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 standard medicine textbooks.

The other study looked at blood flow of the arteries that surround and supply the heart muscle. When the decision to place stents was based on clear proof of decreased blood flow, there was a reduction of 35% in the number of stents placed. In the group with the greater percentage placement of stents, with no documentation of blood flow, there was an 18.4% complication rate of [Read more →]

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 New York, “Our hypothesis is that in order to live to 100 or more, you need [Read more →]

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 compare: the way that standard traditional western medicine treats it, and the complementary alternative method of treatment as I practice it.
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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 well-being. Tune in on Wednesday for the first bit of info with this terrific series.

The news is saturated with it.  The conversations, even among strangers, deal with it.  It’s all around us, even though most of us (and perhaps all of us) don’t really know what it is or how it came about.  But the bottom line is, the economy is approaching a “bottom line.”  So with this as the intro, I want to encourage each of you to invest in the greatest [Read more →]

When our youngest son left home two years ago to go to college, we put our 5-bedroom 4-bathroom home on the market for sale (not a good time for the housing market). Two weeks ago a small family expressed interest in the home, and they will be renting for the time being. In the process of moving to a small 2-bedroom 1153 square foot home, we realized how much ’stuff’ we have accumulated. In fact, in an effort to [Read more →]

Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008

Virulent Foe Defies Hospitals’ War on ‘Superbugs’

Another complication of antibiotic use.

Clostridium difficile is an intestinal organism that causes tremendous gastrointestinal upset, diarrhea, perforated bowels and death. When I went to medical school, it was uncommon and easy to treat. Today it has morphed into a more virulent form, does more damage, and is resistant to antibiotics that used to kill it. It is caused by [Read more →]

We are thirsty.  We are very thirsty.  But we try to quench our thirst with peculiar, foreign fluids which do us little good and often do us harm.  Even commonly accepted, “good for you” liquids sometimes have characteristics which interfere with our bodies’ abilities to process nutritional benefits.  I have shared with you in past articles some of the pros and cons with fats and with carbohydrates.  It’s time to tackle fluids.  We’ll start with. . .got milk? [Read more →]

Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2008

Bisphenol-A (BPA), found in plastic food and drink containers, has been found in higher concentrations in people with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. These higher levels are associated with elevation of liver enzymes (increased death of liver cells because of increased liver stress). The director of FDA’s Office of Food Additive Safety, Laura Tarantino, defended their offices’ assurance of safety, quoting safety studies funded by [Read more →]

An 84 year-old gentleman presented with difficulty sleeping, tired, mental acuity diminished; all over the past few months.  He was a long-time advocate of good eating and supplement intake.

Let me show you what happened when we took him off of the sugar.  You can [Read more →]