Nov 20, 2016 | Health
“Your LDL cholesterol is too high. You need to take a statin drug to lower it or you risk dying from a heart attack.” How many people have been told this and have bought into it? The number is astounding. And the sales of statin drugs reflect the... read moreNov 13, 2016 | Health
Doctors have to get their training somewhere. So they go to medical school. But that’s far from the end of the line. Much of what I now know about how to make people well, I learned after medical school, not in it. And medicine keeps changing. New discoveries... read moreNov 6, 2016 | Health
When the federal government becomes the big HMO itself, test and treatment denials will be the equivalent of death sentences for some, even many. The new health care reform law creates several methods that are likely to result in rationed care under the guise of... read moreOct 30, 2016 | Health
No fancy equipment, no cost, no waiting to see the GP – welcome to the quickest and easiest health check-ups yet. These simple tests, which you can do in the comfort of your own home, are surprisingly revealing about the state of your health. Best of all, they... read moreOct 23, 2016 | Health
It’s common knowledge that kids are overmedicated, but I’m concerned that medications are taking the place of parents to keep kids under control and, in a weird way, to show that they care! Young people today are on their own and faced with a multitude of... read moreOct 17, 2016 | Health
We often think that to improve our diets, we have to make major changes, drastically reducing calories or cutting out sugar entirely. But research is showing that we may actually be able to make our diets better just with one simple addition. According to research... read more