Recreational activities are essential to our wellbeing. Relaxing and recovering from stresses helps us feel better, but recreation goes way beyond that. Recreation does more for us than just erasing the health problems caused by stress.
Blood Pressure, Common Sense & Salty Language
Firmly established conventional guidelines on blood pressure and salt are finally eroding. It’s about time. For decades I’ve guided my patients along a different path, telling them that I am not concerned by their blood pressure in my office and that they need salt to live. Both of these blood pressure-related opinions have gotten me in […]
Autism and Vitamin D
Rising rates of autism spectrum disorder and the “normalcy” of vitamin D deficiency, demand our attention. Are they linked? Evidence suggests they are.
Better Than Statins
Statins are finally getting the criticism they deserve. It is extremely important for you to understand that heart disease is not just about cholesterol. Exercise, healthy diet, avoiding nasty chemicals (including cigarettes) and being calm, are the effective steps to reduce heart disease.
Children with ADHD Want to Move
Kids get fidgety if you confine them, for example, in a chair in a classroom. That fidgeting then earns them the ADHD label and a prescription to stop their squirming. Drugging a child so that he behaves just the way you want him to behave is not the answer.
Mold and Asthma
The connection between mold and asthma has gotten some long overdue attention recently. If you or anyone you know has asthma, this is important.
Pharmaceutical Profiteering Must Stop
In another example of pharmaceutical manufacturer greed, prices of concentrated insulin have soared. There is no reason for the increases other than profit. The discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting, who then developed the process of extracting it for medical use with his student Charles Best, saved the lives of many diabetics. Those people had […]
Alzheimer’s Disease and Tranquilizers
Environmental factors seem to have an impact on the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, as do various dietary influences and exercise patterns. New data from a study published in the British Medical Journal indicate that the rising use of tranquilizers might be one important reason for the rise in Alzheimer’s.
Anger, Essential Health Habits, and Your Heart
For half a century now, medical science has proven, again and again, that emotions have a major impact on our heart health. Anyone over 40 is likely to recall the term “Type A” and the danger Type A behaviors pose for the heart. Just like prescribing drugs for osteoporosis without looking at a patient’s diet to see how much calcium she is consuming or prescribing GERD medications without suggesting that the patient try avoiding lactose-containing dairy products, we are too often both unscientific and careless. Taking care of the simple fundamentals, including the essential health habits IS good medicine and VITAL to your health. NOTHING can replace the essentials.
Use It Or Lose It
The prevailing, common sense, advice in medicine used to be that if some body part was weak, you should rest it. It made sense, that is unless you thought about it a bit more deeply. Don’t give up. Don’t give in. But don’t be foolish either.