It’s well-established that in overweight people, too much salt in the diet significantly raises the risk of heart attack and stroke. However, a study (O’Donnell et al) published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), using urine tests of nearly 30,000 people, reports that too little salt, below 3.0 g per day, also […]
If you’re over the age of 65, the drug most likely to send you to the emergency room is the blood thinner Coumadin (warfarin). According to research done by the Centers for Disease Control and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Coumadin is responsible for 33 percent of emergency room visits among older […]
The holiday season is a time when millions of Americans make tax-deductible donations to non-profit organizations, but for many the question is, who to help? We all want to give where it helps most. In that spirit, here is a short list of suggestions for groups that are truly creating a better world. Environmental Working […]
It’s been fairly well established that women who suffer from premenstrual or catamenial epilepsy improve when they use progesterone, but mainstream medicine never got on board with the treatment. Now a gold standard, NIH-sponsored multicenter randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial should finally make progesterone a front line treatment for catamenial seizures. Andrew Herzog […]
Is it possible that as much as 35% of invasive breast cancers will go away on their own if left alone? This is the conclusion of Norwegian researcher Dr. Per-Henrik Zahl, who analyzed data from more than 600,000 Swedish women, half of whom had regular mammogram screening and half who did not. Dr. Zahl suggests […]
With the change of season and dry indoor air, flu season begins. Here are some tips to help you stay healthy through the holidays. Flu Fighters: How to be an inhospitable host. The Flu and Pneumonia Does the Flu Shot Work? Drugs that can Harm the Immune System and the Lungs Enjoy the holidays in […]
Goofy looking guy steps out of an elevator with flames coming off his jacket and says: “I ate breakfast and got heartburn. Third day this week. So I took my heartburn pill and some antacids. We’re having Mexican tonight, so, another pill then. Unless we eat later then pill later. If I get a snack […]
If you’re over the age of 55, chances are you’ve had a Rick Perry-style brain freeze or some other variation on the theme, such as forgetting why you just walked from the kitchen to the living room, or the name of your daughter’s mother-in-law. Most likely there’s no need to go for an Alzheimers’ test […]
Editorial/Opinion – According to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), autism may begin in the womb with an overgrowth of brain cells. Scientists at UC San Diego examined the brains of six boys with autism who had died and compared them with non-autistic boys of the same age. They […]
Evamist® is an estrogen spray approved by the FDA to treat hot flashes. There are at least two good reasons to avoid it. 1) Although advertised as a low dose spray, Evamist delivers 1.53 mg of estradiol per spray, which is a very high dose. Why does Big Pharma persist in their belief that dosing […]