Relaxation – The Antidote For Stress
Over 100 years ago, Sir William Osler, the father of American medicine, stated that stress was the major cause of most diseases. As early as 1929, Edmond Jacobson reported that 80% of psychosomatic diseases (today called stress) could be managed adequately with PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION, a simple 30-minute program of systematic voluntary muscle contraction followed by […]
Youthful Aging – Life Beyond 100: Secret of the Fountain
When I began this newsletter in September, 2004, the title of my next book was YOUTHFUL AGING—SECRET OF THE FOUNTAIN. The book has been further polished and is to be published by Tarcher this December as LIFE BEYOND 100-THE SECRET OF THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE. I think it is by far my best and most […]
Effective Treatment of Back Pain
During my neurosurgical residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, I often questioned the rationale for surgery for the so-called ruptured intervertebral disc. A few years later, it was obvious to me that the majority of patients being operated did NOT have a truly ruptured disc. Gradually I began to see scores of failures of surgery done […]
Fluoride Poisoning: Compliments of the ADA and Government
The American Dental Association is solely responsible for the mercury poisoning it continues to deny from silver-mercury fillings—50 to 60% mercury. It has attacked dentists who even raise this sensitive issue. The ADA has tricked government into their combined conspiracy to poison all Americans through the addition of fluoride to drinking water, not to mention […]
Lowering High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Naturally
For some 8 months I have been exploring natural and safe ways to lower High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein. There is virtually no circumstance under which I would take statin drugs. Personally I consider them dangerous and one of the next epidemics of The Emperor’s New Drugs. It may take another 20 years but ultimately they […]
FROM UN-HEALTH TO OPTIMAL HEALTH
For well over 30 years I have focused upon the essentials for optimal health. In a recent column, I stated that 97% of Americans have one or more UN-healthy habits. Of that three percent with the minimum requirements for good health, I wonder how many have the rest of the essentials to optimize health: Minimal […]
The Secret of Life
THE SECRET OF LIFE In 1925 Georges Lakhovsky, a Russian engineer, introduced his book, The Secret of Life, which is still in print. It was translated into English in 1935 and a few years later he immigrated to New York where, at a major New York hospital, three hundred patients were treated with the Lakhovsky […]
Inflammation and High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (HS-CRP)
In the past few years, HS-CRP has emerged as the single most sensitive indicator of the risk for atherosclerosis, acute coronary artery disease, hypertension and even atrial fibrillation. And HS-CRP is consistently more indicative of the risk of atherosclerosis than total or LDL cholesterol. Of course this broad indicator of inflammation is not restricted to […]
Avoiding the Plague and Other Infectious Threats
Every year we have another alarm about the next epidemic – Bird flu, rabies, polio, smallpox, West Nile/California, etc encephalitis, the annual flu, meningitis, etc, etc. WHAT TO DO? There is a limit to precautions and worry. The simplest and safest way to keep healthy is to have a happy, positive attitude. Laugh a lot. […]
Libido and Sexuality
Libido — the vital impulse or energy motivating human behavior. The sexual urge or lust. Wilhelm Reich, the second most important psychiatrist in history, (Carl Jung is undoubtedly the greatest; guess number three!) emphasized the critical nature of orgasm in health. He believed it was an essential balancer of life energy. Freud (my concept of […]