In a large telephone survey conducted last year by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one in eight men and women over 60 years reported experiencing memory lapses that have been “happening [...]
Month: November 2014
Big pharma tries to distract you by muddying the waters
We now know many of the new, hot Type II diabetes drugs don’t effectively control blood sugar. And they come with a slew of dangerous side effects. So–does big pharma simply throw in the [...]
Have we been treating elevated blood pressure too aggressively?
I’ve been closely studying the effects of high blood pressure since my work in Southeast Asia in the 1970s. It’s clearly the No. 1 silent killer behind cardiovascular disease. Therefore, I’ve [...]
Curiosity–it’s not just a trivial pursuit
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but new research shows it can help keep your brain cells alive. In fact, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found that men and women showed [...]
The relentless, year-round “harvest” you may want to avoid
The calendar is turning the corner on 2014. And in most parts of the country, people are getting ready to prepare for Thanksgiving. Our neighbors to the north in Canada observed the holiday last [...]
Serial killers in white coats cause real horrors
Over the weekend, you may have seen zombies, goblins, and ghosts trolling your street. And we all went through the return to shorter, darker days as Daylight Savings Time ended. Indeed, these are [...]
Government bureaucracy proliferates faster than “superbugs”
Mainstream medicine helped create antibiotic-resistant bacteria–or “superbugs”–with its overuse of antibiotics. The bacteria mutated and adapted to antibiotics faster than we could [...]
Case closed! Vitamin D controversy—settled, once and for all
During weekends on the radio in the 1930s and ’40s, and then on TV in the ’50s and ’60s, it was nearly impossible to avoid “The Original Amateur Hour” (an early version of “American Idol” and [...]
ALERT: Beware FDA’s new folate labeling rules
Back in June, warned you about the new FDA nutrition and supplement labeling rules—and how they could wreak havoc on your health. And there’s one change in particular that you should be [...]
Ask the Insider: Another natural flu-fighter worth considering
I have been practicing integrative medicine since 1982. I was disappointed that you did not include elderberry extract (sambucus, Sambucol, etc.) in your May Daily Dispatch article about the [...]