In 1972 the world lost its ability to feed itself solely from fish caught in the wild. As a result farmed fish production has steadily been rising each year to fill our needs. One particular farmed fish, Tilapia, is appearing more and more on the restaurants menus and at the fish counter. But how good …
It is always nice to hear that a patient you saw years ago has been symptom-free. Yesterday the mother of a teenage girl that I saw in 2005 mentioned that her daughter who is now in college has been a headache free for the last couple of years. When Samantha first came to see me …
It is not uncommon for young boys- just before they reach the age of puberty to begin to experience enlargement of the breasts. This is a medical condition know as gynecomastia usually results from an imbalance in the female to male hormones. As a result of some detective work one physician was able to determine …
The use of statin drugs, such as Lipitor and Crestor, to lower cholesterol is at a all time high. The current US guidelines recommends that 24.5% of the population should be taking these medications. Unfortunately, these guidelines are based on little or insufficient evidence. This past weekend I attended the ACAM (American College for the …
The human species has a genetic defect which prevent our bodies from producing vitamin C like most other species. Studies have been done on animal species that can make their own vitamin C. What they found was with stress the production of vitamin C quadrupled. When the animal was exposed to a carcinogenic agent vitamin …
Periodically, patients will either tell me that they were treated based on darkfield analysis of live blood or will ask my opinion of this technique. In 1925 the German zoologist Gunther Enderlein, PhD published a concept of microbial life cycles. Dr. Enderlein used a specialized oblique illumination technique that enables specimens that are not imaged …
Anyone that has had a gout attack know just how exquisitely painful it can be. Often times just having the sheets of the bed touching the inflamed joint is intolerable. Of course drinking 32 ounces or more of cherry juice at the firstr sign of a gout attack usually eliminates pain. However, there are some …
Here are some helpful ideas in how to buy healthful fish: Coldwater fish rather than fish from warmer waters Salmon, artic cod, and tuna, which sim in cold water, are rich in the polyunsaturated fats known as omega-3s. Since salt freezes at subzero temperatures, how do costal fish survive winter waters unfrozen? In part, the …
It seems that every time we turn around, a new study appears telling us how dangerous nutritional supplements are. The latest was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, that found that taking antioxidant supplements does not prolong life. On the contrary, the use of some antioxidants ( beta-carotene, vitamin A and Vitamin …
One would think that the way you drink fluids would not make a difference, but it does. About 60 years ago Italian scientists discovered that when a person sips their fluid frequently throughout the day rather than just drinking the same amount of fluid in larger quantity less frequently the frequency of urination increases. When …