Today, I’m going to tell you about seven deadly surgeries to avoid. I’ll get to those in a moment. But as a literature lover, I couldn’t help but make a connection to Dante’s seven deadly sins. [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Four clear benefits to sun exposure beyond vitamin D
I often write about the importance of sunlight exposure for vitamin D production. After just about 10 – 15 minutes in the sun without sunscreen, your skin starts to naturally produce and store [...]
Do cancer screenings make any difference?
Yesterday, I exposed the lack of “standards of care” when it comes to cancer screening recommendations for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer. The quality of the screenings [...]
No real “standards of care” when it comes to cancer screenings
According to a new editorial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there is little consensus about how often men and women should undergo “routine” cancer screenings. In [...]
What’s going on with “organic”?
I find more and more people want to eat organic foods. They will seek out and pay more for the better quality, nutritional value, and safety represented by true, organically grown foods. From a [...]
New study proves the statin odds aren’t stacked in your favor
A recent study published in the prestigious British Medical Journal determined just how long cholesterol-lowering statin drugs extend life. (Hint: It’s not by much.) The actual results will shock [...]
Road to perdition paved with pain pills
My old colleague and science journalist Faye Flam recently wrote a superb article for Bloomberg News about the pain drug epidemic in this country. In it, she reviews some important medical and [...]
Save the garden at Boston’s Children’s Hospital — and at hospitals everywhere
The first hospitals in the U.S. date back to the late colonial period when Benjamin Franklin first had the idea to establish a place for the sick and injured to go for care. Until that time, and [...]
Revealed: The most neglected aspect of joint health
I’ve said before that if glucosamine and chondroitin were truly the wonder nutrient supplements that marketers claim they are, we wouldn’t still be talking about aching elbows, wrists, and knees. [...]
Speak out against GM foods
I find myself writing more and more about genetically modified (GM) foods. Maybe because there are more and more GM foods grown in the U.S. You may wonder why GM foods are so bad? For one, they [...]