Heartburn Drug Can Cause Irreversible Nerve Damage When it comes to the anti-nausea drug Reglan (metoclopramide), the FDA and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) appear to be incommunicado, and the U.S. media has its head in the sand. In a stunning demonstration of “la la la la I can’t hear you,” in June […]
A small study from Scotland shows natural hormones are safer than oral contraceptives for young women with ovarian failure. A great little study out of Scotland will help women with premature ovarian failure get the natural hormones they need to be healthy and balanced. Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a catch-all term to describe non-working […]
Hang onto your ovaries if you can—they're good for your health and longevity. By John R. Lee, M.D. A woman's ovaries are the anatomical equivalent of a man's testicles. A man’s testicles are a source of hormone-generated energy and libido, and a woman's ovaries serve a similar function. And just as removing a man's testicles […]
Don’t Force Mastectomy Patients to have Drive-Through Surgeries Q: I received the following e-mail and would like to know if it’s for real: Proposed Mastectomy Law Change (written by a surgeon); I'll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new […]
Review study shows many benefits and few risks with a commonsense approach to testosterone replacement for women. Although sex drive or libido in women is multi-faceted, it’s often closely tied to testosterone levels, and a new review study from researchers at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, published in the journal Maturitas, shows that testosterone replacement can […]
Estrogen is the female hormone, but using it in hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can be a two-edged sword. Too little and menopausal symptoms aren’t relieved. Too much and breast cancer risk increases. Which hormones are natural and which are synthetic? How can I use estrogen in bioidentical hormone replacement (BHRT)? How much is safe and […]
Truthiness in Advertising: Is Qlaira® Really a “Natural” Birth Control Pill? New oral contraceptive, Qlaira® is being marketed as “body-identical” but a closer look proves otherwise. The headline of the “consumer media” press release from Bayer Healthcare says, “Natural hormone inspires new contraceptive pill.” Really?! I thought. This could be exciting! But of course it […]
What’s behind the synergy of vitamin D levels and weight gain or loss? We’ve known for a few years that vitamin D and weight are linked, but the debate has been how. People who are overweight or obese tend to have low vitamin D levels. What came first? The obesity or the vitamin D loss? […]
One More Reason to Ditch Day-Glo Foods Many years ago I read an article by Alan Gaby, M.D. about how eating foods that contain yellow dye no. 5 (tartrazine) can deplete vitamin B6 and cause or aggravate carpal tunnel syndrome. At the time, I was suffering from carpal tunnel, so I began to read food […]
Why spend thousands of dollars a year on prescription human growth hormone (HGH) injections or waste your money on bogus HGH products when you can raise your HGH levels for free and reap many other health benefits while you're at it. 1) Exercise – This is undoubtedly the single best way to increase HGH levels. […]