Q&A with Leyla

Intelligent Medicine for January 24, 2014
January 30, 2014
Q&A with Leyla: Two new, expensive Alzheimer's drugs bite the dust (meanwhile, old-fashioned vitamin E and fish oil shown to help!); A patient wants to take supplements but eye doctor says don't bother; Supplements for a woman who's contemplating pregnancy; Can strontium replace Fosamax? Help for plantar fasciitis; Patient says "I went on a diet, now I'm losing TOO MUCH weight!"

Intelligent Medicine for January 16, 2014
January 16, 2014
Q&A with Leyla: Supplements for surgery; natural treatment for a "mangy" scalp condition; "non-allergic" rhinitis may actually turn out to be not so non-allergic

Intelligent Medicine for January 10, 2014
January 10, 2014
Q&A with Leyla: If you have hypoglycemia, should you keep a sugary snack handy for an emergency? What to do for pregnancy nausea? Gallbladder polyps; Iodine for thyroid?

Intelligent Medicine for January 7, 2014
January 7, 2014
Q&A with Leyla: Treating C. dificile; is EGCG bad for the liver? natural remedies for dry eyes; detoxing with Core Restore; healthy smoothies; is cancer really a fungus?

Intelligent Medicine for December 24, 2013
December 24, 2013
Q&A with Leyla: How to gain weight; the ideal diet for a football team; iron overload; menopausal, but estrogen keeps going UP; adverse effects of prostate and blood pressure meds; vegan diets

Intelligent Medicine for December 19, 2013
December 19, 2013
Q&A with Leyla: Why you should KEEP taking your supplements -- Dr. H and Leyla weigh in on the recent Annals of Internal Medicine studies that bash supplements and claim they are at best a waste of money, at worst harmful -- SO NOT!

Intelligent Medicine for December 12, 2013
December 12, 2013
Q&A with Leyla: D-molishing the Dubious new Lancet study casting Doubt on Vitamin D--how Dare they! A 46 year old woman wants to know why her blood pressure is suddenly elevating; measuring your iron and the pros and cons of supplementation

Intelligent Medicine for December 4, 2013
December 4, 2013
Q&A with Leyla: What's the right test for Vitamin D? Is there a natural way to treat essential tremor? Meso ZeaXanthin for eye problems? Transfer Factor for Crohn's? Treatment for Epstein Barr? Do dogs and cats get better custom nutritional protocols than humans?

Intelligent Medicine for November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013
Q&A with Leyla: "Defensive Eating" for the holidays; What to do about elevated lipoprotein (a); Sprouted grains and Essene Bread; Can too much fish oil suppress the immune system?

Intelligent Medicine for November 20, 2013
November 20, 2013
Q&A with Leyla: "Seitan" worship; Forteo vs. strontium for osteoporosis; enormous weight gain after thyroid irradiation; slicing and dicing LDL; controversy over new cholesterol guidelines