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Last week, in the first installment of this series, I tackled some of the most contentious issues surrounding the virus. What strikes me is that, over nine months into the pandemic, and amid record new cases, some of the most fundamental questions…read more
Categories:COVID-19
By Alan
December 19 Coronavirus: Fake test certificate gang foiled at Paris airport BBC News, November 6, 2020 SARS-CoV RNA reverse-transcribed and integrated into the human genome BioRXiv, December 13, 2020 Does eating tomatoes prevent prostate cancer? Cancer Causes Control Published: 25…read more
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It’s National Diabetes Awareness Month.The National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease informs us that 34.2 million Americans suffer from diabetes. Disconcertingly, a high percentage—21.4%—are not yet aware of it. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. An…read more
You might assume all probiotics are basically the same. But after reading this article by my good colleague, Dr. Ross Pelton, an internationally acknowledged expert in microbiome science and Scientific Director of Essential Formulas Inc., you’ll likely change your mind….read more
Categories:Probiotics Sponsored Supplements
By Alan
November 21 Association of infant antibiotic exposure with childhood health outcomes Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Published: November 15, 2020 Offspring of mice fed imbalanced diets shown to be neurologically ‘programmed’ for obesity Neuroscience, September 4, 2020 Nearly 1 in 5 medical…read more
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Amid the frenzy of the current election, both sides are sidestepping the big issues that impact American’s health. It’s a missed opportunity. COVID-19 provided a shocking wake-up call about our vulnerabilities. Of all the world’s countries, the U.S. bore the…read more
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By now you’ve probably viewed my short video explaining the Terrain Theory (if not, you can view it here). In it, I describe the 19th-century origins of the debate between proponents of the germ theory—which posits disease is merely a function of the…read more
Categories:COVID-19 Gall bladder disease Immunity Infections
By Alan
October 24 Patients can read your clinical notes starting Nov. 2 By Nick Mulcahy, www.medscape.com, October 21, 2020 FDA issues new NSAIDS warning for second half of pregnancy By Damian McNamara, www.medscape.com Apples, berries and tea: flavanols effective for BP lowering? By Pauline Anderson,…read more
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With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, and temperatures plummeting, public health officials are urging everyone to get a flu shot. For example, a recent article from the University of California at San Francisco exhorts “Why COVID-19 Means You Need a Flu…read more
Categories:Flu
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
Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
Lately there’s been a lot of buzz about protein. Protein bars are all the rage.…
Q: One of the weight loss systems advertised on radio claims that you have to balance…
In the latest attempt to remove “stigma” from medical terminology, liver specialists have come up…
ENCORE: The Role of Herbal Supplements in Natural Medicine, Part 2
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