March 2009

Where’s the beef?

By on March 26, 2009 in Cancer, Food & Nutrition, Myths & Truths | 22 comments

You might have seen an article in your newspaper or online touting a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine that "strongly" linked red meat consumption with cancer and an increased risk of death. Heck, how could you miss it? Google shows 547 new articles about the study, and it was mentioned in just about every major newspaper in the U.S. (That's not an accident, by the way. It's an intentional attack ...
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Where’s the Beef?

By on March 26, 2009 in Cancer, Food & Nutrition, Myths & Truths | 27 comments

You might have seen an article in your newspaper or online touting a recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine that "strongly" linked red meat consumption with cancer and an increased risk of death. Heck, how could you miss it? Google shows 547 new articles about the study, and it was mentioned in just about every major newspaper in the U.S. (That's not an accident, by the way. It's an intentional attack by the tyrannical ...
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Too much stress makes you stupid – and depressed

By on March 19, 2009 in Stress | 7 comments

Twenty years ago doctors were still telling us that stress had nothing to do with conditions such as depression, autoimmune disease and cancer. Patients suffering from these conditions often knew otherwise. But the conviction of patients alone wasn't enough to change the doctor's minds. Times have changed. These days, new studies linking stress to disease are released almost daily. We now have a much better understanding of how stress causes disease. In ...
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The fatal flaw of prescription drugs

By on March 10, 2009 in Medical Industrial Complex | 11 comments

Drugs comprise the major treatment modality of scientific medicine. A recent article in the New York Times revealed that over half of Americans regularly take prescription drugs for chronic health problems. Sadly, many people don’t realize that the drugs they’re taking could be making their condition worse. Most drugs don’t cure illness. They just suppress symptoms. Unfortunately, drugs also suppress functions. Though drugs provide symptom relief in the short term, over ...
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