Healthy post-menopausal women should avoid taking low doses of vitamin D and calcium. These supplements don’t help prevent bone fractures. So says the government’s U.S. Preventive Services Task [...]
Category: Immune Health
Hands off the hand sanitizer
The cure is worse than the disease. Historians attribute the Renaissance scientist and statesman Sir Francis Bacon with that apt quote. And it certainly describes modern medicine’s treatment of [...]
What’s Old Is New Again
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently made a big announcement. They’re developing a “new and innovative” approach to treating bacterial infections. Of course, the [...]