Health Problems from Pollution and How You Can Stop Them
For many years I’ve grown frustrated and angry watching the wanton environmental destruction of the planet. But now I’ve taken a strong, simple action to fight back. At the top of the list of culprits...
View ArticleThree Best Ways to Avoid Mercury Toxicity Symptoms
What are the symptoms of mercury toxicity and what are the three best ways to limit your exposure? Mercury exposure is an unfortunate reality in today’s industrialized world. Mercury has many...
View ArticleToxic Chemicals in Cosmetics
Modern life exposes you to an unprecedented variety of artificial chemicals. And some of them show up in the products you’re closest too – the skin care and cosmetic products that you lather with,...
View ArticleThe Fourth Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.
The FDA has an abbreviation for them – ADRs. ADRs are Adverse Drug Reactions from prescribed medications. They’re a hot topic of research and debate within the Food and Drug Administration, other...
View ArticleScientists Claim: Antibiotics Make You Fat
It isn’t the job of a bacterium to make you sick or kill you. Like all other organisms, bacteria just want to survive and pass their genes onto the next generation. The bacterial species that destroys...
View ArticleEight Best Ways to Detox Your Life
Our exposure to environmental poisons is at an all time high. Tens of thousands of new chemicals have been introduced into the biosphere since 1945. Shockingly, most have never been tested for...
View ArticleWhat Works Best to Treat Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome?
What works best to treat Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Syndrome? Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a condition in which you experience negative health effects from exposure to low levels of common...
View ArticleWhy People Skip the Medication They’re Supposed to Take
Surveys have shown that 15– 30% of the time, patients don’t even bother to fill a prescription their doctor has given them. And that’s only the beginning of the problem of drug compliance. There’s...
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Pink Slime Burgers? Better Know What You’re Putting In Your Mouth
You better be aware of the ingredients in the food you’re putting in your mouth. Otherwise you’re endangering your health and the health of your family. American industry is ingenious at finding ways...
View ArticleYou Have Pesticide Residues in Your Body
You Have Pesticide Residues in Your Body P.S. — They Might be Causing Food Allergies It’s scandalous. You can’t choose the air you breathe or even the water you drink. You’re being exposed to...
View ArticleResearch deepens questions about low back mri
The March 25, 2013 edition of JAMA Internal Medicine tells the story: doctors are still ordering far too many low back MRI’s of questionable value. Investigators first established “expert” guidelines...
View ArticleHospitals Benefit From High Rate of Surgery Mistakes
It’s a tragedy that the current medical system has strayed so far from its basic mission of protecting people’s health. Financial incentives have become so skewed that they actually encourage...
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Dangerous Drugs That Put Seniors At Risk
Many thanks to Linda Grayling of the consumer watchdog website Drugwatch for this important guest article. Dangerous Drugs that Put Seniors at Risk More than 40 percent of people older than 65 take...
View ArticleWhy Doctors Push Diagnostic Tests You Don’t Need
I wish I had a dollar for each patient I’ve spared from an unneeded MRI, CAT scan, X-ray, or other diagnostic test. Though occasionally one of these tests is needed, my local radiology lab would go...
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Guest Article — Facts to Consider Before Having Hip Replacement Surgery
Thanks to Julian Hills for today’s guest article on hip replacement surgery. Facts To Consider Before Having Hip Replacement Surgery How does someone know they need hip replacement surgery? The pain a...
View ArticleMore Bad News About Anti-Depressants
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors – SSRI’s – are commonly prescribed for depression. Popular SSRI’s include Celexa, Lexapro, Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft. But there are questions about the scientific...
View ArticleLatest Research Wrap-Up
Here’s some of the latest research news: My colleague from Newton, MA, Thomas Michaud, DC, contributed an article to Dynamic Chiropractic outlining the optimal treatment and rehabilitation for sprained...
View ArticleDementia is Another Anesthesia Risk
Anesthesia during surgery doubles your Alzheimer’s risk. A new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry shows that going under the knife raises your risk of dementia. And the effect shows...
View ArticleNewest Research Findings on Health
Regular readers of Your Body of Knowledge are familiar with our point of view that emphasizes building health from the inside out and avoiding the chemicalized approach to life. I thought readers...
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Science Reveals Simple Steps to Health — 4 Latest Examples
Health is simple. We just keep making it complicated. We need all of the high tech medical procedures and tests that science can develop. But huge steps forward in health — of individuals and also of...
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