Our recent article on Iodine stirred plenty of interest - it truly is a forgotten and misunderstood mineral. One of the more prevalent medical myths is that of the “Allergy to Iodine” - a frequently asked question by both doctors and nurses - who should know better. What they are really asking is “are you […]

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A Collection Of Funnies For The Older Crowd:
A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor’s office.
“Is it true,” she wanted to know, “that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?”
“Yes, I’m afraid so,” the doctor told her.
There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied,” I’m wondering, […]

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In both males and females, a decline or imbalance of the sex hormones is associated with a wide variety of health problems.
Imbalanced or decreased sex hormones in women can cause:

Acne or oily skin
Bloating
Bone loss
Breast disease including cancer
Cancer (hormone-related: breast, ovary, uterus)
Decreased fertility
Depression
Endometriosis
Excess facial and body hair
Heart disease
Heavy or painful periods
Hot flashes
Irregular periods
Irritability
Loss of muscle mass […]

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Iodine is a non-metallic essential trace element in human nutrition. Currently considered in conventional medicine to be primarily a thyroid nutrient (thyroid hormones T4 and T3 are composed largely of iodine), Iodine is actually found in many organs and tissue in the body including salivary, parotid, submandibular and pituitary glands, pancreas, testis, breasts, prostate, ovary, […]

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Questions about blood pressure and drugs used to control blood pressure are common here - we get them often. Big Pharma is constantly working to have Big Medicine declare lower and lower blood pressures to be “normal” - meaning that anyone with readings above that “normal” becomes a candidate for a lifetime of expensive drug therapy. […]

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Our recent article The Ugly Truth About “Bone Building” Drugs For Osteoporosis drew plenty of responses expressing outrage that these drugs, with their potentially devastating side-effects, are being so heavily promoted - pushed - by drug companies and conventional doctors.
One regular reader of HealthBeat, a well-known, straight-shooting dentist in Phoenix, wrote to say that he and […]

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It seems that “blood thinners” are one of the more commonly prescribed drugs by conventional doctors - and any hint of a cardiac arrhythmia, DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis - usually a clot in the lower legs), concerns about stroke, recent surgery, implanted parts and junk like stents or other metal, or just about any other […]

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The skin (integument) is the body’s first line of defense in protection from the external environment. If it also one of the first things people notice about us. Healthy skin is both a cosmetic blessing and a sign of a healthy underlying system, yet few people know how best to take care of this important […]

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 Modern medical science knows a lot about the causes of cancer — more, in fact, than we know about its cure. “Carcinogens,” or factors that cause cancer, abound in the environment. Here are some of the leading causes of cancer that you can easily avoid to protect yourself from this disease: 

Environmental exposure: cancer-causing agents are […]

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A sixth-month study, reported in the April 29th 2003 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, showed that women on a low-carbohydrate diet lost more weight than those on a low-fat diet even though calorie intake was similar. The low-carb group lost more weight and more body fat during the trial. No differences were noted in cholesterol, triglyceride, […]

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