What’s the one thing the U.S. government’s “no smoking” policy has accomplished over the last 30 years? To lower lung cancer death rates? Improve quality of life or longevity? Pave the way for [...]
Month: November 2013
This cold season, get something off your chest
Back in 1905, a pharmacist in North Carolina began selling a product called Vick’s Magic Croup Salve. It quickly gained popularity, just in time for the devastating 1918-19 influenza epidemic. [...]
The worthless website is just the beginning of our problems…
For the last month, the lame-stream media has focused on all the problems created by the totally incompetent HealthCare.gov website. Yes, we all know the website doesn’t work. Uninsured Americans [...]
Concerned reader asks about B12 dangers
I recently received a question from a concerned reader about vitamin B12. She asked if the form of B12 called cyanobalamin is less healthy than methylcobalamin. It’s a great question. A lot of [...]
6 tips for exercising the right way and avoiding problems
Last month I warned you about the extreme dangers of extreme exercise. I described a study that followed 52,000 competitive cross-country skiers over many decades. Much to their surprise, [...]
President Taft’s four weight-loss “secrets”
A little more than 100 years ago, President William Howard Taft had a picnic lunch by the ocean, right across the street from where I am writing now on Loblolly Cove, north of Boston. From the [...]
The surprising gene that affects your “taste” for broccoli
I don’t often write about “super foods” because a truly healthy diet incorporates a variety of foods. Not just one type of food…even if it is “super.” With that said, broccoli definitely deserves [...]
Vitamin D deficiency detected for MS mystery
Multiple sclerosis (MS) remains shrouded in mystery to most mainstream medical experts. Some say it’s a genetic disease. Others say a virus causes it. And I’ll never forget one particularly wacky [...]