A good diet is a basic tenet of good physical health. And it’s a basic tenet of good mental health as well. In fact, as I’ll explain in a moment, you can improve your depression risk by up to 60 [...]
Author: Dr. Micozzi
Common drugs form deadly duo
According to a shocking, new study, men and women who take two wildly popular drugs at the same time increase their risk of bleeding inside the skull by a staggering 60 percent. You won’t believe [...]
Researchers link two popular antidepressant drugs to birth defects
I often write about the many serious dangers of antidepressant drugs. Now, new evidence shows these drugs pass on problems to the next generation–in more ways than one. Last year, I wrote [...]
My advice about the new NSAID warnings
Last month, the FDA issued an alert about non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Of course, they couched the serious warning in quasi-medical, quasi-bureaucratic language. “Heart attack [...]
Who owns science?
Today, I’d like to turn a bit philosophical and address the question: Who owns science? In an ideal world, the public owns it. And in the U.S., where the taxpayers pay for almost all of the [...]
Defend against superbugs with 5 simple steps
Antibiotics can certainly save lives. But their overuse allowed untreatable, antibiotic-resistant superbugs to develop. One of the deadliest superbugs–called Clostridium difficile (C. [...]
5 practical tips to avoiding falls as you get older
Last month, former President George H.W. Bush fell at home and broke a bone in his neck. Fortunately, he’s now doing fine, making a full recovery, and continues to live at home. Another [...]
“They caught it early” is a false promise when it comes to breast cancer
I often write about the false promises of high-tech medicine. Not because I’m against technology. But because I’m against false promises. For decades, the mainstream promised us the next [...]
News Alert: Why I’m doubling down on my recommended daily vitamin D dose
Mainstream medicine just can’t seem to take seriously the constant torrent of studies showing the health benefits of vitamin D. Or the growing list of disorders and diseases associated with a [...]
A test you should be getting instead of a colonoscopy
In the special “Ask the Insider” edition of Insiders’ Cures in May, I answered many good questions from readers, including one regarding how to ask your doctor about alternatives to colonoscopy. [...]