Archives: 2006 April

Relief for toothache

The sudden, stabbing pain of a toothache can, and should, send you scurrying to your dentist for treatment.

Diabetic neuropathy

How many times have you snuck a peak at what people are buying as they put their groceries on the counter for checkout?

bio-identical hormone replacement therapy

With all the hits Big Pharma has been taking lately, it should come as no surprise that they're looking for other ways to shore up profits.

Tomato Sauce Can Help Lower Mildly Elevated Blood Pressure

A recent study has found that just 3 oz. of tomato sauce a day can help lower mildly elevated blood pressure.

A Steaming Mug of Soothing Teas

Next time you find yourself wincing when you swallow, don’t call for an appointment. Instead, try a steaming mug of any of these soothing teas.

Trade in that Glass of Wine with Dinner for a Beer

Ladies, it turns out you may want to trade in that glass of wine with dinner for a beer. A new study says that menopausal symptoms can be alleviated with hops, a grain used to make beer.

Don't Like the Taste of Fish?

Most people know that dark-meat fish like tuna or swordfish, along with fish oil, are great sources of omega-3 essential fatty acids. But what do you do if you’re a vegetarian?

Fighting Off Prostate Cancer May Be as Simple as Adding a Little Spice to Your Life

Researchers were inspired to investigate after noting that prostate cancer is rare in India, where consumption of curry and a heavily vegetarian diet is favored.

“Approved medication” vs. the identical natural substance: the expensive difference

Soon, “mainstream” doctors will be prescribing a product called Prasterone. It’ll likely cost $100 to $150 per month, but you’ll be told it’s worth it because of all the wonderful things it can do for you. This may shock some of you, but I agree that Prasterone is a treatment with enormous potential when it’s properly used. It reduces many problems associated with insulin resistance, improves bone mineral density, alleviates depression in older individuals, helps the immune system function better, lowers cancer risk, and the list goes on and on. Plus, the potential side effects are minimal, in fact nearly zero, when the doses are correct.

Bio-identical hormones under attack

In the last year or two, bio-identical hormone replacement for women has “gone mainstream.” Thanks to increasing requests from women to their doctors, and propelled by Suzanne Somers’ books, news of the movement (started mostly by the late Dr. John R. Lee and me) has spread to millions of women nationwide.1 But along with all that mainstream attention comes a progression of events that has become fairly predictable for natural medicine: Los Federales have opened an “official inquiry” into it-and that’s almost never a good sign for the subject of investigation.

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