Rachael, who is in her early 40’s, has not felt well for at least the last 6 years. In her words, ” I have been so cold sensitive. So cold that it has consumed my life. I cannot even drink cold liquid. The only thing that will get me warm is a steaming hot shower. …
Over the last several years there has been numerous studies published in medical journals and lay magazines of the benefits of wine. This has led many people to believe that it is good to drink wine so they will consume 1-2 glasses of wine at dinner time. However, one study that took PET scans of …
The most common question I get this time of year is “should I get the flu vaccine?” To answer this question we really need to first look at the efficacy of the vaccine. The influenza A and B viruses for which people are being vaccinated against the account for less than 15% of all flu-like …
You would be hard press to find anyone that would discount the benefits of eating organically. And it would seem logical that organic crops are better for the environment than the massed produced crops. But this might not be so. Norman Borlaug, the father of the “green revolution”, and winner of the Nobel peace prize …
Because prostate cancer growth is fueled by androgens- especially testosterone- androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the treatment of choice for the 40% of men with this cancer who have disease that has spread beyond the prostate. But ADT has been shown to have many deleterious effects on the body. These include osteoporosis, increase in body …
To attract prospective employees after World War II, companies that couldn’t compete on wages (war era controls were still in effect) offered medical benefits. Today, more than 60 years later, roughly three-fifths of American have employer-subsidized, third-party health insurance. The problem with having a third party pay for our health insurance, however, is that there’s …
The FDA has issued a specific warning not to use quinine for leg cramps. Until recently, no quinine product was ever approved by FDA. They were on the market before FDA approval was required. Now that there is an approved product, Qualaquin, the FDA is forcing all the others off the market by June. This …
There’s a lot of buzz about the “wine pill,” resveratrol. Ever since the news that it can boost endurance and prolong life in mice, people have been rushing out to buy it. Resveratrol is one of the substances that are thought to give red wine some of its health benefits. It was first thought to …
Forget the lemonade-bring on the orange juice! Research published in The Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology suggests that orange juice helps prevent the formation of kidney stones better than other citrus fruit juices such as lemonade. What researchers found was that orange juice had greater alkalinizing and citraturic effects than lemonade, despite …
Sometimes with chronic illness, especially if it is of slow onset, we try to ignore the symptoms and as a result we become accustomed to not feeling well. But often times treatment can restore the body quickly back to normal Such was the case of Jacob who about a year ago started to experience nausea …