There is no definitive blood test to determine if you or a family member has Alzheimer’s disease. But, some new tests look promising. A ... more »
Everybody knows that too much alcohol is bad for health. But there’s this myth that “moderate” consumption is good for health, prevents deaths ... more »
When I opened The California Clinic of Natural Medicine in San Diego in 1985, Californians were socially progressive, but the California Medical ... more »
Phenolic compounds found in plants are nature’s antioxidants and detoxifiers. Many phenolics have other health giving properties like lowering ... more »
Fruit is a symbol of “health food,” yet it’s also the one natural food that’s vilified the most by many trends of the natural health ... more »
What’s the best bug spray to take when you travel? How about keeping mosquitos away in your backyard? Because I’ve conducted fieldwork in the ... more »
When doctors want to find what’s wrong with you, they order blood tests and scans. Blood tests are safe. But because there are many types of ... more »
More than half of Americans have high cholesterol levels. A quarter of adults in the U.S. take prescription statin drugs to lower cholesterol. Statin ... more »
Annoying prostate inflammation called prostatitis, with or without low-grade infection, affects between 64-86% of men at some time in their lives. ... more »
The accepted belief is that we get all the vitamin D we need from sunlight. But does the sun make enough? Vegetarians and vegans believe they get ... more »
Type II Diabetes plagues nearly 30 million Americans. The number with prediabetes is even worse, with an estimated 86 million Americans affected. A ... more »
There is no doubt that antibiotics save lives, but what’s the best way to counter the damage to our microbiome when we have to use them. My mother ... more »