Doctors dole out antidepressants far too easily. To far too many people. And for far too long. Plus, few antidepressants, if any, truly benefit their patients. I’ve hounded this point many times [...]
Author: Dr. Micozzi
Too quick to pull the migraine trigger?
If you suffer from migraines, you may think chocolate or bright lights trigger your headaches. So you avoid these triggers at all costs. But that cause-and-effect relationship may not be as [...]
Too much caffeine & the beat of your heart
The number of ER visits linked to energy drinks skyrocketed in recent years. Worse yet, new reports link several energy products with unexpected deaths in healthy young people. As usual, the FDA [...]
The new problem drinkers
Today, more and more teens direct their energies to a lesser-known form of substance abuse. And this behavior, although it may sound harmless, poses some even greater dangers to teens than more [...]
Six signs it’s pneumonia, not just the flu
You may worry about getting the flu. But your doctor worries about something worse: a bacterial co-infection. It happens when the flu–a viral infection in your upper respiratory [...]
Dangerous generics
We are all told–doctors and patients alike–that generic drugs are just like their brand-name counterparts. They work just as well and they’re just as safe. Indeed, more than 80 [...]
Warm up without touching the thermostat
As cities grow and energy sources dwindle, engineers now turn to a little-known resource to keep your home or office cozy and warm: body heat. Your body actually emits about 100 watts of excess [...]
Health insurance rates climb 66 percent in four years!
President Obama can rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic all he wants. But his Affordable Health Care Act is still a sinking ship. And in 2014, you may well want to jump off the ship. You [...]
Was Lincoln really a humanitarian?
A previous Dispatch on crop rotations, revolutions, and past presidents Washington and Jefferson got me thinking about another president on Mount Rushmore–Abraham Lincoln. Of course, who [...]
Healthy agriculture–revolution or just rotation?
We need a farming “revolution.” And this time, I’m not talking about going organic. Or getting rid of pesticides. Or ending the use of genetically modified seeds. No–this week I’m talking [...]