I have been interested in stem cell therapy for over a decade. Yet, I have been hesitant to use them because I was not happy with how most companies were processing and testing their stem cells. Stem cells are a class of undifferentiated cells that can differentiate into any...
I am so sorry I haven’t been writing, but I have a valid excuse. For the last three weeks, I have been busy lecturing and travelling through Australia and New Zealand. Today, I am in Nelson, NZ. Allison and I are having a wonderful time. The people of Australia...
We take too many prescription drugs. A study in JAMA(2015:314(17):1818-31. Nov. 3, 2015) was titled, “Trends in prescription drug use among adults in the U.S. from 1999-2012.” The authors used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) which included 37,959 adults. The authors found an increase...
I am constantly reading—both books and articles. In fact, I am running out of places to put my books–the book shelves are full! I wrote this blog, in part, to tell you about the books and articles that I find interesting. Living Bliss is a book written by C. Norman...
This past weekend, I read two wonderful books. I would like to tell you about these books as I feel that they should be part of anyone’s health library. The first is Mark Sircus’ Medical Marijuana. Later this weekend, I will tell you about Norm Shealy’s book, Living Bliss....
With the Ebola virus in the news, I thought it might be time to comment on what steps you can take to prevent becoming ill. Keep in mind that conventional medicine has no effective treatments for the Ebola virus. Due to a slow international response, Ebola has spread rapidly....
Researchers studied 966 mother-child pairs in order to examine the associations between prenatal use of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)—e.g., Prozac, Zoloft, Lexapro, Paxil, Celexa– and the odds of autism spectrum disorders and other developmental delays. This was a population based case-control study. The scientists found that among boys, prenatal...
I was in Harrisburg, PA lecturing this weekend. I received the USA Today newspaper on Friday May 16, 2014 and on page 5A there was an article titled, “Life Expectancy Up; Japanese Females Living Longest of All.” (The chart on the left was in this article.) The article quoted...
Are statins and hypertensive medications useful for the elderly? I have written extensively about this subject in my books, newsletters and blog posts. Many older subjects—greater than 75% in one study—are taking statin medications in order to prevent getting a heart attack. (1) A recent article in Evidenced Based ...
Each year I like to give a lecture presenting my views on why holistic medicine should be the medicine of the future. This year’s lecture will take place at the Novi Sheraton hotel (8 mile and Haggerty) on Saturday, January 18, 2014. It will start at 9:00 a.m. and...