Leave it to the biggest name brand in the world to cash in on the multi-billion dollar weight loss business. Yes Coca-Cola will be launching a new green tea soft drink called Enviga. They claim it helps burn calories about 20-30 calories per 12-ounce can. This new tea/soft drink comes with a powerful punch. It …
Nearly half a million cases of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder among U.S. children are related to exposures to lead or their mothers’ smoking while pregnant. A recent study suggested that these two environmental hazards might account for more than a quarter of drug-treated ADHD cases. The study found that children whose mothers smoked before giving birth-but …
When you browse through the health section at the bookstore you encounter a large number of books pertaining to what is a proper diet. These can include books promoting high-protein diets, diets based on blood type, vegetarian diets, and candida diets to name a few. Samuel Hahnemann, MD, the founder of homeopathy, felt that diet …
There is a new book out called Mindless Eating, in which the author by way of experimentation demonstrated that so much of our eating is dependent on our visual perception and not on how full we are. Today I was talking to a moderately over weight man in his late 20’s about proper eating habits. …
It is law in all US states that children be properly immunized before attending school. However, in addition to medical exemptions offered in each state, 48 states allow for religious exemptions and 19 states allow personal belief exemptions. Personal belief exemptions include religious, philosophical and any other unspecified non-medical exemption. Those states that do not …
You know you are old if: When your spouse says, “Honey lets go upstairs and make love” and your response is “I can only do one which do you want to do?” When an all-nighter means not getting up to pee. When you know you are lucky to find your car in the parking lot. …
Patients who find out that they have atherosclerosis of their coronary arteries are often confronted with the decision of whether of not to either have by-pass surgery or have a stent placed, or have chelation therapy. My advice to them is if their cardiologist does not feel that their condition is life threatening then they …
I remember my pre-med studies at BYU as exhilarating yet stressful- especially when it came to for testing. For a pre-med student his GPA was the most important factor that medical schools used in determining whether it was worthwhile inviting you come out for an interview. As chemistry was my hardest course I had quit …
This last weekend I attended a seminar about the nutritional treatment of neurological diseases like MS and Alzheimer’s disease. The course was taught by two well-respected neurologists, one taught at the Mayo Clinic and the other was on staff at Cornell Medical University. It is not uncommon for patients experiencing memory loss to come and …
There have been great strides in the acceptance of alternative therapies the last 10 years. As an example more than one in four U.S. hospitals now offer complementary and alternative therapies (CAM), such as acupuncture, homeopathy, and massage therapy. A survey shows the percentage of hospitals offering one or more CAM services increased from 8% …