Avoiding the AMA's Worse Nightmare

Health Alert 55 After decades of following the American Heart Association’s recommendations, heart disease remains the number one killer in America. This approach is failing because it missed the cause …

Your Heart on Drugs

Health Alert 56 My brother, DS, had dinner with a prominent cardiologist last week. This cardiologist told him that cardiac drugs are so great that “just about everyone should probably …

Exercise Your Heart Really Needs

Health Alert 58 Here’s a fact missed by just about everyone. To keep your heart beating longer and stronger, long duration endurance training is the last thing that it needs. …

Eat Your Heart Healthy

Health Alert 59 It is simpler than you think to choose the right foods to maintain a healthy heart. • Keep your diet natural • Eat “good” fats • Avoid …

High-Tech Rescues Your Heart

Health Alert 60 High-tech heart gadgets could save you from dying from a heart attack. As you learned in Health Alert 53, the signs of a heart attack aren’t always …

Do You Have a Drug Problem?

Health Alert 91 Have you ever experienced impotence, weakness, dry mouth, moodiness, and an irregular heart beat all at the same time? If you’re taking drugs to lower your blood …

The Fastest Way to Your Heart

Health Alert 99 Taking care of your teeth is more than a vanity issue. It could save your life. If you have gum disease you are more likely to have …

The Biggest Drug and Biggest Lie

Health Alert 100 “Statins are the new aspirin.” This quote from a popular news magazine makes my skin crawl. And yours should too. “Statins” are widely prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs. …

Cholesterol Wars: Diet vs. Statins

Health Alert 113 A new study proves that a cholesterol-lowering diet is just as good at lowering cholesterol and C-reactive protein levels (high levels indicate heart disease) as statin drugs. …

Stop Drug Overdoses

Health Alert 134 If you take a prescription drug there’s a good chance you take too much. The medical system of dosing commonly results in this error. It can make …

Why Cast an Unbroken Arm?

Health Alert 154 Would you take a prescription drug you don’t need? Drug companies are marketing doctors to tell you just that. Pharmaceutical reps are passing studies to doctors that …