Does a diagnosis explain what’s wrong with you?
It’s a troubling situation when mainstream medicine prefers providing pills to quell symptoms. The root cause is rarely identified and the problem is allowed to fester.
Dead organ donors? ‘If you’re really dead, then no organs can be extracted’
One of the hardest, most gut-wrenching topics I’ve ever covered. It challenges everything most people believe about organ donation.
Safe and Effective? A Close Reading of a Flu Vaccine Trial for Infants
A saline-placebo trial is said to be the most rigorous design vaccine research has, and even that wasn’t enough to tell us what ‘safe and effective’ really means for a flu vaccine given to infants in Israel.
Reducing childhood illness: a recently published study compares homeopathy and conventional care
Finally, a study that demonstrates the benefits of homeopathy over conventional care! It overcomes the FDA’s claim that homeopathy is of no benefit since it couldn’t study it in the same way as pharmaceuticals.
Debunking the fat myth: How fear of saturated fat is fueling America’s obesity crisis
One of four obesity related articles I’ve written. We’ve allowed scientific ‘authorities’ and industry to convince us that what’s natural is harmful and what’s manufactured is healthy, all to our detriment.
How safe are weight-loss drugs for children and adults?
My second article on obesity. It scares me to contemplate the health crisis these drugs are likely to cause. If doctors and patients were aware of the information in ‘Debunking the fat myth…’, there would be no need for these drugs.
New school’s out-of-the-box approach could transform education in the United States
The education I wish I had. The life skills these students learn while in high school, most of us only learn once we are thrown into the work world after college.
Study shows — gratitude can add years to your life
It’s amazing how something so seemingly simple can make such a big difference. The secret is understanding our biology.
Mammography Screening – When an Educated Consumer Is Not the Best Customer
When an industry profits from disease mongering, even the harm it causes can be ignored for years. Originally published on Hormones Matter in June 2015, it was republished on the site in March 2024.
Mushrooms for Mind and Body – Exploring Lion’s Mane and Turkey Tail
Research-backed physician and patient education on Lion’s Mane and Turkey Tail mushrooms for Beit Azous Natural Healing Center. Synthesizes cognitive and neuroprotective benefits from multiple studies into clear, accessible guidance.
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