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Testosterone's benefits start sinking in

According to new research done at UCLA, testosterone may offer hope for men battling what is often a hopeless condition: multiple sclerosis (MS)

Give your heels an A plus

In the 1970s, I read a book about nutrition and general medicine written by a Yale professor. In that book, he observed that heavy heel calluses were a sign of long-term vitamin A deficiency.

Night light

I hate to break it to the manufacturers of Lunesta, Sonata, Unisom, and all the others, but there’s not a single case of insomnia that’s due to a deficiency of one of these synthetic sleep aids.

4 supplements no low-carb dieter should be without

I’m concerned about giving up fruits and still getting all the vitamins I need. Are there any supplements you recommend for people on low-carb diets?

Raw deal

It’s official: We have one of the worst healthcare systems in the world. And I’m not just talking about the lack of access to and coverage for alternative medicine.

Maximizing tea time

Q: I hear all the time about the life-extending benefits of green tea. But I’m not sure I’d want to live longer if I had to spend all my extra time guzzling tea.

Ringing in on tinnitus

Q: Please address the subject of tinnitus. My M.D. says he knows of nothing we can do. Your thoughts would be of great help.

X-ray vision

Now it looks like better bone density might not only keep you thin, it could also protect your from losing your vision.

Subtracting the additives

Combine guarana with the caffeine found in many of the soft drinks we talked about the other day, and you’ve got yourself a double dose of those potentially brain-damaging stimulants

Preservation at a price

Well it turns out that the health implications of soft drinks might be just as bad as the ones associated with alcohol — if not worse

The skin irritant that can cure psoriasis

Nickel still tends to get a bad rap for triggering skin irritation, but, ironic as it seems, when it’s combined with bromide and taken in tablet form, nickel can be a very effective psoriasis treatment.

Icing on the cake

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine examined records from nearly 2,500 women and found that those who reported using black cohosh had a 61 percent decreased risk of breast cancer.

What indican indicates

While indican evaluations have fallen out of fashion among mainstream medicine physicians, the test itself is easy, inexpensive, and one that everyone should have done

Rub out even the toughest spasms with a single mineral

In cases like your sister’s where the spasm isn’t caused by a nutrient deficiency, the magnesium can be applied as a cream directly to the affected muscle or muscles.

Crime and punishment

The death penalty is a topic I normally wouldn’t touch with a 10-foot pole. But one such sentence that occurred several weeks ago hit too close to home for me not to mention.

More or loss

Q: I read that it’s unlikely that anyone would be deficient in omega-6 fatty acids since they’re found in most vegetable oils. Is that true?

Resting your restless legs

You see, when the blood isn’t circulating properly, the walls of the deeper veins can stretch, resulting in unpleasant sensations in the legs.

Thinking outside the black box

Just when I thought there couldn’t possibly be anything more to add to vitamin D’s lengthy roster of benefits

Survivors or saviors?

Apparently all we need to do is get vaccinated with an injection of blood from one of four Vietnamese survivors of the dreaded virus.

B12 beats its bad rap

Q: I’ve read several of your articles recommending large doses of B vitamins for various conditions. But I thought taking too much vitamin B12 was dangerous?

Department of Duh – Surprise! Space alien molecules are bad for you

Physicians skilled and knowledgeable in natural medicine have been saying this for several generations (a notable example are bio-identical replacement hormones, which have exactly the same structure as the human hormones they replace), but the idea has been slow to catch on at university research centers and with mainstream medicine.

The truth behind snake oil

How many times have you heard an opponent of natural medicine state usually with a superior tone that using vitamins, minerals, or botanicals is just so much snake oil? Those who use this phrase like to think they’re so modern and so, so scientific, but what they’re really doing is exposing their ignorance and unwillingness to investigate the facts.

Grandparents Corner – More reason for pregnant moms to go organic

Nutrition & Healing readers are well aware of the importance of an organic diet for pregnant mothers. Now, there’s even more evidence: In a study of 387 men conducted in five US cities between 1999 and 2005, researchers found that men whose mothers ate considerable beef (more than seven beef meals per week) during their pregnancies had sperm concentration 24.3 percent lower and a risk of fertility problems three times the normal rate.1

The skin cancer cure yes, cure that works every time

The skin cancer cure yes, cure that works every time By Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. In the December 2005 issue of Nutrition & Healing, you read about Dr. Bill Chams 25-year journey of discovery and development of a cure (yes, that’s a cure, and it works nearly every time) for the two most common skin [...]

WAR ON HOLISTIC MEDICINE – Natural medicine is under attack again. Act now!

The trend toward self-care and natural medicine in these United States continues to increase, threatening the enormous profits of patent medicine companies and the substantial fees they pay to los Federales.