Linus Van Pelt made his debut in the “Peanuts” comic strip in the fall of 1952—when I did—just in time for the Halloween sighting of the Great Pumpkin. The Great Pumpkin, of course, bestows gifts [...]
Author: Dr. Micozzi
The simple treat you can (and should) indulge in daily
Don’t be tricked by the wrong kind of chocolate this Halloween I’m not a fan of candy and other sweets. So you’d think that would create quite a dilemma when trick-or-treaters show up at my [...]
Six foods that lower blood pressure—without drugs!
High blood pressure is the No. 1 reason people visit the doctor. It generates more than $20 billion in annual income for the mainstream-medical-industrial complex. And there’s no doubt that [...]
This highly respected medical specialty offers harmful, low value care
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University recently spent thousands of hours investigating “low value” care and “medical reversals.” Basically, these are accepted medical practices [...]
This tasty snack lowers risk of Type II diabetes, heart disease, and early death
Getting a diagnosis of pre-diabetes isn’t a life sentence. In fact, as I told you earlier this week, a new study found that most people diagnosed with “pre-diabetes” never go on to develop [...]
A drink (or two!) with dinner reduces your risk of this common lung disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a brutal, chronic lung disease that is thought to afflict up to 24 million Americans, making it the third-leading cause of disease and death in the [...]
Most cases of pre-diabetes never develop into full-blown disease
In a new, breakthrough study, two-thirds of people diagnosed with pre-diabetes never went on to develop full-blown Type II diabetes. The secret to how they thwarted the disease’s progression was [...]
Don’t buy into the new “plant-based” fake meat craze
Have you seen the hype around all the new fake meat products—like the Impossible Whopper® at Burger King and the Beyond Sausage Sandwich® at Dunkin’ Donuts? Not that I patronize these fast food [...]
New prostate cancer screening could be a real game-changer for men
This week, I’ve been reporting on some common health issues men face as they get older. And today, I’m talking specifically about prostate cancer—which will strike one out of every nine men at [...]
Doctor-recommended treatment skyrockets Alzheimer’s risk in men
As you know, most men who get prostate cancer as they get older die with it, not because of it. But overtreatment is a massive problem in today’s world. And men diagnosed with even the typical, [...]
