Doctor Willet is one of my heroes. He has championed Nutrition as the cornerstone of health and medicine. With no further ado, here is his latest salvo. Maybe it will be noted as the turning point towards a more rational, effective and cheaper way to practice medicine. “Nutrition educ

The science on the virtues of having a small serving of alcohol a day has been strong for decades. Until now. It seems that ANY alcohol has deleterious effects. The more alcohol the more the damage. This is a resounding vindication for teetotalers, unless further studies swing the pen

To EHR Is Inhumane—Addressing the Shortcomings of the Interface, Medscape March 26th 2019 That is the title that Peter M. Antevy, MD and Tracey A. Loscar, BA, NRP chose for their excellent article reproduced below. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I have written about the factors

Physician burnout has reached critical proportions. It has been shown to affect more than 1/3 pf doctors. Many of them are depressed and feeling like the profession has not lived to their altruistic, humanitarian expectations. Some feel trapped in a health care system that mistreats t

It does not make sense to me to take hormones indiscriminately to stave off the natural effects of aging. Yet, many practitioners recommend them to their patients. It is best to look at IMPARTIAL, NEUTRAL EVIDENCE before venturing into this field. For example, sex hormones for women a

I hope you take the time to study this issue, instead of blindly accepting what CNN and FOX news are telling you. Both lack the WISDOM of finding a middle ground. How well does a bird fly with only a left or right wing? It is not about CAPITAL or LABOR. It is about a BALANCE of both.

Does Big Food know this? Hint: the tobacco wars. Reference Processed foods and food reward J. SCIENCE 25 JAN 2019:346-347. “Evidence is amassing that the nutritional content of processed foods is not accurately conveyed to the brain. This raises the possibility that how foods are prep

Sugar: spinning a web of influence BMJ 2015;350:h231 Public health scientists are involved with the food companies being blamed for the obesity crisis, reports Jonathan Gornall. An investigation by The BMJ has uncovered evidence of the extraordinary extent to which key public health e