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 […]
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 […]
PHYTONUTRIENTS – REAL FOOD
PHYTONUTRIENTS—REAL FOOD I have long said that you would need no supplements IF you lived on an organic farm and raised all your own food, with no pesticides or herbicides, no exposure to the toxins of the world, etc. Of course for the past 100+ years a vast majority of individuals have not enjoyed that […]
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 […]
Losing Weight and Cholesterol with the Broda Barnes Diet
Broda Barnes, M.D. published his classic book, HYPOTHYROIDISM: THE UNSUSPECTED ILLNESS in 1976, (Harper and Row). He felt that 40% of Americans suffered from hypothyroidism, as demonstrated by low body temperature. He emphasized the remarkable array of illnesses that were inadequately treated because of the failure of physicians to diagnose concurrent hypothyroidism: fatigue, migraine and […]
Liss CES, Shealy Series – The Treatment of Choice for Depression
In 1975 Saul Liss, Ph.D., an engineer, brought me the earliest model of his Liss CES (Cranial Electrical Stimulator) and attempted to convince me that it was better than the TENS devices which I had shepherded onto the medical scene. I could not feel any output, which Saul assured me was not necessary at the […]
Lipitor, Thief of Memory
Review of LIPITOR, THIEF OF MEMORY Statin Drugs and the Misguided War on Cholesterol This small gem of a book by Duane Graveline, M.D. (Infinity Publishing, Haverford, Pa., 2004), $17.95., supplemented with an introduction and a foreword by two other physicians, further documents the blindness of the medical profession to the evil goals of the […]
Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants – The Future of Medicine
In 1963, as a neurosurgeon on the faculty at Western Reserve Medical School, I became aware that Internists were not significantly interested in caring for the medical problems in my neurosurgical patients. Internists did not give my patients with diabetes, hypertension and other major medical problems the careful attention I expected. Indeed, throughout my clinical […]
Is America Flunking Science – Or Is Science Flunking Common Sense?
The TIME, Feb. 12, 2006, headline, Is America Flunking Science? is the perfect headline for my critique of three ”Rolls-Royce” articles that appeared in the latest JAMA and made newspaper headlines throughout the country. Titled ”Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer Colorectal Cancer Cardiovascular Disease” respectively, (JAMA, Feb. 8, 2006, (p. 629 […]
Insomnia
Two hundred years ago the average American slept 10 hours. Today it is 5 hours, about 30% below the healthy ideal. Lifestyle may be the culprit behind our nation’s insomnia. THE 24-HOUR SOCIETY by Martin C. Moore-Ede provides overwhelming evidence that inadequate sleep is one of the leading health hazards. Poor or inadequate sleep is […]