New research shows women who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for 10 years or more have a much higher breast cancer risk than those who never take the blockbuster drugs. This finding [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Reduce Type II diabetes risk–and its complications–with this wonder nutrient
A reader recently accused me of “pushing” vitamin D. Now–if someone accused me of pushing one of big pharma’s dangerous drugs, like some other doctors, it would be a problem. But in my [...]
Antidepressants cause 15 times more suicides than FDA reports
Denmark-based researcher Dr. Peter C. Gotzsche recently made waves with a hard-hitting editorial published in the prestigious British Medical Journal. In the essay, Dr. Gotzsche criticized [...]
Nutrients help you cope with stress
In 2010, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand. Through the rubble, observers noticed the survivors who used micronutrient supplements reduced and prevented the mental [...]
Ward off dementia with an active brain
I remember that awful moment as a new job applicant when I first realized nobody cared about my school grade point average anymore. But according to some new research, those grades did matter! In [...]
Nature improves well-being in older adults
My daughter knows firsthand the power of spending time in Nature. She now works as a Maryland State Park Ranger. And under a refreshing new governor, her state now funds a “Youth Park Ranger” [...]
Sometimes bad behavior is just bad
At least nine percent of U.S. school-aged children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). And the public school system, big pharma, and mainstream child psychology [...]
Flu vaccine never properly tested in U.S. children
It’s that time of year again when children are getting ready to go back to school. Of course, schools are breeding grounds for viral infections. So I’m sure we’ll soon hear from the talking heads [...]
Vitamin C reduces heart disease and early deaths
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition may finally help vitamin C regain some of the esteem it deserves. Turns out, men and women who take in more vitamin C have a [...]
Pink ribbons make metastatic breast cancer victims see red
The victims of metastatic breast cancer have a new organization called MET UP that will finally speak for them on a national stage. Beth Caldwell, 38, of Seattle, Washington, helped form MET UP [...]