Q: In your March 2001 issue, you make inflammatory and erroneous statements on the lack of safety of dental amalgam.

Natural Response Could your thyroid problem be an allergic reaction? Q: I have been receiving your newsletter and have learned a lot of valuable information that I have been able to use for both my patients and myself. One of my staff members has been diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Would you please give advice as [...]

A chorus of “nanny-state” believers has been advocating government intervention in our kitchens for at least a decade now. If they get their way, things could get ugly. Imagine a newly organized Vegetarian Party electing candidates who plan to tax all animal protein. Of course, the Meat and Potatoes Party politicians will battle back, subsidizing cattle feedlots. And not to be left out, teenagers will demand to vote at age 16 to prevent crushing taxation of pizza, burgers, and potato chips. McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Jello will suddenly join trial lawyers and medical associations as top-ranking Congressional campaign contributors.

I’ve never seen anything achieve results in healing burns like the natural, beeswax and “bee product” based ointment called Whole Skin Ointment, which is used extensively in Chinese burn clinics. I can’t say for sure exactly what they mean by “bee products,” which sounds somewhat disturbingly vague, but the miraculous recoveries these mysterious ingredients facilitate certainly make up for the ambiguity.

They warned you not to do it, that a skull and crossbones tattoo emblazoned across your shoulder blade might lose its “charm” after a few years (or a few minutes). And now you wish you’d listened as you sit recovering from the removal with a skull-and-crossbones-shaped wound where the tattoo used to be. I realize telling you to put chamomile extract on that wound probably sounds just as uncool as the advice not to get the thing in the first place.

You probably know someone who’s had a stroke–wheelchair bound or walking difficulty, unable to use an arm or a leg (or both). In seconds, a stroke can render you physically helpless, without the ability to speak or even to smile. It always makes me sad to see a patient who was active, funny, and independent suddenly turn info a shell of their former self after a stroke. It can literally steal your quality of life–with absolutely no warning.

IN THIS ISSUE: Could a stroke steal your future? Know your risk and prevent it from happening!; The surprising herb that helps heal wounds, eczema, and IBS. And you thought it was just a tea…; The bees’ secret for healing burns (including sunburn); Here come the food police!; Could your thyroid problem be an allergic reaction?; Standing firm-AGAINST mercury dental fillings