You've probably heard the old saying, "the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice." Well, I'm not sure about "sweeter" but new research shows that it may very well be healthier.

You might want to think twice before reaching for that iron-fortified breakfast cereal. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have completed a study that raises concerns about the benefit of eating iron-rich foods…

We talk a lot about threats to your medical privacy. But one of the most recent incidents was something straight out of the "Believe It or Not" file.

Snap, crackle, thud: That could be the jingle for cereal manufacturers who have tried low-sugar versions of some popular sugar-sweetened cereals.

If you're not convinced yet that synthetic, mainstream hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is more trouble than it's worth, then here's yet another reason…

Sure, onions can add flavor to your favorite dishes. But did you know that they can help in preventing osteoporosis, too?

In the past, the relationship between estrogen and Parkinson’s disease has been investigated only in animals. This latest study is seen as a step forward, as it is based on women and their care.

But recent research shows that there’s another fiber source that can offer some distinct heart-healthy benefits.

But if you’ve ever tried to follow their advice, you probably woke up the next morning with that sore, aching feeling. That pain or soreness is called delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS.

Q: I have tried to get information from your office about how I can use the supplements you’ve written about in Nutrition & Healing for my husbands problems. I have asked my local doctor about using these supplements, and of course he knows nothing about them. He refused to look at your articles.

Q: My daughter and her husband are being pressured by their seven-year-old’s school to give her son doses of Ritalin several times a day for whats being called attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). I’m deadset against it, but I need some information about alternatives.

Q: I am so glad to have found D-Mannose and Xylitol through the Tahoma Clinic Dispensary. I have started using Xylitol for all of my baking and sweetening needs. My family can’t tell the difference in the desserts. They are just glad that the cookies and pies are back…But Im wondering if there is any problem in using Xylitol every day? I am using the D-mannose daily in my green tea to prevent bladder problems, but I only use about 1 tsp of that.

There’s only so much you can do to avoid allergies. Unless you spend all year in the mountains or at the beach (where theres less pollen in the air), hay fever is probably a common event in your life, whether you experience it yourself or it happens to someone you know.

High schools are hazardous enough without the added worry of being shot or killed by a fellow student. While its true that the odds of this happening are very, very small for any single school, most of us are old enough to remember when the odds of being shot to death in the course of an average school day were zero. Unfortunately, a new presidential commission has proposed Federal legislation that would inevitably increase the frequency of these tragedies.

The FDA not only does everything it can to discourage natural medicine practitioners, it also denies the public crucial information about vitamins, minerals, botanical and other natural remedies, routinely attacking entirely truthful information about their benefits by calling this information “drug claims” and threatening legal action- including seizure and destruction against any supplement manufacturer or seller who dares to publish even 100 percent truthful information.

In the 1970s and 80s, when someone came to the Tahoma Clinic and told me that his or her doctor had diagnosed them as having too much stomach acid and had prescribed the latest “acid-blocking” patent medicine, Id routinely ask: “Did you have your stomach acid tested?”

IN THIS ISSUE: The high-tech test that can help you cure dozens of your most nagging, unexplained health problems; Strengthening the foundation of health care freedom; New government legislation could increase rates of school violence: Don’t let your grandchild be the next victim; Tis the season: Don’t just avoid your allergies this year attack back; Natural sweeteners: Too much of a good thing?; Rethinking Ritalin;Runaround rescue