More Arthritis Sufferers Need to Get Moving

by | Oct 2, 2011 | 0 comments

Researchers from Northwestern University report a “concerning” trend among arthritis sufferers: not exercising enough. In research involving more than 1,000 adults suffering from knee osteoarthritis, less than 10 percent of the volunteers hit their weekly 2-hour...

Salsalate and Diabetics

by | Sep 23, 2011 | 1 comment

I was in a waiting room at a clinic the other day and overheard a woman telling a man she was with (her husband, maybe?) about a treatment her doctor was considering for her.  She apparently wasn’t happy about it .  But mostly because she couldn’t pronounce it. Other...

Teflon Use Linked to Arthritis

by | Sep 12, 2011 | 0 comments

The non-stick coating that prevents eggs from sticking to your pan may contribute to arthritis development, a new study out of School of Medicine at West Virginia University found. After investigating the link between blood Teflon levels –a compound known as...
Making Raw Mango Soup

Making Raw Mango Soup

by | Aug 15, 2011 | 3 comments

Eating raw-food has been proven extremely healthy. Even if you don’t go completely raw, just increasing the amount of raw food you eat can help lower cholesterol, improve type-2-diabetes, drop blood pressure and relief arthritis pain just to name a few example...

Frankincense Cuts Down On Arthritis Pain

by | Aug 1, 2011 | 0 comments

Although the Three Wise Men may not have known it, one of the gifts they were carrying on that famous December night –Frankincense—has the power to significantly reduce arthritis pain, a team of scientists out of Cardiff University found this week. The researchers...

Surgery and Prescriptions Aren’t Always the Answer

by | Jul 18, 2011 | 0 comments

Recently a reader asked about a news article she had seen that explained the most common surgeries that many seniors have that actually should be avoided. She asked about alternatives specifically to a procedure whereby a stent is placed in a narrowing artery near the...