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Pay Attention! Supplements and ADD/ADHD
When I was a child, no one had ever heard of attention deficit or attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD). These diagnoses were not in their current form until the late 1980s and were not frequently used until the 1990s. But there were always children (and adults) that were delightful whirligigs of constantly shifting thought ...
Healthy Liver, Longer Life
I think the liver is the overlooked workhorse of the body. Most people know that the liver is the major organ of detoxification. Without the liver, that shot of tequila would be around for a very long time indeed, circulating and causing trouble. We would not be able to live much more than a day ...
Finding New Cancer Answers
When I worked in mainstream oncology, I sat with many patients who had received some of the worst news of their lives. They had cancer and they were overwhelmed. Suddenly, their existence revolved around statistics (percent alive at five years post-treatment, percent response rate, percent failure rate, percent surgery success, to name a few) and ...
Want to Live a Long Time? Polyphenols Will Help Get You There
There is a huge amount of marketing around anti-aging interventions: creams, potions, diets, medications, devices, surgeries, fasting, exercise programs—all with a claim to turn back the hands of time. There is no perfect and easy answer, but there are some things you can do to slow down the damage that is done as we age, ...
About Gout … Ouch!
I had heard of gout before I went into health care. I thought of it as an old man’s disease, caused by eating and drinking to excess, because that is how it was described in history books. In fact, they called it “rich man’s disease” because only the wealthy could afford to eat and drink ...
Are Your Hormones Ganging Up on You?
Hormones are amazing, powerful, dangerous and confusing. Hormones are released from endocrine glands. The major endocrine glands in the body are the pineal gland, pituitary gland, pancreas, thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, hypothalamus, adrenal glands, testes and ovaries. Here, we are going to focus on the hormone estrogen—the good, the bad and the ugly. Unfortunately, given ...
Want to Live a Long Time? Polyphenols Will Help Get You There
There is a huge amount of marketing around anti-aging interventions. Creams, potions, diets, medications, devices, surgeries, fasting, exercise programs—all with a claim to turn back the hands of time. There is no perfect and easy answer, but there are some things you can do to slow down the damage that is done as we age, ...
Uterus: Friend and Foe? The Problem of Endometriosis
There would be no human life on our planet without the reproductive power of the uterus. When my children were younger, I described the uterus as a warm and cozy nest. When the egg is fertilized, it is gently dropped into the nest to be protected and nurtured. It was a few more years before ...
David Bowie, Queen and Your Blood Pressure
One of my all-time favorites is the collaboration between Queen and David Bowie to create the musical masterpiece “Under Pressure.” However, I can’t listen to the lyrics “Pressure … pushing down on me … pressing down on you …” and hear that beating, building pulse of a rhythm without thinking of blood pressure. Maybe I ...
Estrogen: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Estrogen is magic. It turns little girls into grown-up women. Hips widen, breasts develop, ovaries kick into gear, and the cycle of reproductive life begins. Without estrogen, there would be no babies and humanity would grind to a halt. Estrogen colors the way we think, the way we perceive pain, our memories, how our heart ...
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