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When Supplements Are Marketed Like Drugs

Written by Wellness Club on August 10, 2010 – 12:55 pm -

When Supplements Are Marketed Like Drugs   By Nurse Mark   Everyone is constantly bombarded being with advertising and it is often difficult to separate the fact from the fiction and from the hype which can be either. While the Big Pharma marketing departments are the unquestioned masters at this, the natural supplement industries are [...]


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Guys: Is Your Water Turning You Into a “Girlie-Man”?

Written by Wellness Club on January 18, 2010 – 2:40 pm -

Guys: Is Your Water Turning You Into a “Girlie-Man”?   By Nurse Mark   Fellas, this is a subject near and dear to my, uh, heart (and other important parts too…)   Did you know that some drinking water supplies in the US can change the gender of a fish? A US Geological Survey team [...]


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On Tegretol, Retaining Water, And Needing Help…

Written by Wellness Club on July 22, 2009 – 8:44 pm -

Carla writes: Dear Nurse Mark,I’m in desperate need of help!! I take Tegretol, which causes anti diuretic hormone excess but it’s the only medication that works for me, so I’m forced to continue taking itI’ve put on well over 20+ lbs. of water retention that I just can’t get rid of! I know that there [...]


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More Thyroid Questions

Written by Wellness Club on June 24, 2009 – 11:48 am -

By Nurse Mark   Thyroid continues to be one of the more common subjects for questions that we receive here, and it seems to be one of the most poorly understood by many folks. And no wonder – thyroid function, thyroid hormones, and hormones in general are a very complicated issue. The internet abounds with [...]


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Scary Chemical, Scary Advice

Written by Wellness Club on April 22, 2009 – 11:35 pm -

  Scary Chemicals, Scary Advice By Nurse Mark It never ceases to amaze us. Not that so many obviously unqualified people are so willing to dispense advice, but that so many of those that this advice is dispensed to allow themselves to blindly believe it without considering it’s source. Folks, I am a Nurse. I [...]


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