Sauna – Hot Health
SAUNA—HOT HEALTH I recently revisited an article that originally intrigued me in 1981. Major Ward Dean (Medical Corp, USA) wrote that a moderately conditioned person consumed about 300 calories in a sauna, the equivalent of running 2 to 3 miles. This means that one might lose a pound of weight every 10 days with daily […]
POMEGRANATE – A UNIQUE FOOD
POMEGRANATE—A UNIQUE FOOD Protein, vitamins, essential fatty acids, minerals and antioxidants are the critical foods for health. Note that starch and sugar are not; glucose can be made from protein. Of course, I am not recommending that one eat only protein, but it is important to be reminded that protein is much more critical than […]
POLICOSANOL AND THE STATIN WAR
POLICOSANOL AND THE STATIN WAR On May 17, 2006, the JAMA carried a mundane little article stating that policosanol was ineffective in reducing cholesterol (1). This rather odd, little article is remarkable in that it made international news. The NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY and even small city newspapers touted it as being quite the […]
PRIMARY CARE – WILL IT SURVIVE?
PRIMARY CARE – WILL IT SURVIVE? The August 31, 2006 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE has an article with the above title by T. Bodenheimer, M.D., Professor at the Center for Excellence in Primary Care, U. of California, San Francisco. He reports that ''The American College of Physicians recently warned that 'primary care, the backbone […]
Posture Pump = A Simple and Effective Treatment for Neck Pain
POSTURE PUMP- A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR NECK PAIN In 1956 I began the saga of cervical spine problems with a ruptured disc eventually operated in 1960. Meanwhile I had tried cervical traction with no success. Eventually two fusions later, my neck is comfortable. As a neurosurgeon, I have seen hundreds of patients with […]
MOVE TO LIVE
On May 3, 2006, JAMA had an interesting article, ”Association of Long-Distance Corridor Walk performance with Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease, Mobility Limitation and Disability”, p. 2018-2026. My first impression of this tedious title was to ignore the article. However, it emphasizes one of the most critical aspects of health. Just as halitosis is better than no […]
Antioxidant Nutrition
Other than air and water, we need amino acids, essential fats, vitamins, minerals and a wide variety of antioxidants. There are eleven essential amino acids, a dozen essential vitamins, several essential fats and well over 5000 antioxidants. As I have discussed in earlier articles, we can live with a remarkable variety of diets – ranging […]
COLD – Fx
This product is a proprietary extract of North American ginseng, developed and available in Canada for 10 years and endorsed by their hockey association. Initial studies with the Edmonton Oilers reported that the players had fewer colds and flu. Researchers at Eastern Virginia Medical School conducted two separate double blind, placebo controlled studies, giving COLD-fX […]
Biased Medical Research
At least every week there is another flawed research paper that achieves major media attention. And the big journals which publish these slanted, distorted results refuse to publish any letters critical of the establishment’s chosen path to Enlightment — drugs! One of the latest to earn my scorn is ”Homocysteine Lowering with Folic Acid and […]
Can We Afford Longer Life?
Can we financially or politically afford the potential of Americans to an average of 100 years? All that would have to change for a longer life expectancy to happen is for ALL Americans to: Avoid smoking, street drugs, and excess alcohol Keep a Body Mass Index (BMI) between 19 and 24 Eat a minimum of […]