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...

Go Nuts to Fight Cholesterol

by | Jul 17, 2011 | 0 comments

One of the most common treatments for elevated cholesterol levels is to cut back on fat in the diet. However, a new study out of Loma Linda University found that this advice may be doing more harm than good. In their study they investigated the effects of eating nuts...

Does Snoring Cause Divorce?

by | Jul 15, 2011 | 0 comments

I have often been guilty of letting this thought run through my mind when I read some of the commentary related to people asking for help with their snoring issues. The latest comes from a reader in Alabama who asked me to share her story as not only a caution to...

Diabetes and Emulin

by | Jul 11, 2011 | 3 comments

Have you seen Medicine Man with Sean Connery? It was a predictable but engaging tale about how a scientist found a cure for cancer in the jungles of the Amazon Rain Forest, and how the cure was being destroyed by deforestation. There are examples everywhere as to how...

This Can Reverse Type 2 Diabetes

by | Jul 10, 2011 | 2 comments

Type 2 diabetes is often considered an incurable disease that one has to manage throughout their life. However, a new research study out of Newcastle University found that cutting back on calories is enough to help insulin producing cells in the pancreas reproduce. In...