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There is an epidemic of thyroid issues today. Some studies suggest that up to 90% of women suffer from some variant of thyroid conditions. I agree with this. It seems that every woman I see in the clinic has thyroid problems. A few years ago, Dr. Khalil from Hotel Dieu de France Hospital wrote a …
I have worked in several hospitals during my career and unfortunately, I have witnessed a trend, that pharmaceutical companies have taken control of the medical system and scientific research in this country. I just finished reading a book entitled “ The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About …
Statin medication is a farce. It is one of the biggest scams of our times. Some British doctors recommend giving statins at McDonald’s to offset the risk of heart attacks from junk food. Others recommend putting it in our tap water in order to eradicate heart disease. But these propositions are simply based on their …
You may have heard that the gut is the second brain. The reason is obvious: The second brain contains some 100 million neurons, more than in either the spinal cord or the peripheral nervous system. This multitude of neurons in the enteric nervous system enables us to “feel” the inner world of our gut and its contents. In other …
It makes me sad to see a title like this one. And it is ironic to me because we spend a fortune on health and apparently without any results. So, what causes us to score so poorly? Having worked in several hospitals, I can see why we score the worse among the developed nations. The …
Over the course of a year, over one-half of the U.S. population will have difficulty falling asleep. About 33% of the population experiences insomnia on a regular basis with 17% of the population claiming that insomnia is a major problem in their lives. Many use over-the-counter sedative medications to combat insomnia, while others seek stronger …
It is summer, which means that people will start using sunscreens to protect themselves against the sun. But a new study sheds some concerns on the use of those sunblockers. It took just one day of use for several common sunscreen ingredients to enter the bloodstream at levels high enough to trigger a government safety …
The pill is the most used medication by teenagers and young women. It is used mainly to treat hormonal imbalances because more than 80% of women have menstrual symptoms like pain, mood swings, insomnia, clots, etc. The signs of hormonal imbalance are often dismissed by doctors as a problem too complex to rectify. Since the …
We live in a toxic world. We inject babies with aluminum and all sort of chemicals and toxins the first day of birth and the following years of their lives. Our food supply is heavily contaminated with pesticides like Roundup Our air is polluted with toxins like hydrocarbons, thallium, mercury, benzene, toluene, among others. Our …
