Medications

Leyla Weighs In: Take your thyroid medicine with water, not coffee

By Leyla Muedin MS, RD, CDN

If you have low thyroid and are taking thyroid medicine, you were likely advised to take it on an empty stomach first thing in the morning, preferably 30 to 60 minutes before breakfast. This advice is correct, however, many individuals…read more

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Natural thyroid vindicated!

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

After over three decades of “breaking with the pack” and recommending natural thyroid to my patients, this fall ushers in a stunning vindication of this often-shunned practice. In a study published in the September edition of Annals of Family Medicine, researchers…read more

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Brainrobbers: Medicines that steal your brain power (Revisited!)

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

Paging through the archives of Intelligent Medicine, I came across the following article which I first published in 2018. It foretells a problem which is highlighted in a brand new research paper published in the September 2 edition of Neurology. It found that use…read more

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How to protect yourself from the harmful effects of antibiotics

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

There are times when you just need an antibiotic. Think pneumonia, a serious skin infection, a urinary tract infection, or Lyme Disease. Yes, they’re overused for self-limited conditions like mild acne, bronchitis, ear infections, and sinusitis, but they’re sometimes necessary….read more

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Are your medications getting you down?

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association has disturbing implications for Americans who take prescription and over-the-counter drugs, often many at the same time: They can significantly increase the risk of depression. Moreover, the number of adults using 3…read more

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Less is more: The rise of overtreatment in the 21st Century

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

The country doctor of the early 20th Century had very few tools to address patients’ complaints. Armed with a few simple medications and some basic surgical techniques, they often had to rely on reassurance and bedside manner to ease suffering. …read more

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Are some medicines stealing your brain power?

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

It recently came to light that a wide range of popular medications—used routinely by tens of millions of Americans—have a nasty tendency to accelerate cognitive decline and set the stage for Alzheimer’s disease. Some are prescription drugs, but many are…read more

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Is there really a vast conspiracy to deprive us of cures and profit off our misery?

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

The line of reasoning goes as follows: The pharmaceutical industry, partnering with its enablers in Big Food and Big Medicine, and subsidized by Big Government, has a stake in keeping us sick and dependent on their expensive, but non-curative chemical…read more

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Is the growth of the pharmaceutical industry making us sicker?

By Dr. Ronald Hoffman

Members of the natural health movement (myself included) have long argued that despite acknowledged medical advances, today’s proliferation of pharmaceutical drugs threatens to undermine, rather than promote, the health of our populace. We’re often branded as Luddites, ignorant skeptics, even…read more

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