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…

Doctor comforting female patient who is being monitored for hypertension.

HYPERTENSION Treatment: Effective Alternatives To Prescription Drugs

The sphygmomanometer, the inflatable cuff for measuring blood pressure, was invented by an Italian physician in 1896 and popularized in this country in 1901 by Harvey Cushing, the ”father” of neurosurgery. For 100 years, NORMAL blood pressure was considered 120/80. The upper figure is systolic – the pressure in the blood vessels when the heart…

HOLISM

The word holistic, to my knowledge, was first used by Jan Smuts in his book, HOLISM AND EVOLUTION, originally published in 1926. Jan Smuts was a General and later Prime Minister of South Africa. His book laid the foundation for the concept of Holistic Medicine. He states that the word comes from the Greek word…

HEALTHY, YOUTHFUL AGING

Longevity has hit the mainstream just as LIFE BEYOND 100 comes out. December 31, 2005, 2 days after the release of my book, The Utah DESERET MORNING NEWS carried a decade-long report led by researchers from my alma mater, Duke University, reporting on the quality of life and general health in 3500 participants over 65…

A Review Of Fight for Your Health-Exposing the FDA’s Betrayal of America by Byron J. Richards

FIGHT FOR YOUR HEALTH – EXPOSING THE FDA’S BETRAYAL OF AMERICA – By Byron J. Richards, Wellness Resource Books, Minneapolis, 2006, $17.95 Fight for Your Life and Freedom might be the real story. As the author states in the introduction ”-the FDA spent the last hundred years boosting the profits of the drug companies and…

FETISHES – OR THE NUTS AMONG THE BERRIES

Many years there was a book titled, THE NUTS AMONG THE BERRIES. And, throughout history there have been many extremists, as there are today. Indeed there is fundamentalism in nutrition, as well as in politics and religion. Today, some of the fundamentalists are vegans (4% of Americans who are as loud as the atheists) who…

Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

Body Mass Index MUST be within 19 to 24 SUPPLEMENTS: Dr. Shealy’s Essentials, according to body weight Chromium picolinate or Tri-Chromium, 1000 micrograms daily Gugulipid, 250 mg, 3 daily Gymnema, 250 mg, 3 daily Zinc picolinate, 50 mg Calcium citrate, 1500 mg daily Magnesium lotion, 2 teaspoons on skin twice daily Check your temperature –…

Dental Truth

Dr. Gerard F. Judd, Ph.D., Chemist, Researcher for 18 years, Professor of Chemistry for 33 yrs. Reproduced with permission from Dr. Judd: We can all stop spending billions for American dental work and research. Let me tell you why: I have learned the real causes of dental cavities and gum infection. People, including you, will…