A big study came out showing that stents to open up clogged up coronaries are no better in prolonging life than statins drugs. Let’s take that one step further: statin drugs are no better than an apple a day. I bet Dr. Ornish, the author of REVERSING HEART DISEASE with diet alone is f

Last week a patient dying from C. difficile, a bacterium that strikes in the intestines, was cured by receiving a stool transplant from a healthy donor. No antibiotic had helped her and her native immune system was not good enough to protect her against this superbug. The focus of the

As we debate health care reform, keep in mind two points: One, fixing the fundamental problem with health care is seldom addressed. Instead, we continue to argue about how to finance a broken system. If we stopped treating symptoms with drugs and surgery, we could help patients more a

You need to see this movie or read the book. Get a box of Kleenex. I am surrounded by animals at my house. They teach me a lot, mostly to be still, love more and speak less. I wish the same for you. Reference Research suggests “too much neural activity” may prevent living a longer lif

I have been warning people about indiscriminate hormone therapy my whole career. They are not the Fountain of Youth. This does not mean they should never be used. If the proper test signals a problem, hormonal therapy is indicated. The problem lies in clinics that use over-sensitive t

 

Let’s get the guys out of the way first: It does happen to guys, too; and it is more likely to be fatal in men. The same factors behind breast cancer affect men’s prostates. If it happens to a woman close to you, it happens to you, too. The following points are generally missed when d

Medscape, Megan Brooks; September 23, 2019 This report speaks for itself. “For Mr B, a 66-year-old man who in 2006 faced early prostate cancer that was detected on prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing, radical prostatectomy seemed like the right choice. It was a decision he would c