Month: March 2016

“Triple-Fat-Gainers”: Extra Health Hazards

Significantly greater risks of cognitive decline, cancer, low testosterone, high cholesterol, high blood pressure The same diet and exercise program reduces all of these extra risks Did you know that some of us put on three times more fat while eating exactly, precisely (repetition intended!) the types and quantities of foods as others? Did you… Continue reading “Triple-Fat-Gainers”: Extra Health Hazards

Effective Then, Effective Now: Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy

We humans have had the same bodies and body chemistry (with of course unique individual variation) for the last two or three hundred thousand years. Some real experts say even longer! So if any human health problem could be safely and successfully improved or eliminated in the past, it’s very likely that the same human… Continue reading Effective Then, Effective Now: Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy

How To Determine If You Are A “Triple-Fat-Gainer”

Why should you care? Self-testing, laboratory testing Why should you care? After all, Mother told us that “if you’re too fat, eat less!” Shouldn’t that take care of it for all of us? As noted in the first article, that may be the case for the approximately two-thirds of us who don’t have the hyperactive… Continue reading How To Determine If You Are A “Triple-Fat-Gainer”

Parkinson’s Disease: New Hope

Vitamin B1 injections significantly reduce Parkinson’s symptoms All symptoms eliminated in a few “early” cases Well, not totally new. The first three case reports[i] were published in 2013. A 2014 publication[ii] described the same treatment when added to conventional patent medication already being given to Parkinson’s sufferers. The longest-term treatment report[iii] published in 2015 involved… Continue reading Parkinson’s Disease: New Hope

Your Doctor Can’t Be Trusted…

FDA prevents your doctor from stocking compounded vitamins, other medicines Please help your doctor help you!  …with methylcobalamin injections? The most active form of vitamin B12 is not allowed to be stocked in your doctor’s office? What’s going on? Physicians have had vitamin B12 injections available in their offices since Merck and Co. first put a… Continue reading Your Doctor Can’t Be Trusted…

More Supplements Face the Axe

…At the next meeting of the FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee. If recent history is any indication, the outlook is not good—unless we push back. Action Alert! The Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) advises the FDA in writing new rules regarding what supplements and drugs can be made individually for patients with specific needs by… Continue reading More Supplements Face the Axe

Bad Trade Deal Gets Worse

An underhanded maneuver could make the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) even worse than it was originally. Action Alert! The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) picked up on an almost imperceptible but vitally important change in the TPP text. It was widely understood that the text had been completed and finally made public after years of hyper-secrecy when… Continue reading Bad Trade Deal Gets Worse

Crony FDA Chief Approved by Senate

Do your senators support crony medicine? Last week, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf as FDA Commissioner. The final tally was 89 “yea” votes, seven abstentions—and only four “no” votes. The four were Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Ed Markey (D-MA). Presidential candidates Ted… Continue reading Crony FDA Chief Approved by Senate