You have to hand it to Johnson & Johnson (J&J). They’ve got a great PR team. The company sells an OTC painkiller that lands between 55,000 and 80,000 men and women each year in the [...]
Author: Dr. Micozzi
Stimulate your brain
This month, I’ve reported quite a bit on dementia and cognitive dysfunction. So today, let’s consider the healthy aging brain. And what you can do to support your brain as you get older. [...]
Hydrate like an NFL quarterback (even on Monday morning)
There are few places left on earth to look for entirely new natural remedies. South Africa is one of those places. And the remarkable “red bush” (Aspalathus linearis) plant is one of the most [...]
B vitamins from head to toe
As you’ll recall, a few months back I reported on a middle-aged man named Bill who developed burning pain in his feet. The pain got so bad, it interfered with his walking and his sleep. Bill also [...]
Who says DNA is destiny?
Your genes can have a lot to do with whether or not you develop certain chronic diseases. And one gene in particular–TCF7L2–can cause problems. In fact, if you have certain variations [...]
“Low-T”–men’s health or men’s hype?
Today, Big Pharma excels at finding cures for problems that don’t exist. Especially when it comes to men’s health. Just take the largely imaginary epidemic of “Low-T,” for example. A new study [...]
Protect yourself from young-onset dementia
If you’re under 65, you may not think you have to worry about dementia just yet. Unfortunately, that’s simply not true. Roughly, 200,000 Americans under the age of 65 have dementia. This [...]
Anesthesia doubles dementia risk
Surgery is always risky. No matter how you slice it (or how it slices you). And according to a new study, it’s not just the surgery itself you should worry about. The anesthesia poses its own set [...]
Statin drug causes amnesia in NASA physician-astronaut
Some health experts mistakenly portray foods that contain cholesterol–like eggs and red meat–as “heart attacks on a plate.” But this quip is far from the truth. A real danger to your [...]
More colonoscopy fraud
As I’ve said before, colonoscopy is one “routine” cancer-screening test you might not really need. Despite what some celebrities–and most doctors–say. Plus, it’s far too expensive. In [...]