painless and radiation-free alternative to mammograms. They can also be predictive of cancer long before a tumor appears, giving a woman time to correct the problem.
Thermograms are a safe, painless and radiation-free alternative to mammograms. They can also be predictive of cancer long before a tumor appears, giving a woman time to correct the problem.
Brand new gee-whiz research published in the prestigious British Medical Journal has blown the minds of conventional medical practitioners. Here’s the buzz: Calcium supplements don’t strengthen bones. End of story. Interesting. Dr. Robert Thompson and I wrote about this in The Calcium Lie, first published in 2008 and updated in 2013. It’s not a secret. … Read more
Curcumin can quite literally help you re-build failing body tissues and help you re-build your life. Creaky joints? Failing memory? Too high blood sugar? Fatty liver? Curcumin can help. I read with fascination a recent article on tissue regeneration on one of my favorite website GreenMedInfo.com. The article cites research that confirms that at least … Read more
When I sat down to write my Tuesday blog entry today, I had every intention of writing about something else, but when I saw the article about the teensy pharmaceutical company that bought the patent on a unique drug and overnight hiked the price more than 5,000% from $13.50 per pill to $750, I couldn’t … Read more
Mainstream medicine is entering the fray on GMO labeling, on the side of those of us who think we ought to have a right to know what is in our food. In an article published a couple of weeks ago in the usually stodgy New England Journal of Medicine, doctors from Harvard, Mt. Sinai Medical … Read more
About 20 years ago, I was in an Atlanta hospital for knee surgery. As I was lolling the bed, fairly buzzed with pain meds, my husband arrived for a visit carrying a McDonald’s bag. “Where did you get that?” I asked. “In the lobby.” “What??!!??” I asked, mercilessly jerked out of my reverie. Right. A … Read more
from What Doctors Fail to Tell You About Iodine and Your Thyroid By Robert Thompson, M.D. Americans are experiencing a dramatic drop in iodine levels and a corresponding deterioration in our collective health. Between the early 1970s and the early 1990s, we experienced an average drop in iodine levels of 50%. In just 20 years! … Read more
I’ve practiced yoga for nearly 45 years and taught it off and on for 40. I know, I’ve dated myself again, but it’s just a way of letting you know I am no spring chicken, but most of the time, I feel like one, thanks to yoga. I started yoga when I was in college … Read more
As I sit with a dear friend who is in her last days, perhaps her last hours, with colon cancer, so many thoughts run through my head. “What did I do wrong?” she asked me when the outcome became apparent. “You did nothing wrong,” I replied. “You lived, you loved and you gave yourself to … Read more
No doubt you’ve heard by now that green tea is packed with health benefits. I’m here today to tell you the whys and the hows: Boosts metabolism: Green tea is our best source of metabolism-boosting EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) and the mild stimulant effects of its low levels of caffeine (24-40 mg per cup compared to … Read more