Business Week
January 26-February 2, 2009
‘Creative Capitalism’ Versus Malaria
Bill Gates has recently funded research into an inexpensive solution in the fight against malaria, which kills over 1 million people per year. The herb,
Entries from January 2009
Bill Gates vs. Malaria
January 26th, 2009 · 6:44 AM
Tags: antibiotics, Artemisinin, Bill Gates, disease, herbal medicine, malaria, wormwood
Cell Phone Usage and Sperm Counts
January 15th, 2009 · 7:07 AM
Dr. Agarwal of Cleveland Clinic recently completed a preliminary study with 32 men whose semen was exposed to cell phone discharges (850 MHz) at a distance of 2.5 centimeters (the average distance of cell phone in a pocket and a mans gonads). The cell phone was placed on talk mode (as in someone talking with [...]
Tags: cell phone, oxidation, oxidative stress, sperm count, tobacco
Having a Baby? You’ll Want to Know This:
January 9th, 2009 · 6:50 AM
Wall Street Journal
New Science Suggests Risks Of Scheduling Births Early
Recent science shows increased risk of lasting health consequences for babies born preterm (less than 39 weeks gestational age). These include increased risk for respiratory distress, jaundice, seizures, temperature instability and bran hemorrhages. This does not include the increased risk for
Tags: birth, C-sections, development, early delivery, pregnancy, science
Plavix, Blood Clotting and Healthy Options
January 3rd, 2009 · 11:03 AM
Wall Street Journal
December 31, 2008
FDA Considers Updating Plavix Label
Three new studies in the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet demonstrate several dilemmas in Plavix medication use:
1. What is the percentage of people taking Plavix (a medication that reduces the ability of platelets to aggregate, initiating the clotting process) who are still at risk [...]
Tags: blood clotting, drugs, EDTA, free radicals, inflammation, internal bleeding, IV chelation, Nattokinase, oxidation, platelet aggregation, Plavix, ulcers
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: