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Stroke · April 26, 2015
Simple Stroke Prevention with This supplement
Any type of damage to the brain scares most people. Imagine a clot in your brain cutting off blood supply, killing brain cells that allow you to function. While a survey of 100 people would likely yield all 100 of them…
Obesity and Weight Loss · April 24, 2015
Stress, Weight Gain and Depression; Are They Really Linked?
Stress kills us. Luckily, it is a slow process, dragged out over the course of decades resulting in a painfully slow death. The process is not direct. It’s not like you stress out after getting cut off in traffic and…
Anxiety · April 22, 2015
Have a Skinny Friend? Maybe You Should Borrow Some of This
Obesity and weight loss are complicated issues. It’s no longer about calories in versus calories out. In a prior article I wrote about the contributions of environmental chemicals to obesity and diabetes. And this…
Childhood Obesity · April 20, 2015
Childhood Obesity Statistics: Contributions of a Forgotten Chemical
Calories in, calories out. Seems to be a simple enough equation for weight loss or maintenance. Or, at least it used to be. Make sure your son or daughter stays active. Throw out any Kellogg’s breakfast cereals and keep…
Migraine · April 18, 2015
MS, Seizures, Migraines–Can Your Gut Protect Your Brain?
Anyone with a neurological condition, whether anxiety, depression, epilepsy, migraines or MS, will tell you that symptoms wax and wane. But why? While a common occurrence, it seems that few question why this is so. It…
Vitamin D · April 15, 2015
Chronic Widespread Pain and Vitamin D
CAN AVOIDING THE SUN BE THE REASON YOU’RE HURTING? Wow…it must be “beat the dead horse” week. This study found that those experiencing chronic, widespread pain were much more likely to have low Vit D serum levels. Now…
Type 1 Diabetes · April 15, 2015
Type 1 Diabetes
POWERFUL NEWS FOR CHILDHOOD DISEASE?? Having a small child myself, the idea of Type 1 diabetes striking in infancy is heartbreaking to me. I am strongly in favor of research to help ameliorate this condition in children…
NSAIDs Dangerous · April 15, 2015
Ibuprofen Class of Drugs Kills 21,000 Per Year
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THIS COMMON CLASS OF DRUGS KILLS 21,000 PEOPLE PER YEAR? Almost everyone is surprised about the annual number of deaths that occur due to the Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (like ibuprofen)…
Cholesterol · April 13, 2015
Think You’re Not at Risk for Heart Disease? Take This Test and Find Out
Heart disease is not something that we need to educate the public on. Everyone’s got ideas on how to prevent heart disease. But, apparently, there’s some massive disconnect between what we need to do and what we are…
Healthy Kids · April 9, 2015
Childhood Food Insecurity: The Damage it Wreaks
In a perfect world, all children would have access to the foods they need to grow strong and healthy. In reality, though, food insecurity of all too common. The definition of food insecurity from the USDA is “limited or…
Heart Disease · April 8, 2015
Taking Care of Your Heart? 7 Habits You Need NOW
I’m going to go out on a limb and state that death from heart disease is almost 100% preventable. So why is it still the #1 killer in the US and other industrialized nations? Doesn’t this seems like a contradiction? If…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · April 6, 2015
Eyesight Going? Surprising Factor in Your Diet May be to Blame
I’ve written before about the Paleo diet and pointed out that the true understanding of what our hunter-gatherer ancestors ate is often shallow. Let’s face it. If I gave you a spear and told you to go out and get…
Measles · April 4, 2015
The Disneyland Measles Scare – What are the REAL Numbers?
Things have since settled down, but there is no doubt that fear and misinformation reigned supreme for the first part of 2015 in regards to the measles. I can’t possibly see how you didn’t hear about it, but just in…
Cholesterol · April 2, 2015
Cholesterol Lowering Drugs and Nerve Damage
Ok. I’ll admit it. I am completely stumped as to why drugs to lower cholesterol are among the most successful drugs that drug companies manufacture. The evidence for their effectiveness pretty much sucks. Out of 100…
Strengthen Your Immune System · April 1, 2015
MRSA in Athletes
DOES THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU HARBOR KILLER BACTERIA? MRSA has risen to the top of the headlines over the past few years as the latest super bug that will wipe us out as a species. Thrown into the same category as flesh…
Chickenpox · March 29, 2015
Chicken Pox Vaccine and Shingles; Surprising Link Between the Two
Vaccination remains a highly controversial topic with both sides sprouting misinformation and using largely emotional arguments. Rarely do you hear the truth. And even more rarely do you hear the pro-vaccine camp…
Drug Research · March 26, 2015
FDA and Drug Research: Watching Our Backs or Asleep at the Wheel?
Our world of medicine is dominated by drugs. Drugs are the foundation upon just about every treatment that mainstream medicine offers. The entire Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) was passed so that patients could now…
Chiropractic Care · March 23, 2015
Chronic Neck and Low Back Pain – Amazing Procedure Helps in ONE Day
As a practicing chiropractor, I see patients who have had chronic problems improve just about every day. Despite how successful we are at treatment, there are still patients that we can’t help. At least not in the…
Knee Pain · March 21, 2015
The Latest on Glucosamine / Chondroitin for Knee Osteoarthritis Symptoms
The idea of using natural approaches for knee pain has been around for quite some time. Glucosamine began to hit the scenes when I was still in school. Yes indeed. The first clinical trial, while I was in chiropractic…
Health Care Costs · March 18, 2015
Hospitals in America – Dying to Get in, or Getting Out Dying?
Everyone knows medical errors occur, but few understand just how many there are. In 1984 a study came out noting that we lose about a Boeing 747’s worth of people DAILY. The estimated number was close to 98,000 people…
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