My mission in the field of medicine is to help relieve the sorrow and suffering of mankind through sharing my knowledge of healthy alternatives to drugs and surgery with whomever is open to learning about them.
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Entries from October 2008
Spread the Word and Receive a Free Ebook
October 28th, 2008 · 8:04 AM
As Home IVs Grow, Medicare Patients Miss Out
October 28th, 2008 · 5:53 AM
An article in the Wall Street Journal describes the new woes taking place with Medicare:
Insurance companies have shifted IV therapies to an out-patient basis (in an effort to save money and as a convenience to patients). But as of yet, Medicare has not followed suit. This means that instead of spending $150-200 per day [...]
Tags: elderly, far infrared sauna, hospital, IV, IV treatment, Medicare, outpatient care, supplements
Fewer Stents May Be Better For Patients
October 22nd, 2008 · 8:36 PM
Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2008
Two studies on stents were recently presented at a cardiology conference. The first found that many patients are being given stents without adequate documentation of ischemia (inadequate oxygen). They are doing it based on visualization of arteries that appear blocked on X-ray, and not on documentation of ischemia as recommended in [...]
Tags: death, heart attacks, heart disease, inflammation, placebo, stents
Common Sense, Genes, and the “Wellderly”
October 15th, 2008 · 4:07 PM
In this recent Wall Street Journal article entitled Secrets of the ‘Wellderly’, sixteen of the nineteen paragraphs talk about longevity in terms of genes, and finding the DNA keys that could be modified to help us live longer. To quote Nir Barzilae, head of the Longevity Genes Project at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in [...]
Tags: age, aging, elderly, genes, health, lifestyle, longevity, quality of life, smoking, vegetarianism, wellderly
As Promised: There Are Healthy Alternatives to Drugs and Surgery
October 8th, 2008 · 3:28 PM
In order to share with you the full extent of what’s going on in the world of medicine, I have done quite a bit of research that will continue to be posted on this website in upcoming months. I’m taking a disease condition, describing it by its symptoms, and then giving you two philosophies to [...]
Tags: acid reflux, drug reactions, esophagus, heartburn, iatrogenic reaction, licorice, medical error, peptic ulcers, procedures, stomach pH, Tagamet, Tums, vitamin E, Zantac
Watch for Wednesday’s Awesome New Series
October 4th, 2008 · 5:44 PM
Hi Everybody! Here’s an update: we are in the middle of moving (surrounded by hundreds–yes hundreds!–of boxes) and our internet is not up yet. In the meantime I have been working on something that I think is going to be profoundly helpful for you in the arena of healthy options for your overall [...]
My doctor says I can get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my food. What is your opinion on this?
I used to say the same thing to my patients, back in the days before I studied healthy alternatives. It is the party line of allopathic medicine, although that is starting to change. Here's the bottom line, and I'll follow up with some info on what allopaths are now doing: