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Treating respiratory tract infections in the age of resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is an issue well known to the medical community at large. It is, however, of paramount importance within the realm of holistic medicine; in addition to having the potential to further aggravate resistance to various antibiotics,…read more
Categories:Colds and Respiratory Infections Flu Infections
Is your diet making you sick?
Contrary to popular belief, food allergies are more than obvious immediate reactions that only afflict a small part of the population. According to allergy researcher and pioneer of clinical ecology Theron Randolph, M.D., food allergy is the most…read more
Categories:Allergy General Nutrition
Functional food science
Widespread interest in the possibility that selected foods might promote health has resulted in the coining of the generic term “functional food.” The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences defines a “functional food” as…read more
Categories:General Nutrition Heart Disease Obesity Supplements
Diabetes, diet and herbs
Mainstream medicine is making serious blunders in its approach to diabetes, and conventional physicians and dieticians can’t get straight the proper diet to treat diabetes. They adhere slavishly to the diabetic “exchange diet” developed decades ago, which emphasizes…read more
Categories:Diabetes
Common cold buster: Simple three-step plan that works
Several different viruses, the most common of which belong to the category rhinovirus, cause the common cold. Herbal, pharmaceutical and homeopathic remedies have consistently failed to treat symptoms or to significantly shorten their duration. In fact, certain studies…read more
Categories:Colds and Respiratory Infections Immunity Supplements
Vitamin C / Atherosclerosis scare
Early in March, devotees of nutritional medicine were stunned by wide circulation in the media of a press release suggesting that modest supplementary doses of vitamin C were implicated in rapid acceleration of atherosclerosis based on a study…read more
Categories:Atherosclerosis General Nutrition Heart Health Supplements
Gallbladder disease
Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The sole function of the gallbladder is to store bile, which is produced in the liver and aids in the digestion of fats in…read more
Categories:Aging Gall bladder disease Nutrition and Weight Surgery
Iron: Deficiency and toxicity
Iron – roles in the body: Iron is an essential nutrient that is vital to the processes by which cells generate energy. Iron also can be damaging when it accumulates in the body. In fact, iron is…read more
Categories:Chronic Fatigue Syndrome General Nutrition
Frequently asked questions about fatigue
Q. What kinds of undiagnosed illnesses can be present with a primary symptom of fatigue? Would other symptoms likely be present, too? How can the fatigue be alleviated with proper treatment of the illness? A. There are innumerable…read more
Categories:Allergy Cancer Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depression/Anxiety Diabetes Fibromyalgia Heart Disease Hepatitis Hyperthyroidism Multiple Sclerosis Sleep
Update on cancer
Recent articles have hailed progress on the war on cancer. Experts point to statistics they say reflect rising survival rates and falling death rates from “preventable” cancers, such as breast and colon. Nevertheless, cancer remains a big killer,…read more
Categories:Cancer Diabetes Exercise General Nutrition Supplements
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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I just returned from a dive trip to Turks and Caicos and wanted to share…
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Q: According to my latest bloodwork, I have low levels of ferritin. Can you shed…
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Dr. Antonio Bianco, recipient of the American Thyroid Association’s John B. Stanbury Thyroid Pathophysiology Medal,…
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