(Hint: It’s not calcium!) There’s an epidemic of osteoporosis in older women in the U.S. Each year, it leads to 1.5 million dangerous—and even fatal—bone fractures. But I have always been curious [...]
Category: Pain
The wrong operation for the wrong problem
The meniscus is a sliver of joint cartilage that acts as a cushion in your knee. Older adults who have osteoarthritis of the knee often suffer meniscus tears. Marathon runners and other extreme [...]
Useless medical procedures to avoid at all costs
It’s no secret, the FDA is a dysfunctional cesspool of mediocracy and double standards. And it baffles me how many harmful drugs make it through the agency’s regulatory process. But here’s [...]
My safe, natural, effective, and inexpensive way to end the opioid addiction epidemic
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has found a disturbing new trend among both legal and illegal drug users. Over the last nine years, heroin use and overdose has tripled. But illegal [...]
FDA continues to turn blind eye to pain drug problems
Yesterday, I told you about the former FDA Commissioner who faces a federal racketeering lawsuit that alleges she used her government position to reap financial gain. The lawsuit also alleges she [...]
Natural pain relief in any weather
Summer weather — with thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes — is upon us. You may even feel it in your joints when a storm is coming. In fact, many people can predict the weather [...]
The new meaning of “tell me where it hurts”
What your aching body is REALLY telling you about your emotional and mental state By now the whole nation knows about the disaster of prescription pain drugs. Of course, Insiders’ Cures readers [...]
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 [...]
Six supplements to avoid if you have arthritis
Many safe, natural approaches can help you relieve and even reverse your chronic pain, whether you suffer from osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, degenerative and herniated spinal discs, [...]
“Black Dragon” secret for lasting, pill-free pain relief
Back in 1987, when I was working in China with a senior researcher from Heilongjiang (Black Dragon) province, I began researching a little-known technique for relieving — and even reversing [...]
