Los Angeles County Hospital has been one of the largest public hospitals in the country for decades. It’s a big, unionized hospital. In perpetual deficit (just like the great state of California [...]
Author: Dr. Micozzi
The Healthcare Reform Double Fraud
It’s been almost two weeks since the Supreme Court upheld the President’s healthcare reform bill. Plenty of time for all sorts of wild stories to circulate through the media about what it “really [...]
Setting the (Gold) Standard
Way too much of the natural products industry remains ignorant of historical and traditional uses of herbs and nutrients. Just like the mainstream. And while organizations like the American [...]
Can Joe Biden cure cancer?
Speaking of the pressure to pour endless streams of money into medical research…now our Vice President is upping the ante even further. Of course, once again, the motives are likely more personal [...]
Going for the Gold
Mainstream physicians and medical scientists like to talk about the “gold standard” in research. The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial. And it is indeed the gold [...]
On Independence Day 2012
I’m wondering whether the current government should have declared July 4,2012, a “government dependence” day instead of our traditional July 4th. Considering the recent twists and turns in the [...]
In and Out—Way Beyond Burgers
In California, Arizona and Nevada, “In and Out” is just a good hamburger. But in Washington D.C., being “in and out” means stepping in only to claim territory, to keep Congress and the public [...]
The Power of a Good Complement
The medical mainstream is so busy churning out new drugs it doesn’t always seem to have time to consider nutrition. Which is a shame. Because not only do nutrients have the potential to prevent [...]
The RDA to Nowhere
There are a lot of “Johnny-come-lately” doctors these days who have added nutritional medicine to their practices. Thanks, in part, to increased public demand for real solutions. But what does [...]
When “good” research goes bad
Forgive me, but I can’t help but add a few more points on the topic of my last Daily Dispatch—the Sad State of “Scientific” Affairs of our current scientific “research” climate… As you may [...]