The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association say many, many more of us need these worthless and perhaps dangerous drugs. The nation’s “top” cardiologists and most respected heart association want to dramatically expand the diagnostic criteria that “warrant” the use of statin drugs so that instead of a measly 36 million Americans … Read more
If you’re a woman of a certain age, like I am, you probably have experienced laughing so hard the tears run down your leg. Or sneezing. Or coughing. Or jogging. Or dancing. Or just about any normal everyday activity. There may also be times when you walk in the door and barely make it to … Read more
When your child has a cold or the flu, you may be tempted take her to the doctor and get a prescription for antibiotics. Heck, we frequently do the same for ourselves. It’s a choice that science now shows us can have far-reaching and dire consequences. When penicillin was discovered in 1928 and sulfa drugs … Read more
Over the holidays, I caught a commercial for Crest Sugar Shield, toothpaste. Really? Does this mean my grandkids and I can chow down on truffles, chocolate bars, cakes and pies and never suffer any negative results? Not exactly, but that’s exactly what Crest wants us to believe. There are two big problems here. I’m guessing … Read more
[UPDATED] – 11/30/2018 An excerpt from The Calcium Lie II: What Your Doctor Still Doesn’t Know by Robert Thompson, M.D. and Kathleen Barnes. Editor’s Note to Readers: These descriptions of the types of hypothyroidism are Dr. Thompson’s discoveries, based on his 13 years of clinical experience with patients with these conditions and his wide knowledge of … Read more
What to expect when you get a thermogram: no pain, no compression, no radiation, nothing touches your skin.
If you’re like me, you’re planning to raise a glass (or several) in celebration this time of year. Go for it! While we’ve known about the benefits of red wine for some time, recent studies how that all alcoholic beverages have health benefits mostly related to their anti-inflammatory properties. That’s no small deal since chronic … Read more
Why mammograms can be dangerous to your health, whether or not you have cancer. Healthy alternatives.
HEADACHE, MIGRAINE Your Garden RX: garlic, spinach, sunflower seeds, feverfew, mint, valerian Migraines are debilitating forms of headache that affect about 10 percent of us and are more common in women than in men. It has long been suggested there is a hormonal component to migraines, although the headache pattern is highly individual. Known migraine … Read more
If you haven’t yet relegated your nonstick cookware to the dustbin, you now have even more reasons to do so now. Even though Teflon™ (technical name: PTFE or polytetrafluoroethylene polymer) has been on the market for more than 50 years, numerous studies show that it can offgas toxic chemicals at high heats. The Environmental … Read more