I write with all due respect for those who will disagree with the conclusion. As you may know, there are those who do not wish to provide insurance coverage for The Pill. Fine, it is their right, particularly when they feel their moral, and religious beliefs back them up. But, followi

“Medicine, the arts and the humanities,” J. Lancet 2003;362:93 The Nobel Prize in Literature was recently awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro, one of my most favorite writers. I hope you read one, or more of his books. What does literature have to do with health? Read from the article cited abo

“Simplify, simplify, simplify.” Einstein “It is a mistake to imagine that complex disease may not be solved by simple approaches or that their causes are not simple. The grave danger that terms such as ‘multifactorial’ or ‘complex’ is that they may justify the belief that solutions wi

Recently the LDS Church ended its long-standing ban on caffeinated drinks at Brigham Young University. The change triggered several editorials in Utah’s media; some were a bit condescending and judgmental. This blog presents a few references for you to consider on this issue. My only

I used to debate physicians, health care workers, and patients who did not believe in non-pharmaceutical medicine, or integrative concepts based on nutrition. Some of them called me a quack, decades ago when I showed them the nascent evidence on probiotics, omega oils, vitamin D, and

Here is a list of drugs doctors have been advised to withdraw patients from, if possible. Consult with him or her about that before stopping them on your own. The problem of polypharmacy (more than five drugs for one patient) needs to be addressed aggressively, especially in the elder

I couldn’t say it better than the mother shown in the PBS video below http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/daughter-escaped-scary-health-statistic-heres-learned/ Treating the whole patient not just the lab values, https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/15e47d536681a665

Your children’s future will likely be defined by the articles you will find in this issue. You can read it at your local library. The main three points therein are: The problem of addiction: while the NG does not come out and say processed foods are addicting—particularly refined suga