Kidney stone rates have been skyrocketing in recent years. Especially among women. Many people assume they won’t develop one at this time of year, when the weather’s cooler. But according to some [...]
Category: Daily Dispatch
Bolster your natural defenses against winter’s worst with key minerals and foods
At this point in the season, you’re still probably being harassed to get a flu shot. But it remains important to keep up your natural defenses against the flu and other viruses in circulation. As [...]
The key to ironclad immunity lies with these five basic nutrients
Have you ever noticed that some people tend to get sick all the time? Whereas other folks rarely even get the sniffles. And if they do catch a virus, they get over it quickly. Well, the [...]
Lung cancer victims don’t get the care they need
According to a new study, a staggering percentage of men and women in the U.S. diagnosed with lung cancer do not receive even “minimal treatments,” as recommended by national guidelines. And one [...]
Rule out dementia in minutes with two easy non-invasive tests
Mainstream medical research has thrown billions of dollars into two failed “decades of the brain.” Yet, they still have no standard, affordable test to screen for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or [...]
Get better sleep (and live longer) by exercising less!
Getting a good night’s sleep is a critical component of good health. Especially as you get older. In fact, numerous studies link optimal sleep to a lower risk of developing any number of chronic [...]
You CAN fight Type II diabetes—here’s how
Until very recently, mainstream medicine didn’t consider Type II diabetes to be a reversible disease. Once you developed it, it was a “life sentence” and you could only hope to “manage” it with [...]
Five cold-weather tips that may add years to your life
Now that we’ve entered the depths of winter, you’re probably tempted to stay hunkered down inside your toasty home, sitting in your favorite chair by the fire, drinking a hot beverage. But I [...]
Soothe your joints, muscles, and mind with this ancient remedy
I’ve always found spending time in or around water to be especially comforting, even therapeutic. Perhaps it’s because I spent a lot of time as a child on the coast of northern New England. (And [...]
Five medical myths standing between you and optimal health
Even in 2020, we are plagued by countless medical myths still in circulation. Some were created by misguided, self-promoting medical specialists, like cardiologists. Others arose from [...]