Adding herbs like parsley and thyme to your diet might help boost your brainpower, courtesy of apigenin. Apigenin is a flavonoid found in many herbs, including parsley, thyme, and chamomile, and certain other plants like celery and other vegetables. When researchers applied apigenin to human stem ... Read More ›
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Top 13 overlooked cancer symptoms you SHOULDN’T ignore
One of the most misunderstood things about cancer is that it’s not a single disease, but rather a bunch of different ones. And within that variety of diseases you have a whole slew of different cancer symptoms, some of which can be so subtle they’re overlooked, or worse simply ignored. Women can ... Read More ›
UPDATED:February 9, 2016
Will This Diabetes Medicine Kill You?
It's the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the United States. Called a "silent killer" for its symptom-free early stages, it's unfortunately often not caught until it's advanced. Once someone gets a diagnosis, the chances of survival are generally pretty slim. Pancreatic cancer is an ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Minimizing the Effects of Radiation
In all my years as a physician I never imagined I'd be writing about exposure to nuclear radiation. But since the Japanese earthquake- and tsunami-related disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, I've been asked to share some empowering information. But before diving into my ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
How to Protect Yourself From Radiation
We are all saddened as we watch the unfolding events in Japan. There is a growing sense of fear, as well. The nuclear catastrophe raging through Japan's nuclear power complex is generating an intense fear of radioactive fallout potentially reaching North America. My patients and friends have been ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
ACS: Running WITH the Money and AWAY From the Cure
The American Cancer Society (ACS) made news waves earlier this year when they disputed the findings of the President's Cancer Panel on the role of toxins in causing cancer. Though the new report echoes what other experts have maintained for years, the ACS went out of its way to attack the report and ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Dental X-Ray Worries
Most of us would agree that a trip to the dentist has little to recommend it in terms of enjoyment. It's like a torture chamber in the examination chair, with all those bad sounds, strange smells, pain and blood, and lectures about brushing better. And then, there's the X-ray machine, aiming ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
Your dentist will give you cancer
If you've been to the dentist, you know how it is -- these jokers want to X-ray you every time you open your mouth. Checkup? ZAP! Toothache? ZAP! New dentist? ZAP! They'll even try to zap you if they get new office equipment. Zap, zap, zap, zap -- each time your dentist hits that switch, you get ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
New diabetes drug might have fatal side effects, but that’s okay with the FDA
In a surprise announcement, FDA officials recently advised consumers to avoid taking any new drugs approved by the agency. An FDA spokesman explained to reporters that drug approvals are often "fast tracked" so pharmaceutical companies can get valuable new drugs to market as soon as possible. In ... Read More ›
February 9, 2016
The Truth About Soy
Where to start? We've all heard that soy is a health food – a great source of protein, a substitute for meat and milk. It is the backbone of a vegetarian diet and has launched a whole new wave of "health foods". Unfortunately most of these new creations are not healthy and in many cases one could ... Read More ›
