Archives: 2007 July

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

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