Book lovers lived almost two years longer than those who didn’t crack open a book in a new study conducted by Yale researchers and sponsored by the National Institute on Aging. For this study, [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Looking for new antibiotics in all the wrong places
We hear a lot from the mainstream academic-government-industrial medical complex about antibiotic-resistant “superbugs,” which kill about 700,000 people each year worldwide. Experts project [...]
Six surprising secrets of super-agers
With the holidays just around the corner, I’ve begun to see all the silly TV segments on the morning talk shows about how to “get away” with making low-fat gravy and “skinny” cocktails. Why such [...]
Urgent warning: The world’s biggest poison pushers join forces
Start planning your backyard garden now. Because you may have a hard time finding non-genetically modified (GM) foods on grocery store shelves in the future if chemical companies have their way. [...]
The Presidential cover-ups you don’t hear about on the news
With Halloween over, the scariest thing on the calendar is this year’s presidential election. And one of the scariest things about the 2016 election may be the presidential candidates’ hidden [...]
The surprising health risk factor deadlier than obesity
Emily Dickinson described the quiet devastation of loneliness as “the horror not to be surveyed.” But modern researchers are surveying it and increasingly view it as a public health issue. And [...]
New research questions 40 years of routine mammography
Research shows routine mammography doesn’t prevent deaths from breast cancer, as I have been reporting for years. The latest study appeared in the “gold standard” of medical journalism, the New [...]
What modern medicine can learn from Shakespeare’s witches
On Halloween, I often think of Shakespeare’s potions and poisons. These herbal concoctions made for intriguing plot devices in his plays. They also reflect the sophisticated medical knowledge of [...]
Are chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia a kind of “human hibernation”?
This week finds us right between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. Of course, the declining light and heat, with the lowering sun, also triggers physiological changes in millions of [...]
What is “paranormal,” scientifically speaking?
At this time of year, I try to bring you news about scientific studies on the “paranormal” phenomenon, which many feel may question the Nature of reality. But if scientific studies make these [...]