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Niacin And Niacinamide Confusion!
Written by Wellness Club on June 29, 2010 – 11:03 am -Niacin And Niacinamide Confusion! By Nurse Mark with Dr. Myatt’s replies to reader inquiries. We have written recently about both niacin and niacinamide – two different forms of one vitamin. The similarity in the names seems to be causing some confusion in our readers – as will be seen by these two recent […]
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Warning – Vit A Blocks Vit D Absorption – NOT!
Written by Wellness Club on April 21, 2010 – 3:32 pm -There is no shortage of misinformation and breathless warnings out there in the various popular natural health websites and blogs. Sometimes it seems like some of the natural health writers get a significant part of their daily exercise from all of the jumping to conclusions that they do! Julie recently wrote, following our recent Special […]
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Aspirin Or Grapeseed For Blood Thinning?
Written by Wellness Club on April 20, 2010 – 5:28 pm -Aspirin Or Grapeseed For Blood Thinning? By Dr. Myatt with Commentary by Nurse Mark Modern medicine is awfully quick to whip out the ol’ prescription pad and alter someone’s ability to clot their blood. Coumadin (AKA warfarin – rat poison – it’s other use) is perhaps the most popular of the prescription anticoagulants […]
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Eczema – An Itchy Childhood Problem
Written by Wellness Club on March 9, 2010 – 1:13 pm -Eczema – An Itchy Childhood Problem By Nurse Mark Our recent article on Psoriasis generated some feedback – who knew that this would be so important for so many? There were some heart-wrenching letters – like this one from an obviously at-wits-end mom: Robin wrote: Please help me help my daughter. She will […]
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Another "Miracle" Product – Is It Real? A Scam? Both?
Written by Wellness Club on March 8, 2010 – 1:38 pm -Another “Miracle” Product – Is It Real? A Scam? Both? By Nurse Mark Our friend Ron is back safely from Iraq – welcome home Ron! Ron wrote us to ask about the latest “miracle product” that he has been reading about. Here is his note: Hey Doc. & Mark . Its Ron […]
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