The Romans figured it out: to govern a vast Empire made up of different tribes and restless people they only needed to provide them with plenty of “Panem et Circum,” Bread and Circus, or cheap food and cheap entertainment. Sounds familiar? You could lay back, grab a diet c

Recently, President Obama signed HR 933 which contained a line item he was powerless to veto. Said “line” was written by Monsanto itself. It basically states that Monsanto cannot be sued in the future IF we discover that GMO products were harmful after all. Amazing. Many countries, fo

I know; we all need to pitch in and carry our load. But, an article just appeared in the Journal Scientific American in April saying that “Men Who Do More Housework Have Less Sex.” Ummmhhhh…. Food for thought. I am not going to speculate why this might be the case, assuming that the a

EDITOR’S NOTE “Personalized medicine is often described as genomics-based knowledge that “promises the ability to approach each patient as the biological individual he or she is”. This is an appealing description, yet unless clinical, social, and environmental

I hope you get to see the movie about Jackie Robinson’s baseball’s career wearing the only number retired by all teams, number 42.[1] What does it have to do with the health of our country? Let me explain. Robinson was humiliated, ridiculed and grossly abused because of being the firs

EDITOR’S NOTE Another great article just came out in the JAMA on what we must do as a society to fix our broken Health Care system, “Bridging the divide between health and health care.” [1] I hope you look it up. Its main message has been poorly emphasized in the pas

EDITOR’S NOTE Fatty Liver, the main problem highlighted in this issue, is an excellent example of the web-like function of our holistic body, an approach we document monthly in this newsletter. Fatty Liver also illustrates why an integrative approach is necessary to optimally tr

EDITOR’S NOTE Interestingly, Isis, the Egyptian Goddess of Reason and Wisdom is symbolized by a dog. Many jokes come to mind at first blush, don’t they? But, with a bit of reflection, especially watching my neighbor suffer while he mourns the death of his dog, the reason t