The Fox Guarding Your Hen House

Health Alert 10 You may be shocked to learn this. The federal agency that you have put your trust in to ensure that your medications are safe no longer operates …

Why Should You Take Supplements?

Health Alert 11 So you eat your vegetables, you don’t smoke or drink to excess. You avoid junk food and you exercise. So do you really need to take vitamins? …

How Much Do You Need?

Health Alert 15 You are faced with a dilemma every time you shop for an herb, vitamin or nutritional supplement. You find what you are looking for and there on …

Before You Go Under the Knife

Health Alert 22 New studies have shown that two surgeries done on many thousands of people have a similar problem. The problem is – they don’t work. Have you ever …

Try a Delicious Alternative

Health Alert 25 The scientific community is finally coming around to the idea that the Mediterranean tradition of eating is not only easy and delicious but also the best way …

The Real Frankenstein This Halloween

Health Alert 33 It’s Halloween. We are reminded of the enduring popularity of Frankenstein’s monster. In recent years, genetic manipulation threatens to create monsters Mary Shelly could never have imagined. …

Which Antioxidants Do I Take?

Health Alert 36 Patients often ask me, “Doctor, which vitamins do you take?” This is what I tell them: • I have taken a multivitamin every day for 30 years. …

Deadly Seafood … What to Do

Health Alert 50 Your seafood may look fresh, but it could hide serious health hazards. You could risk chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, shock, and even death. Today I’m going to …

Treat Yourself and Your Loved Ones

Health Alert 52 Valentine’s Day is coming. Stores are stocking up with chocolate hearts. Should you give chocolate to someone you love? Can you eat it without feeling guilty? For …

Are You Immune?

Health Alert 61 You may not know that you some of your childhood immunizations are no longer effective. You may need a booster to keep you protected. With the constant …

Toxin in Your Teeth

Health Alert 62 The American Dental Association (ADA) insists that mercury fillings are safe. They claim mercury amalgams are a problem only for those sensitive to mercury. Their proof is …

Building a Better Pyramid

Health Alert 68 We Americans are too fat. The USDA food pyramid is making the problem worse. This pyramid has contributed to the startling rise in obesity over the past …