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.
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
Right now, I have five friends with breast cancer in varying stages. One, happily, is emerging from her second round and two have rapidly growing invasive breast cancers. There are many reasons behind the breast cancer epidemic, and I’m going to throw out a major one that few of us know: Iodine shortfalls. Iodine is … Read more
You washed your hands. You drank your juice. You took your vitamins. But the flu bug got you anyway. Don’t despair! There are natural ways to ease your misery and get back on your feet fast. As soon as you feel the first hint of a scratchy throat, a sneeze or sniffle, grab these remedies … Read more
It’s been called the fountain of youth hormone, and despite all the hype about DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), research shows healthy DHEA levels, and maybe DHEA supplements could actually be a part of the equation to help you create a long, healthy life. We do know that the human body’s natural production of DHEA deteriorates as we … Read more